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actin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words19.3 26.7 12.1 0 5.8 0 4.4
Number of occurrences6252 8 0 1 0 1
Number of authors27 21 4 1 1

Occurrences of actin in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
..two...wan...GO!' shouts Mo, actin as the referee an adjudicator on page 13
'Eh?' he replies, Actin daft. Good yin. on page 27

2 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
h fur a few cans, eh?' A Say, actin pure sound wae the eld boy. on page 12
. That's how he gits away wae actin like a ticket. on page 30

2 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
. Ye dinnae waant yer faither actin like yin ae yer pals. I taen on page 1

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
sciple. This guy seems tae be actin as the poster boay as tae why on page 52
acroass the street cos he wis actin too festive, at aw. It coulda on page 97
t here. No discuss his fuckin actin credentials." on page 101
pans tae the losers and their actin aw humble and they're applaud on page 117
"Really?" ah says, actin surprised. "Well, ah'm sorry on page 183

5 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
Westminster wis actin gin whit hid happent wis that on page 42
nd onie British politician no actin like a lapdog tae the Yanks w on page 116

3 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
trehin ti be a smoothie an actin ah choosie on page 4
eh dinna ken how yir actin so surprised on page 19
an actin thi goat, an actin on page 73

4 matches

Robertson, Sine Lallans 59 - Newsins fae SLRC, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
the richt accent fan they're actin pairts fae ony o that toons b on page 87

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
fae Moorpark, she's been pure actin smart. on page 28
on Regi an Tommy Campbell wis actin lik an idiot as usual an sayi on page 94
Charlene's been actin as if the tuck shop incident on page 102
ay an he wis sittin in French actin pure hyper lik he'd jist come on page 130
icky said he thought Chns wis actin smart because he'd took ae st on page 169

6 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Actin, like they wis the quality, on page 101

1 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
s gat a normal name, but he's actin like he's walked straicht oot on page 9

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
means 'actin in the role o a parent," he s on page 66
e the wey Coont Olaf had been actin wi the bairns. It means "want on page 74
s bad enough haein Coont Olaf actin in loco parentis and cawin hi on page 77
sion aff her legal guairdian, actin in loco parentis," Klaus said on page 97

5 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
ent,' Granny continues. 'Stop actin like ye're sommat special!' on page 29
'The actin's in ma blood, hen,' ah said. on page 57

3 matches

Strachan, Shane Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
or actin like a gype, on page 22

1 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
The blarin actin oot of hocus-pocus. on page 112

1 matches

Evie OOR WULLIE’S SEASON’S GREET, (Largs Writers Group 2015) Central - Largs, prose
h’m shair thur wis some ham-actin, right enough.
1 matches

Falconer, Gavin Lallans 63 - Richt Scots an Pithy Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
ions o langageness wi action? Actin for tae gie a heize tae the s
1 matches

Bates, Gregor The Death Dance, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - East Dunbartonshire, weans
. Robert he wis cawed. He wis actin especially strange the day af
lidh. The strange man who wis actin even stranger when he did so!
2 matches

Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
t aff that McNulty. He’s no actin himsel.’ ah sais.
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bools, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
’s precisely because he’s actin like this that ah know someth
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
d wan side ay the jaicket oot actin as a wind breaker, leavin ma
1 matches

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
the hungry bease could thole. Actin as ane, tho nae siclike ploy
the three kye, that haed been actin no richt for a guid wee while
2 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
nt. Whan the hale human race, actin in concert, unner the directi
ooed him tae mint that he wis actin unner duress. She unnerstuid
2 matches

McDonald, Hamish The Girnin Gates - Chapter 12, (Itchy Coo 2003) Central, prose
his time the wee man hud been actin the hermit, ee'd been savin u
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
. He soon leaps up and starts actin agitated and animated.
1 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
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avourite character. Excellent actin.(2020) search twitter

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
he hisna bin imsel. He's bin actin queer kine es file." on page 16

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
e smiled, blushed an stairtit actin aa gleckit. on page 8

1 matches

Harper, Norman Stronach: A Weekly Look at Life in the Fictional North-East Village, (The Press and Journal 2000) Doric, newspaper
ars I've kent him his he been actin as queer-like as he's actin t
as queer-like as he's actin the nicht."
2 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
rogramme, faar fowk faa aboot actin. Efter the news wis past
1 matches

The Mannie Fae Unco The Diary o a Feel at the Skweel, (unco.scot 2021) Doric, prose
her ee as she tellt us aboot actin. Noo afore I gang ony faarer
or me tae show abody foo thes actin cairry on is deen. (John Mill
ill ae necht we the plebeians actin as servants hid tae waak aboo
3 matches

Shetland

Cumming, John Kirsten, (Shetland For Wirds 2006) Shetland, prose
nd tae her mooth. If shö wis actin shö wis class! 'Oh Kirsten,
1 matches

Ulster

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Actin' showed bot niver heart on page 26

1 matches

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