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batterin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.6 9.6 4.5 9.9 0 0 22.1
Number of occurrences2819 3 1 0 0 5
Number of authors19 13 3 1 2

Occurrences of batterin in Corpus

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Central

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
ngin, there's sunlight fuckin batterin right in through the windae b on page 17

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
belts doon the gairden, feet batterin across the gress, through the on page 1

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Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
at eleven years ay bullyin an batterin at schuil will burrow deep in on page 3

2 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
e hink this cunts geein her a batterin. Even wae crackin up the volu on page 144
yae. Ah hink her boyfriend is batterin her again. He's a nasty piece on page 145

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Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
lashin the auld stilettos, or batterin them wi knuckledusters! Jings on page 40

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
'd put a flower in it. Rain's batterin off the windows like thousand on page 36

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Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
"Whit? A day aff fae batterin mony-heidit monsters?" Hercul on page 21
s' mooths. The next they were batterin Hercules and his men wi sword on page 41

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Smith, Elaine C. The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - A Totally Princessy Princess, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central - Glasgow, weans
coz the wind and the rain wur batterin it that hard - and in fell t on page 9

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McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
they wad be batterin each on page 10

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Scots an the smit: a language unner lockdoun, (Bella Caledonia 2020) Central - Bellshill, blog
yer wheesht haes taen a richt batterin this past wee while-o, as mai
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Just Another Minute, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
go through the daft cunt fur batterin the vallies but noo’s no th
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Guru an Zander, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
rs aw oot there oan the road, batterin aw manner ay worktaps, integr
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
y the park soundin like waves batterin intae a rocky shoreline. Ahâ€
1 matches

Crawford, Ross Awa in a Dwam, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
woke up in the shower, watter batterin doon oan her heid and soakin
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
gers wis oot o thair sates an batterin on the cockpit door. Than the
1 matches

Alston, Connor THE BLACK-EYED CHILDREN OF SCOTLAND, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
is tryin tae force itsell in, batterin the very waws ae the hoose. T
1 matches

Doric

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
batterin aff the sides o yer cot on page 30

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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
Auld Joe fa thocht naethin o batterin Brian blaik, blue an tartan.
1 matches

Devlin, Edwin The School Dentist 1969, (Facebook 2020) Doric, prose
ilver and sharp , ma hert was batterin ma rib cage ah felt seek .
1 matches

Orkney

Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Shoutin, batterin at hir door on page 151

1 matches

Ulster

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
Brenches, the batterin o on page 13
The batterin o the rain, on page 23

2 matches

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
It's batterin broom, on page 6
A raucle flute band batterin by, on page 32

3 matches

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