A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

blockin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.2 5 6 0 17.4 0 0
Number of occurrences1710 4 0 3 0 0
Number of authors15 9 4 2

Occurrences of blockin in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
n start runnin doon the path, blockin our exit. on page 47

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
up an there's the bluebottle, blockin the lane. Fuckin smart fur du on page 1

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ae cloack a tidy burd and yur blockin the view!" on page 77

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
, hus she?' Mr Wormwidd said, blockin the doorway. 'Weel, she's yer on page 86

1 matches

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
waw wis nicht forenent them, blockin their wey. on page 60

1 matches

Heather, Alistair Trains approachin?, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
their ferm clart an tractors blockin yer run, it micht weel be twa
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
nin wi his back tae the lowe, blockin the heat. Naebody wis objecti
rdit the museum piece wha wis blockin his view o the fire an realis
2 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
BTQIAP stood fer. Ah ended up blockin him. Dinnae believe he wis ge(2020) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
true - thell hae nae bother blockin the city bypass on the way in (2020) twitter link

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
Pollutin the air Blockin oot the sun Puff oot the wind on page 15

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
on her hips, her ample frame blockin oot the sin as she addit, "Ye on page 42

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
in roon the rubbit's hoosies, blockin aff ilkie hole wi a steen, ma
1 matches

Irvine, Owen Eldritch Story, (The Gaudie 2018) Doric - Banff, weans
clawed open the door and wiz blockin’ hiz wye oot. “Ye’ve go
1 matches

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
Consonants is maed bi blockin da airflow on it's wye fae da on page 25

1 matches

@tattooedselkie tweeted
i Twitter fae I juist started blockin aa da erse hols instead o eng(2021) search twitter
e really is. I made a point o blockin her immediately when I rejoin(2021) search twitter

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