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Use in varieties of Scots

blowin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.1 4.6 0 9.9 17.4 0 0
Number of occurrences139 0 1 3 0 0
Number of authors10 7 1 2

Occurrences of blowin in Corpus

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Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
n anticipation ae the referee blowin his openin whistle. What Aldo on page 105
like he's yin cauld awey fae blowin his brains oot . This fanny m on page 125

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Bryden, Hugh Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
taste the anticipation o him blowin wan up takin on page 93

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
Eh thi winds blowin a gale on page 9

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
hink, lookin at hur dark hair blowin in the wind. Ah'd huv said it on page 60

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Smith, Elaine C. The Glasgow Gruffalo's Wean, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303425) Central - Glasgow, weans
It wiz blowin a gale an snowin as well, on page 9

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McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
ater. She resurrected hersel, blowin’, shiverin’ an’ splutte
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
oot this wee junkie cunt fur blowin a joint in her bairns puss. M
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@jax6754 tweeted
bed wi ma hot water bottle as blowin a gale ootside!....Well a dae(2015) search twitter

Orkney

Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
A gale blowin, a boat driftin on page 151

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Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Saands o Maywick, (Shetland For Wirds 2004) Shetland, prose
Da wind it cam up an up, blowin aff o da laand, an nae sign o
stird, an be dat time hit wis blowin a proper gale. I lookit alang
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@helenmoncrieff tweeted
da Sumburgh Head foghorn is blowin at noon today!! Visitor centr(2015) search twitter

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