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Use in varieties of Scots

building Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words12.3 10.6 19.4 29.8 17.4 0 0
Number of occurrences4021 13 3 3 0 0
Number of authors31 17 8 3 3

Occurrences of building in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
ective gangs outside the tech building, known as 'the Smokers' Corne on page 44
ed under his massive mountain-building paws. Both Kenzie brothers hu on page 49

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
meters high and it's the only building in the world that is capable on page 162

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Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
ryde's Dictionary of Scottish Building, that gaithers aw the monySco on page 13

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Wilson, Rab Lallans 73 - No Faur Frae Babel, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
concrete bourach o a building on page 84

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - The Glesgy Screwdriver, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
"I'm building an extension to my house," Mo on page 98

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Corbett, John Lallans 70 - Owersettins o Modren Drama intae Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
ots, and as a contribution to building up the repertoire of Scots-me
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Logan, Kirsty Lego, (Scots Hoose 2017) Central, weans
Then past the big, glass Audi building. Turned away fae the motorway
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Clark, Thomas A Scots Pairlament?, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Bellshill, blog
ey - it's ten year auld, the building, an we've come an awfy lang r
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Macdonald, Amy Evelynn and Peter, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Ayr, prose
e relatively small two storey building; the rest o the area is cover
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Bennett, Peter TA Hauf an a Hauf, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
r in a block we cried it. Wan building, split into four dwellings. T
f past wan. The facade ay the building husnae changed a bit since it
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Stewart, Anna An Alien Feeling, (Scots Hoose 2019) Central, prose
liquid, moving coz o my hand, building up tae spill ower the side, a
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Muir, Glenn David of Seafield, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
le flat at the east end o the building opposite the McCabes. Auld Mr
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@DavidJWood2 tweeted
Seen to many auld guys in the building trade with broken bodies, and(2020) search twitter

@g_hibby tweeted
the toon earlier, they're now building a lego structure.. Think it's (2022) twitter link

@RickHJohnston tweeted
poration hoose. Council House building should/must be a national mis (2022) twitter link

@billykayscot tweeted
Building her home in Akpap Mary Slesso(2020) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
lanagan97 awe u lads face the building trade r doin the bizz m8 - b (2021) twitter link
an97 ur a star n sose awe the building trade - stick in ma son (2021) twitter link
mateur fitbaw - hus left the building a believe - n is noo oan the (2020) twitter link

Doric

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
p. Their weis an ither granit building we wid gin ental, tae fyre up on page 5

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Elphinstone Institute Aiberdeenshire Cooncil – Scots Leid Guidelines, (Aberdeenshire Council 2017) Doric, government
lin Strategic Objective 1: ‘Building a world-class curriculum for
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Dunnett, Nathan The Auld Asylum, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
heided intae the middle o the building an sat doon tae hae a rest.
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Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
d tae Jessie, jist a big ugly building made of dark stone and even d
ve been used in the days this building was a castle. Hugh had been k
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The Flying Pigs Use of the common good fund for slap-up feed merely follows in grand old tradition, (Press and Journal 2018) Doric, newspaper
a very weel appointed public building w’ loads of seating and the
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@DoricPhrases tweeted
y wouldnae wint the expense o building a new set!(2016) search twitter
They arenae hingin aroond building the new car park aat the hosp(2017) search twitter

@72redz1903 tweeted
gettin ‘wee’, the promise o building a new civic national polity, (2021) twitter link
g the stream...excitement noo building ?? (2020) twitter link

@fittiecrooners tweeted
rdeenFC Fit like cooncil, yer building looked affa bonny wee reed n (2017) search twitter

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
doon? "I see why they gave up building here. It's gorgeous but I'm s on page 107

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Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
ootside the municipal building on page 35

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Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
ternoon, and when he left the building at five o clock, he wis still
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Shetland

Tait, John M Lallans 60 - The Three Hooses, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Shetland, weans
we are necessarily opposed to building work as such, but the intrusi
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@Julie_Dennison tweeted
ay somebody overtook me by da Building Centre headin nort (me doin 4 (2019) twitter link

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
raceful yet strong enough fir building homes. @FolkloreThurs #Folklo(2020) search twitter

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