A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

checkin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words15.1 17.1 9 0 46.5 0 4.4
Number of occurrences4934 6 0 8 0 1
Number of authors28 19 4 4 1

Occurrences of checkin in Corpus

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Central

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
ers back an crackin his neck, checkin his reflection in the caravan on page 14

1 matches

Crichton, Tam Lallans 84 - Ower the Faem Pairt Twa: Doon the Watter, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
g aw were silent an fawed tae checkin their gear, awready kennin aw on page 56

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
the grund again. '1 wes only checkin yeese wur awake.' on page 1

1 matches

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
nty cards tae New Zealand an' checkin' the exchange rate fur her ho on page

4 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
tak naethin on trust, withoot checkin it oot as best ye cin. Anithe on page 15
are ignored. It wid be warth checkin jist hou monie o the officer on page 120

2 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
iting, that haes guidance for checkin that yer spelling is reglar a on page 5
y richt. Ae gait proponed for checkin constancy is tae mak an alph on page 13
spell a word in Scots athoot checkin syne tae see whither the spel on page 16
er use a prent dictionar whan checkin yer spelling. This will wirk on page 17
gait a body can lippen on for checkin hoo pyntit yer bit screive is on page 40
Also on pages 43, 44
8 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
ps that dinnae hae they fancy checkin pens an cash them. Been daein on page 46

1 matches

Steele, Gregor Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
Withoot checkin if they're richt. on page 17

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom Minoritie Status, (Tapsalteerie 2017) Central - Kirkcaldy, poetry
Excititly checkin and checkin again on page 10

2 matches

Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
grammar-checkin saftware package, guidance on
1 matches

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - No In-gleesh, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
when A drop ma bags in efter checkin in, and the view is stunninâ€
1 matches

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - The Stert ae World War III?, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
nd dae a runner (but no afore checkin directions on ma phone, seein
1 matches

Donovan, Anne Not Scotland, (Edinburgh International Book Festival 2010) Central - Glasgow, prose
irport was buzzin, everybuddy checkin screens and dodgin aboot, jab
have somebuddy else checkin yer work. But then Sergio tur
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 147, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
vire's knee, pretendin tae be checkin the fabric, the lines
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Guru an Zander, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
daes ay the grun flair flats, checkin oot the gaffs. A better quali
1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 59 - Bellin the Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Ormiston, prose
edae in the neeborin hoose is checkin the batteries in aa the fire
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
s an clints. The big deal wis checkin aathin ower ilka nicht tae ma
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
cleanin the spark plugs afore checkin the oil, decidin ah’d be be
1 matches

@jax6754 tweeted
effBrazier I wish! A wis even checkin oot flights & trains fae Scot(2015) search twitter

@MartinBroon tweeted
@VeteransR Checkin under Ma car ??(2020) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
nhibs1875 @RyanMusselburgh am checkin awe ma live streams n there n (2021) twitter link

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Tales Fae The Doric Side - Mabel, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
Ma phone pings. Jamie's checkin in te see if wi're still on f on page 97

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
he corner o er ee. Dottie wis checkin er new waatch ilky five meeni on page 27
aroon the fleer ~ aabody wis checkin ane anither oot, an a mixter on page 39

2 matches

Ritchie, John Fishin in the Findhorn, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
tae hiv a look and a. He wis checkin tae see if a needed tae throw
1 matches

The Mannie Fae Unco The Diary o a Feel at the Skweel, (unco.scot 2021) Doric, prose
aakit in front o an ambulance checkin for mines. Onywye it ends up
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Angels Ten, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
yan on, even tae the extent o checkin oot the suspension o my landy
1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
d whin Darren Jeemson wis oot checkin his yowes at lambin time, an on page 16

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Smootie gengs ta Lerrick, (SCOTS corpus 2003) Shetland - Bressay, weans
Shö turned up ta Da Street, checkin da names o da lanes is shö g
Eftir a lock o persuadin an checkin wi da police an phonin dis ee
n a stray cat. Your faider is checkin da oothoose an da garage.'
3 matches

@Julie_Dennison tweeted
e daday, an when I wis double checkin item codes an colours an size (2020) twitter link

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
We've been checkin oot places for wir RSPB Wildl(2016) search twitter
Casino da Tripawd checkin oot da guillemots and maalies(2019) search twitter
sniffin quite so deeply when checkin tae see if da milk was aff #b(2013) search twitter

Ulster

King, Angeline Weans o Latharna, (angelineking.com 2021) Ulster - Larne, weans
tchin the street for trouble, checkin unner cars for bombs.
1 matches

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