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chokin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.9 10.1 9 0 5.8 10.3 4.4
Number of occurrences2920 6 0 1 1 1
Number of authors17 10 4 1 1 1

Occurrences of chokin in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
taste theirs, an the wee yins chokin an needin pattit oan the back on page 29
Lizard's slate-pencil, an the chokin ae the suppressed guinea-pigs on page 122

2 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
start creepin up behind him, chokin fur a peek oot intae the stre on page 60

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 59 - In Dispraise o Eden, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
Nae chokin ivy smuired the waa on page 91

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
I'm chokin oan the whisky fumes. That st on page 1

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
She immediately started chokin oan her cup ae hoat chocolate on page 71
Ah start chokin oan ma pint. Whilst at the sa on page 78
caused him tae suddenly start chokin oan his pedigree chum. And ta on page 166
him. "Ah've been sittin here chokin oan a fuckin drink" on page 170

4 matches

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
. Mah granda looks as if he's chokin fur a shot ae it, Better no g on page 171

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
he collar, draggin me ootside chokin, Every mornin, before passin on page 37

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 59 - In Dispraise o Eden, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
Nae chokin ivy smuired the waa on page 91

1 matches

Handy, Robbie Forked Tongues, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Dunfermline, blog
n gettin riled up aboot it an chokin on ma (newly politicised) Tun
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Sacrificial Doo, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
so that it’s splutterin an chokin wae the pressure oan its thro
le, unrelentin. ‘Yer fuckin chokin him!’ Let go ay the door!â€
2 matches

Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
‘That’s better man. Been chokin fur that aw day.’ ah sais,
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Carpe Diem, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
n the burd recoil as it gags, chokin itsel wae its collar in its a
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
hat, right enough. The black, chokin, sulphurous addled expanse ay
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
in at the cardigan and nearly chokin oan his drink. ‘’Egyptian
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
andFA stoap it ya tease - am chokin here lol (2020) twitter link

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Tales Fae The Doric Side - Mabel, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
"Ye're chokin ma!" Ah say, even though Ah'm on page 96

1 matches

Strachan, Shane DWAMS, (Tapsalteerie 2024 ISBN: 978-1916214880) Doric, poetry
bi scold's bridle, chokin noose, on page 25

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
t her boddom lip an felt like chokin them baith. "Is it ower muckl on page 72

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
rry Mintie made a queer kinna chokin soun, an the ither twa's shoo on page 10

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 83 - Dunnottar, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
’ Ah thocht. Syne a muffled chokin soun cam fae somewey in the m
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
helts, motor cars an bicycles chokin up the roads an parks aroon a
1 matches

Shetland

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
r so worried aboot dir barins chokin on mini eggs why are dey lett (2018) twitter link

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
Lizard's slate-pencil, an th chokin o th suppressed guinea-pigs, on page 123

1 matches

Ulster

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
The lang, hingin thrab an chokin sab, on page 27

1 matches

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