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Use in varieties of Scots

paintit Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.1 10.6 1.5 0 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences2321 1 0 1 0 0
Number of authors15 13 1 1

Occurrences of paintit 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

Robertson, James The Mannie, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
and that wis whit she paintit. on page 8
the canvas. And if whit she'd paintit wis a landscape it wisna real on page 10

2 matches

Niven, Liz Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central, poetry
dip dips her reid paintit finnger nails on page 6

1 matches

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
Yon green lea paintit white, yon laund ance wild on page 2

1 matches

Niven, Liz Lallans 59 - Painting the Forth Bridge: A Search for Scottish Identity, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
s suin as this famous brig is paintit, ye hae tae stert aw ower aga on page 84

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
ye as much pleesuir than gif paintit oan canvas. on page 106

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
She had her hair done, nails paintit an a facial frae the salon. S on page 81

1 matches

Monahan Brown, Ricky Eemis Stane 1 - The Mindin, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
windae tax, is it no? George paintit the fields oan the inside tae on page 8

2 matches

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
Wi paintit face, ferocious cries, An rid on page 5

1 matches

Bolland, John A Chocolate Cowboy, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2008) Central, prose
gates, quartz o pebbledash an paintit great deep plates o shadda in
1 matches

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - Nuhin is Certain, Except, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
materials… gyprock facades paintit tae luck lik marble, hollow f
1 matches

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
I mind a dance wee alcove he paintit for us in Loudoun Avenue,
1 matches

Forrest, Liam Hittin the Toon, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Dunfermline, prose
re it looked like it hud been paintit in blood. It must eh been fae
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 147, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
text 'wirawjocktamsonsbairns' paintit ower a backgrund o mock tarta
rae 'bampots' tae 'neepheids' paintit ower a harlequin design in Se
n the Clowns. In Liquidation, paintit ower graph paper tae look lik
3 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 59 - Bellin the Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Ormiston, prose
e. Shoud a shiftit it afore I paintit the ceilin. He poors white sp
hrou the spaley wee yett, nou paintit a bricht green. She pushes th
2 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
sheer detail o the picter she paintit. He tried tae sift it for ony
sheer detail o the picter she paintit. He tried tae sift it for ony
2 matches

Doric

Maitland, Andrew Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Auld Mannie, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
nald strode up tae the finely-paintit black door o the hoose. Blair on page 76

1 matches

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2017) Shetland, poetry
trimmeled as he paintit da lass on page 26

1 matches

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