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standin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words30.9 38 15.1 0 29.1 41.3 26.6
Number of occurrences9974 10 0 5 4 6
Number of authors25 12 4 4 3 2

Occurrences of standin 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

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
r the place. The six ae us ir standin outside the newsagents, waiti on page 12
s arms in the air. Finnegan's standin smilin like fuck wae his hand on page 18
ross the road. Their mate Taz standin the middle ae his wee brur's on page 21
ick, Broonie says. Addison is standin on the phone tae a lassie. He on page 24
htened hair. Hur long legs ir standin crossed against the cold. She on page 25
Also on pages 27, 38, 40, 41, 45, 46, 60
15 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
come too and find thumselves standin oor the caved in heids ae an on page 28
ird yin and ah would still be standin here rollin the dice. Yae see on page 30
"Aldo wis standin at the bar. When he caught th on page 33
e rushed oor tae where ah wis standin and informed me: "Ah''ve jist on page 41
ae the line ae people who wur standin behind us jist seem tae disap on page 42
Also on pages 65, 68, 77, 83, 104, 110, 111, 113, 121, 122, 125, 145, 167, 168, 188, 195
24 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
the broch o Hurley Hawkin are standin yet in the Den o Gray. on page 15
on Churchill but that he was standin on a Temperance ticket in Dun on page 21
Standin back an pittin his hat on his on page 35
first time in his life he wis standin straicht! He cuidnae believe on page 67
ward. Gien his reputation an standin (he wis aboot six feet three) on page 76
Also on pages 93
8 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
Lizzie wis standin watchin. on page 25
n her?" "Naw, naw. I wis jist standin, like. Waitin fer you." on page 37
Joey wis standin in his doorway. "Hye, Hughie. on page 45
Aye, yin minute he wis there, standin richt ahent me. The next minu on page 70
d reached the burn an wis noo standin on the wee cement bridge that on page 73
Also on pages 91, 93
8 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
Granny hugs me. It's a standin-up hug that lasts longer than on page 35
n a photie o them years later standin under their on page 41
roper witness because she wis standin back. You know she's no the t on page 46
himsel oan one you could ride standin up. Ma eyes almost popped oot on page 87

4 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
fur when the standin body wis unstable. on page 112

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 103, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
thair ain an their cooncil's standin they'd mak damn shair that th
1 matches

Letford, William Bevel, (Carcanet 2012 ISBN: 978 1 84777 192 6) Central - Stirling, poetry
perspective, son, where eh yi standin
1 matches

Geraghty, Martin A Bad Sport, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
o the side like ‘she’ was standin’ a few feet away. ‘Av got
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 102, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
enerally find him married and standin at the door o his house like
1 matches

Letford, William This Is It, (Scottish Poetry Library 2016) Central - Stirling, poetry
ur made, standin oan a corner in yur hame
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
even seem aware that we’re standin right in front ae him. The ig
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
cally shuffle past the locals standin behind me and make a hasty ex
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
uid question. Finally, ah’m standin ootside number eight and hesi
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
coontered ah’m miraculously standin ootside ma flat in yin piece.
1 matches

@MartinBroon tweeted
e imagine if that’d been Us? Standin room only, and Red White and (2019) search twitter

@PeoplesPoet77 tweeted
vape. Blueberry flavour, like standin next tae a sweet stall doon t (2022) twitter link
ae the left but that's how am standin hen. Oan the beach? Was there (2022) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
i primary n by jove its still standin tae this day lol (2020) twitter link
Rousseau10 @jimwaterson no am standin ma ground on this one - just (2020) twitter link

Doric

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
See aa I' fowk standin 'ere on page 131

1 matches

Strachan, Shane Beyond the Sea, (Scottish Book Trust 2023) Doric, prose
urt. Justin’s mom is there, standin slightly awa fae the rest o t
and Jenny looks ower at you, standin on yer ain.
2 matches

Bowie, Tyler Stookie, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
at the door and ma mither wis standin there wi a suitcase in her ha
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
nt aneath the big elder bush. Standin up wi a groan Mabel crossed t
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Bulletbroo, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
kit up and saa a Jerry sodjer standin aboot twinty feet fae him. Th
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Tabby Sooker, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
s sight wiz some o the pricks standin up wi shocked looks on their
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Stones That Turned, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
lowly looked up and saw Daavd standin there smiling at her the wye
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
and that’s fin she saw him standin there nae ten fit fae her. Je
ter. That wiz fin she saw him standin atween her an the stair. Jess
2 matches

Shetland

Cumming, John Da Whillie, (Shetland For Wirds 2010) Shetland, prose
lacksness i da mirknen. I wis standin i da boo wi a fender i me han
1 matches

Walterson, Barbara Da Trow o’ Fogla Skerry, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
lieve da mootie, hairy figure standin, starin at me wi een as yallo
1 matches

Watt, Valerie A daander trowe Michaelswood, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
need mair dancers!” He wis standin on da ston daek o da Fiddler
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Back tae trowie schul, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
ower crubbit an dere is pails standin aawye tae catch da laeks.”
1 matches

@Julie_Dennison tweeted
tenin tae da homophobe wha’s standin fir election spikkin on da wi (2021) twitter link

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
e pack o cairds: th Knave was standin aheid o thum, in chains, Wi a on page 107

1 matches

The Westender Loupin Salmon, (The Hawick Paper 2007) Southern, newspaper
past The Cauld A noticed folk standin' at the railings on the same
e gei wee. The fella whae was standin' next tae mei said tae is tha
2 matches

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
Takk fur clarifying where ahm standin ?????????????????????? https:(2020) search twitter

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
had slipped intae sleep frae standin. on page 12
rae yin war til the nixt. Men standin at the fectory corner deliber on page 27
n end o the gairden, Winifred standin at tither end, circlin, singi on page 47
got the letter."? Maisie was standin bae the dure. "Ye're a queer on page 54

4 matches

King, Angeline Weans o Latharna, (angelineking.com 2021) Ulster - Larne, weans
that cud hae turnt the tide. Standin ahind us on a black, basalt r
1 matches

@TheFarrierPhil tweeted
@Angelinekking Oor very ain standin staine! (2021) twitter link

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