A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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throwin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words9.7 9.8 16.6 0 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences3119 11 0 1 0 0
Number of authors20 11 8 1

Occurrences of throwin 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
door," the Flunkey went oan, throwin her the rubber ear, "if the d on page 57
oup oaf the fire, an stairtit throwin everythin she could reach at on page 59
!" said the Queen, furiously, throwin an inkstaun at the Lizard as on page 120

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Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
n the deck. 'They're aw at me throwin punches n A'm gittin hit wae on page 42

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Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
r oot an ran the amber light, throwin the motor roon the corner. on page 1

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
uch a high, he could huv been throwin grenades oor and ah widnae hu on page 40

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
tossin thi caber, throwin thi hammer on page 86

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
rt fellah Alfenus, e'en eftir throwin oot on page 121

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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
ur the double, Mark,' ah say, throwin ma fings intae ma bag. on page 9

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Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
cooker an pullin bits aff an throwin them intae the back o the van on page 25
lavvy, who wid forget a fool throwin pink lavvy paper every where. on page 43

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
mped deep intae a toilet pan, throwin his guts up. on page 10
ettie's grave when ah saw hur throwin that rose.' on page 119

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Clark, Thomas Wha's Like Us?, (Bella Caledonia 2017) Central - Bellshill, blog
the politicians, or a monkey throwin darts, or whitever. Maist imp
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Bennett, Peter The Bools, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
bit sorry fur him noo he’s throwin his toiys oot the pram.
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Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part one of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
o far away or attempt another throwin technique other than the wan
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Geraghty, Martin The Pusher, (TheCommonBreath.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ns. Tried tae appease mae wae throwin dough at it. It’s aw superf
ersonal space in the process. Throwin stuff it mae.
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McKillop, Roger Educational (Mis)Communication, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
e no’ cool it doon a bit by throwin’ some waater oan the coals?
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Doric

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 84 - The Ferlie, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
ir winnerfu,' says Fergie; an throwin his airms aroon the stammygas on page 82

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 68 - Gordon’s Gairden, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Doric, prose
he pailins at the twa o them, throwin a ba' aboot, or haein a wee p on page 35

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Maitland, Andrew Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Auld Mannie, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
ared his throat, embarrassed, throwin a smile ower his crinkled fac on page 77

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Ah ken!" she said, throwin the reed anorak it Dottie, af on page 70
on the bed," said the wifie, throwin back the bedroom door an pynt on page 73

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 75 - The Petrol Tanker, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Doric, prose
fowks’ dykes on the wye, an throwin steens at cats, an pullin rod
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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
manes a swatch o Drumdelgie, throwin his roch heid back an takkin
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Johnston, Mary Lallans 81 - A Day at Edinbro Feestival, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric, prose
n een anither’s shooders an throwin clubs til een anither. Weel I
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Uri, Antonia Widney’s Fuil, (Mak Forrit 2017) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
the castle tae the grund, by throwin the Laird’s kirst oot the w
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Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
nd recently they’d teen tae throwin steens at Catty finivver he w
the lad and three o his pals throwin Catty in the air wi a squeeb
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Shetland

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