A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

basin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.9 5.7 12.1 0 5.8 0 8.9
Number of occurrences2211 8 0 1 0 2
Number of authors14 8 4 1 1

Occurrences of basin in Corpus

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Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
that we stert cryin, 'Gie's a basin. We're gonnae boke!' on page 1
wan tablespoon o it in a hale basin o watter and ye've gaed and p on page 57

2 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
it intae the first available basin a water which jist happent ta on page 169

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
reakin oot owre the Mauchline Basin Plain, on page 27

1 matches

Bolland, John Lallans 71 - Line of Sight – excerpt fae a novel in progress, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
p ower broken iceslabs in the basin, skittered up the streets. A
1 matches

Clark, Thomas Wha's Like Us?, (Bella Caledonia 2017) Central - Bellshill, blog
e anely send yin message. Yet basin oor vote on the content o tha
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
wer his, gleamin’ wash hand basin, the top cam’ awa’ in his
’ bottle, which cracked the basin! “Awwwwww’, pair sowl!”
2 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
n a kist. There wis an enamel basin an a ewer fillt wi watter, an
1 matches

@ThonJacobite tweeted
ae ploat ma erse atween a hot basin o' watter and a cauld basin o (2021) twitter link

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 90 - Mrs Cadwallader’s Conversion, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
. She wis settlin fast in the basin fan the Hairbour Offices alan on page 41

1 matches

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
Fullt the basin, rollt up the leg o his drawe on page 15

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
an threw is knife in ower the basin. "Ah dinna ken foo ye'r se bl on page 22
: he steed ma up in an enamel basin full o caal watter an, wi a c on page 66

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
s; a waardrobe an a waash-han basin. on page 48

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
or a sup hett watter inno the basin, an clean ye up. I'll gie ye
an her mither Sally hid a tin basin wytin reamin wi watter, fur t
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
n like Halloween aipples in a basin o watter. Johnny tuik a tig o
1 matches

Shetland

Watt, Valerie A skoit trowe da shops, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
he’s feenished A’ll get a basin o da waater tae dook my sair
1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
l, hir legs splayin open in a basin o blak, woollen cloth. "Who's on page 14
up wi me." Grace teuk the tin basin o watter an set it doon on th on page 18

2 matches

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