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Use in varieties of Scots

beatin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words10.6 12.3 12.1 0 0 10.3 4.4
Number of occurrences3424 8 0 0 1 1
Number of authors27 17 8 1 1

Occurrences of beatin in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
ght up intae her face, an wis beatin her violently wae its wings. on page 52
Hatter. "He'll no staun fir a beatin. Bit if ye kin jist stey oan on page 69

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McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
puts everyhin he's goat intae beatin me, tae be fair tae him, but on page 12
Fuck sake, he's beatin me here. Kick it up a fuckin on page 13

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Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
The simmer sun wis beatin doon on page 18

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Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
The bouk cannae tak a beatin fur aye on page 13

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
t the sair en o a flytin or a beatin frae his faither for makin 3 on page 22

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
wae 4 knife. Ma hert's still beatin like a Cherokee drum due tae on page 134

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
eer damn cheek this taks some beatin, but the land interest his ni on page 84

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
r. Hurry up, said Karen, Ah'm beatin you. Aye, said ma da, There's on page 42
s! Yas ya beauty! Rangers wur beatin Hearts there two wan an Niko on page

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Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
Thas beatin plook, this honkin gowk, on page 91

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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
but winnin a competition and beatin every other bugger in the are on page 44

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Monahan Brown, Ricky Eemis Stane 1 - The Mindin, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
aneath him fur a mament afore beatin oan the concrete till his knu on page 9

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Liddell, Faith Eemis Stane 1 - Ghaist Yairn, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, poetry
Fur every beatin, brek an blow on page 19

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Robertson, James The Deil, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
his fit beatin wi anger:
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 167, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
in Paris, on the telly. Efter beatin thaim 1-0 at Hampden, the pun
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Bolland, John A Chocolate Cowboy, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2008) Central, prose
ld night ahead - an Derek is beatin his retreat as the wifey says
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Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
lear at the tap ay the table, beatin the currant buns at their gru
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Bennett, Peter The Sacrificial Doo, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
a hair an take ma jayket aff, beatin it oan the hard concrete tae
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Bennett, Peter The Guru an Zander, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
huvin a fuckin laugh Archie. Beatin heart?’ ah sais, noddin tae
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Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
My heart’s beatin oot ma chest when ah see it,
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Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ff roond ma arm. Ma heart’s beatin oot ma chest. The first hing
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@mcfarlane_irene tweeted
se flee/ A lang, lang skein o beatin wings wi their heids towards (2018) search twitter

Doric

Mitchell, Rhona Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Wye it Wis, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
er her, he'd gaen her a richt beatin for nae eatin saasages, an he on page 16

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 83 - Dunnottar, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
tland’s castles tak a lot o beatin, there’s nae doot aboot tha
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Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
the day. The sin wis beatin doon an he wis jist enjoyin t
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Fowler, Ross Sunday Fitba wi ma Faither, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
excitement. Rangers hid been beatin and tat wis a that mattered.
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Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
aichteen or twenty. Her heart beatin like a haimmer, she askit o h
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Chapman, Henry , (Facebook 2018) Doric, poetry
But took some beatin’ fin he wis ploo’in’
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@sovereigndaisy tweeted
s arrived. Trying to still my beatin hairt ?? #byjavers #Gaelic #S(2019) search twitter

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
flee, A lang, lang skein o’ beatin’ wings, wi’ their heids tow (2020) twitter link

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
th Hatter. "Hei wunnae stand beatin. Noo, if ee only kept oan gui on page 69

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Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
tried no tae lauch at hir ma beatin the air wi hir hans tae stave on page 44

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