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Use in varieties of Scots

breathing Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5 4.6 6 19.9 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences169 4 2 1 0 0
Number of authors13 8 3 1 1

Occurrences of breathing in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
ng injuries and the authority breathing down my neck - not to mentio on page 55

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
And foul-breathing memory Of one-time glory. on page 4

1 matches

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
“But your breathing’s okay, just laboured?”
the peak of your symptoms and breathing independently. You should fee
2 matches

MacDonald, Bo CAULD NIGHT, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
ah een became heavier 'n' mah breathing became even. Th' whistling o'
1 matches

Connor, Bailey A SCOTS HORROR STORY, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
hoose, and it seemed to sigh, breathing and humming, attempting tae k
1 matches

Haddow, Kris Ronnie's Story, (words.krishaddow.com 2011) Central, prose
t. Ma eyes went bleary and ma breathing was heavy. I felt ma stomach
1 matches

@rattlecans tweeted
need an ambulance tae get her breathing again if the cackling disnae (2022) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
@NicolaSturgeon a hairdresser breathing down your neck and in very cl (2021) twitter link

Doric

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
Grunny’s breathing is still a little raspy, but
1 matches

Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
’m up oot ma seat and I’m breathing fast. Ma haert’s sair kind,
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat If I Catch Ye I'll Eat Ye, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
aited a minty or twa till his breathing became slower and raised the
1 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
eeling. Burning feeling while breathing and totally fatigued and the (2022) twitter link

Orkney

Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
room wae me. I could hear him breathing. Bit no, I try tae be calm, i on page 85

2 matches

Shetland

@Julie_Dennison tweeted
Anti maskers be lik “YoU’Re BrEaThInG iN aLl ThIs BrUcK aNd It’S p (2021) twitter link