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Use in varieties of Scots

carryin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5 5.1 0 0 5.8 31 8.9
Number of occurrences1610 0 0 1 3 2
Number of authors14 9 1 2 2

Occurrences of carryin in Corpus

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Central

Curran, Doug Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
ndlessly aff the sauchin sea, carryin wi it on page 25

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Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
e the corridors fur talkin or carryin on. Yi spent as much time oot on page 60

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ill mad wae him the fact he's carryin a tray full ae drinks helps t on page 170

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McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
uy runnin wearin a trackie an carryin a boattle ag tonic an automat on page 176

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
he showed me the book he wis carryin that said, on page 169

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Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Sae haund in haund, carryin some and liftin ithers on page 15

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McKinlay, Kieran Walk Way to Fame, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Dunfermline, prose
boot him, wi his heed up high carryin a clupboard under his airm. H
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Bennett, Peter The Guru an Zander, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
‘Must be a lot ay money yer carryin?’ the big cunt sais, fuckin
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@OliphantWullie tweeted
popped intae the wee YH. Wis carryin a fitba injury at the time , (2022) twitter link

Shetland

Sutherland, Hazel Biggin Da Dess, (Shetland For Wirds 2004) Shetland, prose
Uncle Robbie haes dis wye a carryin da hay like a kishie but wi n
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Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
Firrst came ten sojers carryin clubs; these were aw shaped l on page 78

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@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
wife cannae live without him, carryin oan tae bring mam and her big(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Carryin ower monie sticks tae houl. on page 28

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Stewart, Kenny The Bread Van, (Facebook 2020) Ulster, poetry
er ma would grab the tray for carryin all the breid intil the hoose
1 matches

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