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Use in varieties of Scots

complainin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.8 6.9 4.8 0 0 0 8.8
Number of occurrences1813 3 0 0 0 2
Number of authors16 11 3 2

Occurrences of complainin 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
y fair," Alice stairtit, in a complainin sort ae tone, "an thir's that on page 83

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
mutual. He was ay at her door complainin. Ay the furst tae phone the p on page 1

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
aw the time folk aroond here complainin that these immigrants are com on page 22
oned. Hing is though, ah'm no complainin. Tell yae the truth the wee g on page 155

2 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
the things ye aften hear fowk complainin aboot that nivver really crop on page 73

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
rents' Night or when she's up complainin aboot stuff. Dunno why she ex on page 169

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
ere's nuthin tae dae, nae use complainin on page 66

1 matches

Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
wir talking again. Daphne wis complainin aboot bein in the back shift, on page 44

1 matches

Philips, Cally Jings, crivens, help ma Boab, it’s independence!, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Turriff, prose
lass richt enough. Ah’m nae complainin’. Bonny girl, bonny weans a
cam’ back wi’ the pints, complainin’ as usual aboot the prices,
2 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
he Dug Men wad hae went aroon complainin that Fortune, the Auld Bitch,
1 matches

Wallace, Lorna A Scot’s Lament fur her American Fellows (Oan their election of a tangerine gabshite walloper)., (lornalouwriting.wordpress.com 2016) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
Alas, complainin’ wullnae change
1 matches

@fairpechtoot tweeted
t they huv tae say. They folk complainin will (2020) search twitter

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
irt, he aiven peyed-up wi'oot complainin. on page 30

1 matches

Hardie, Buff Dod 'n' Bunty, (Evening Express 2000) Doric, newspaper
Weel, there ye are. Fit ye complainin aboot? So did ye press the gr
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Tabby Sooker, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
tae the biggest greetin faced complainin aal cunt in the toon. How low
1 matches

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
a," Alice stairtet, in a brev complainin soart o a tone, "an they aal on page 84

1 matches

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
t up wae aa o mae nonsense an complainin and jaist loved me oniewye pl on page 2

1 matches

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