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Use in varieties of Scots

coontin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words14.9 14.4 12.8 0 11.6 10.9 35.4
Number of occurrences4627 8 0 2 1 8
Number of authors33 19 5 2 1 6

Occurrences of coontin in Corpus

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Central

McHardy, Stuart Lallans 82 - The Banes o Alba, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
thru generations yont aw coontin on page 32

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Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
aboot coontin the touns, the rivers, the mo on page 55

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Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
Coontin sheep in his heid on page 9

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Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
The King wis in his coontin hoose on page 26

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Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
his ither 'nephews', I wisna coontin on onythin like a big win on on page 72

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
mmed the wad ae notes she wis coontin oantae the coonter and yelled on page 32

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Bryden, Hugh Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
wi coontin on page 94

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Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
By coontin glaikit baw-faced sheep. on page 114

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Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
sittin ben the hoose yin day, coontin his pots o hinny, when there on page 34

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Adamson, Donald Bield, (Tapsalteerie 2021) Central - Dumfries, poetry
- A'm that bad at coontin!) on page 16

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McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
Coontin richt in 1966 on page 72

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Sangster, Maureen Lallans 73 - Stars, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
... coontin on page 56

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McCabe, Mary Lallans 73 - Tap Table, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
In the coontin hooses o the laigh countrie on page 117

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Law, John Lallans 56 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
Heid Bummer's chair, that wis coontin a time aa its ain. on page 4

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 56 - Cauld Kail Fae Embro, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
Coontin Heids on page 121

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 82 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Prestwick, prose
cots A'd e'er wrait masel, no coontin quotations!). The neist commu on page 6

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 167, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
Coontin yer chickens wis bad luck an
t. Whiles gin ye heard a body coontin awbody's chickens that wey, y
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Wilson, Rab Lallans 76 - The Sycamore at Calton, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, poetry
Coontin lood mair’s twenty-fowr gui
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Clark, Thomas Aw Aboard! The fecht for the Scots language stairts the day!, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central - Bellshill, blog
e last place ye'd expect yin (coontin the Mitchell Library an New D
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 117, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
e ilka cless, 18 aw thegither coontin Rachel.
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
e first o thair twa meals, no coontin thair breakfast o purridge. T
tertit recitin genealogies an coontin kin. It wis bizarre - twathr
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 75, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
environmental studies an e'en coontin. The paper haes pit forrit th
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Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
hand he simultaneously begins coontin his wedge. Like some soartae
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Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
nin ahin a lang trestle table coontin siller inte a roosty blue bis on page 59

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
time. On ye go. Ah'll stairt coontin. One...two...three..." Ah aye on page 19

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Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
'm fair wabbit, I'm scunnered coontin sheep on page 160

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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
'Thirteen aathegither, then, coontin the made Horsemen.'
bide wi Steenhillock. She wis coontin the cheenge frae her purse, t
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Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Kieran an Aidan, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
Stravaigin ower e brae coontin yowes! Ca’ aat werk! An e s
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@CaroleInnes0 Ken should be coontin the mossie bites in Corfu jis(2020) search twitter
39 year n 5 oors nae coontin https://t.co/dzQBJP61Iv(2020) search twitter

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
ery," da Mock Turtle replied, coontin aff da subjects apon his flap on page 98

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Watt, Valerie Meenie’s Viking spoon, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
aff athoot him,” she said, coontin da loops on her knittin wire.
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Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
ery," th Mock Turtle replied, coontin off th subjects oan eis flapp on page 95

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Ulster

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Hunnérs apiece, whun coontin's daen. on page 55

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Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
ry," the Mock Turtle replied, coontin aff the subjects on haes flap on page 96

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Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
Coontin tha coast on page 87

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Ullans Speakers Association Nursery Rhymes for Weans, (Ulster-Scots Agency 2008 ISBN: 978-0955791697) Ulster, weans
Tha king wus in his coontin hoose coontin aa his siller on page 31

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Ulster Scots Agency Ulster Scots Census, (census.gov.uk 2021) Ulster, government
Coontin aabodie ye tuk in in speirin
Coontin jist tha fowk taen in in spei
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Spence, Laura Tha Thoarn Tree, (Ullans Magazine 2013) Ulster, prose
“Ye can figure it bae coontin tha rïngs in tha wuid,” sa
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