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creepin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words15.8 15.4 14.4 9.9 29.1 10.9 17.7
Number of occurrences4929 9 1 5 1 4
Number of authors36 22 5 1 4 1 3

Occurrences of creepin in Corpus

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Central

Robertson, James Naebody'd Seen Him, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
a crowlin, creepin thing on his fingirs and taes on page 18

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Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
ter Cell stealth-mode n start creepin, some-cunt wid let oot a nerv on page 33
fur that. That guy wis fuckin creepin me oot, son? on page 39
We aw start creepin up behind him, chokin fur a p on page 60

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Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
up.' No in ma maw's then. No creepin up. Yin thing aboot bluebottl on page 1

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Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
The mirk comes creepin in on page 47

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
'Whit dae ye mean by creepin up on a body an frichtin the on page 68

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Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
Sae creepin quiet as a MOOSE, on page 44

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
and by-ordinar feelin sterted creepin ower Matilda. The feelin wis on page 158

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Clark, Thomas Diary o a Wimpy Wean, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785302145) Central, weans
nd Rowley's, and he's ayeweys creepin aboot in his front gairden. S on page 28

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Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
aw the warts on his face wis creepin ower taewards the controls ta on page 156

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Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Yallae spinks an creepin hen-taes on page 36

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Wilson, Rab Lallans 70 - Carnegie, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
Awa ye shilpit creepin wee bauchle
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Wilson, Rab Lallans 62 - Cormilligan, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, poetry
k brake wi curly fronds comes creepin oot,
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Paisley, Janet Lallans 62 - The Numpty, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
They’re movin, ah tell ye. Creepin up oan us.” She taen aff th
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Marenich, Margaret Lallans 76 - The Factory, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
orrors hissel, an thay made a creepin thegither
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Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - Where Dae Ye Catch the Bus Tae Sarajevo?, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
Creepin Jesus Johnny—! A let oot, m
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Mortimer, Cara Bewaur o th tap tap tap, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - North Lanarkshire, weans
nd greets. An ah can feel the creepin an the crawlin aye ower ma sk
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Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
"Think ye sae?" thocht the creepin cat,
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Thoumire, Elizabeth Halloween, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
we aa haed tae gae thegither; creepin alang the lobby waa in the pi
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Bennett, Peter The Guru an Zander, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
e stay a bit?’ Zander sais, creepin up behind me. ‘Here, it’s
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ger.’ ah sais, apprehension creepin in.
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Crawford, Ross Awa in a Dwam, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
ore echoed through her boady, creepin its way intae her bones. She
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grandeicedcoffees Do You Wanna Touch, (archiveofourown.org 2021) Central, prose
d lands it on ma hip instead, creepin’ up ma shirt, awready too s
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Wallace, Lorna Jock Tamson Goes tae the Doactir, (lornalouwriting.wordpress.com 2019) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
Felt that same aul’ creepin’ dread.
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Duncan, Robert The Oor-Wulliefication o Scots?, (autumnvoices.co.uk 2022) Central, blog
o blecks. In speech, I find a creepin Glescafication, leastweys acr
scrievin o Scots, no juist a creepin, but a rampant (tho no univer
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@fourmenterian tweeted
Aye, the days are fair creepin' oot https://t.co/V1D5a1VrlH(2015) search twitter

@raiphsays tweeted
dae we see? A braw big fox aw creepin aboot in a dark! ?? https://t(2020) search twitter

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
seein the hauf-smile aat wis creepin ower Joyce's face an kennin s on page 17

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Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
at made er leuk affa fetchin creepin ower er chiks. And I think th on page 41

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Thom, Bill The Quait Chiel, (Tapsalteerie 2013 ISBN: 9780992663100) Doric - Banff, poetry
Creepin on they geed a fyle, on page 6

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Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
up the roadie, far nicht wis creepin in frae the muirs like a saft on page 51

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 83 - Dunnottar, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
g Ah kent wis the licht o day creepin in at the windae. Ah rubbed m
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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
hillock. Eenoo, he wis slawly creepin roon the rubbit's hoosies, bl
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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
Creepin frae the shoreline
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Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
They war jist creepin home, gey disjaskit, fin o a
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Irvine, Owen Eldritch Story, (The Gaudie 2018) Doric - Banff, weans
o’ his een he saw a shadda creepin ower the waw. “come oot an
1 matches

Orkney

Brown, Moyra Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Oot they'd come creepin... as light started fadin. on page 29

1 matches

Shetland

Hall, Nat nobody remembers the birdman - Hairst, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Shetland, poetry
da mirkin creepin early, on page 82

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I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
tae creep - [X is] creepin on page 40

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@tattooedselkie tweeted
uist feel dis intense sadness creepin apö me. Mind when we could g(2021) search twitter

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
rie speedir dat bydes only in creepin willows. It's dir whole world(2020) search twitter

Southern

Stevenson, Gerda Kilmeny, (Scottish Language Center 2021) Southern - Scottish Borders, prose
rairin river fur days on end, creepin up aa the time. It stapped ju
1 matches

Ulster

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
For, wae the dark creepin, quait on page 24

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Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
Crawlin an creepin; on page 6

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Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Faer, ir pity, creepin dread? on page 22
creepin, lurkin, skuttles roond, on page 36

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