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Use in varieties of Scots

freezing Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.2 5.3 3.2 9.9 0 0 0
Number of occurrences1310 2 1 0 0 0
Number of authors8 6 1 1

Occurrences of freezing in Corpus

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Central

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2003 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
auld. These summer nights get freezing, nae cloud cover ye see. on page 29

1 matches

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
ager's fuckin roastin. Gie me freezing cauld bucky err that shite an on page 172
cracked open the Bucky. It's freezing cauld but the alcohol an caff on page 174

2 matches

Docherty, John F. Lallans 81 - Lang Summer Days, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
ur a swim. The watter wis aye freezing! We used tae pit oan wir wool on page 76

1 matches

Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
en jist git emptied intae the freezing watter, they hidnae a hope. L on page 43

2 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
whether it's baking hot or freezing.
1 matches

Sutherland, Hope Twa sisters, een room, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Buckie, prose
for i sake o it. I mine I wis freezing. So I suppose we’ve hid our
1 matches

@g_hibby tweeted
so, don't knock it... Bloody freezing here mate... ?? ?? ... Enjoy (2023) twitter link

@LairnScots tweeted
#Scots #baltic #SnowDay #freezing https://t.co/0pwR3fRH0J (2021) twitter link

Doric

@fittiecrooners tweeted
is nae helped, bit its bloody freezing ootside so nae coal picking(2016) search twitter
ocre fitba, overpriced pies & freezing yer balls tae watch shite! Ye(2017) search twitter

Orkney

Butler, Vera Gallows Ha - Maggie o Quoys and Bessie o Gyre , (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
an feel yir hand, Lass, hid's freezing cowld. Here, wrap me shawl ab on page 20

1 matches

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