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knowin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words15.2 13.8 0 0 0 0 92.8
Number of occurrences4726 0 0 0 0 21
Number of authors16 10 6

Occurrences of knowin 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
lice widnae accept this wioot knowin how auld it wis, an, seein as on page 25
Hardly knowin whit she wis daein, she picke on page 41
mes tae hersel, awfy proud ae knowin it: she'd an idea, an right e on page 107

3 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
lliams?' Si O'Connor asks me, knowin the answer. on page 42

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
e front ae the line no really knowin whit tae expect cause aw ah'd on page 15
nutes after she'd finished no knowin whit tae say. Then finally ma on page 20
aid it. Ah felt dead grown up knowin that ah could jist walk oot t on page 47
magination, she said. Aye but knowin ma luck ah'll get asked quest on page 57
t take the piss oot me fur no knowin so ah jist said, How dae you on page 71
Also on pages 154, 169
7 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
e the Firth o Clyde,' ah add, knowin the importance o facts. 'When on page 22
Jesus, ah fink, knowin One well that ah probably sho on page 35
hool is a shithole,' ah etch, knowin fine well that it could get m on page 46

3 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
ign, ah took in every detail, knowin this wis a day ah'd remember on page 55
tempted tae kick them aff but knowin that gettin holes in ma tighe on page 56

2 matches

Calderwood, Lynsey Mumbo Jumbo, (Litro magazine 2006) Central, prose
tes after she’d finished no knowin wit tae say. Then finally ma
1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2020) Central, prose
e front ae the line no really knowin whit tae expect cause aw ahâ€
1 matches

Hardie, George Lallans 76 - Tammy an the Cheese Plant, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
The three exchynged knowin glances.
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
No really knowin any cunt, we tag alang at the
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Sacrificial Doo, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
iercest ay them aw, seemingly knowin whit’s aboot tae happen whe
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
cided against telling ma maw, knowin she’d huv went right throug
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Music, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Laddie wi' the knowin' smile,
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Wan Goal tae the Good, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
waw in front ay him, seethin, knowin he’s just been done.
1 matches

Alston, Connor THE BLACK-EYED CHILDREN OF SCOTLAND, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
Jim fine well knowin that he didnae want tae make
1 matches

Monahan Brown, Ricky Dùn Èideann, (The Scores 2020) Central, prose
were similar, an thare wis a knowin wee smirk playin at the corne
1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
ome on on ower," said Maisie, knowin that iverie saul wi'in a mile on page 1

6 matches

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
An the rivin stoon o seein an knowin on page 11
Hearin an knowin. on page 20

3 matches

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
lice wudnae alloo this wi'oot knowin what age hae wus, an baecaas on page 25
they likt, so it wusnae aisy knowin whin the race wus ower. Hooin on page 27

2 matches

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
at's naethin but blesphemie!" Knowin whut the' wur thïnkin, Jesus on page 9
me alang wi ither femlies, no knowin that Jesus haed styed behin à on page 73
ocht o amang thaim. An Jesus, knowin whut wus gan on, tuk a wean a on page 86
r a sign frae Haiven. An' He, knowin' whut wus ïn thair mines, sa on page 89
ins that men waak ower wi'oot knowin." on page 90

8 matches

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
athegither, but a weechile no knowin hoo tae skip - whut's tha wa on page 30

1 matches

Dornan, Stephen The Widenin Sheuch, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Ulster, blog
o ridicule dinged doon an no knowin ocht aboot a thing'll no stap
1 matches

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