A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

landin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words13.9 17 14.4 0 5.8 0 4.4
Number of occurrences4332 9 0 1 0 1
Number of authors27 18 7 1 1

Occurrences of landin in Corpus

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Central

Robertson, James The Mannie, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
The ither bedroom across the landin wis whaur she slept. She aye on page 11

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Donati, Colin The Student and the Pawnwife , (Itchy Coo 2003 ISBN: 978-1902927817) Central, prose
s stair, on this fowrth flair landin, for a time at least, it'll a on page 136

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Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
r wheelin aboot. Nane ae thum landin. Stubble. That's aw. Chopped- on page 1

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ae a commotion comin fae the landin ootside ae ma flat. Ah'm tell on page 139

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
he gairden like a Frisbee and landin wi a dunt in the on page 103

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McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
ojectile vomit aw err the tap landin man, it even goes up the fuck on page 2
skirtin board at the boattum, landin wi a splash in the other pudd on page 3

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
it never worked cause it kept landin at me an Wully. She let me sp on page 62
ast night cause a fell on the landin an fractured ma wrist. When a on page 108

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Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
intae the waa, slidin doon an landin with a plop on the pavement a on page 35

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Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
he touer and fell doon again, landin haird on Violet's shooder. An on page 120

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Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
Mariner 2 in 1962, an wi the landin o Venera 7 in 1970. Mariner 2
wi a dunt throu pairts o the landin geir meltin awa. It lastit le
59, but a second ane, Luna 9, landin hale an fiere in 1966. In Jul
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Donovan, Anne Not Scotland, (Edinburgh International Book Festival 2010) Central - Glasgow, prose
each landin. He was bletherin away tae us
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Gilmour, Rosie Bak Tae Schuil, (Scots Hoose 2015) Central, weans
Up tae the landin an a tak oaf ma coat
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Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
sais, as they appear oan the landin. McDade’s wearin a bran new
but he flies through the air, landin oan tap ay me, when Joe fling
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Bennett, Peter The Sacrificial Doo, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
text messages an missed calls landin. Four ay them ur fae that Zan
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Bennett, Peter Carpe Diem, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
, growlin at me fae the first landin.
At the next landin the interior light’s ripped
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Bennett, Peter Graftin, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
stairwell. At the first flair landin, ah get oot tae the scaffoldi
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McKillop, Roger Uprisin' an' Doonfa', (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
Oh, he promised French troops landin’ tae join us an’ loyal En
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McKillop, Roger Wee Roge Boobs, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
kly moved to protect her from landin’ badly but ma right haun en
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Bennett, Peter Coyle Loyal, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ntions, an fucks off roon the landin an up the stairs, leavin me t
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
t athin a couple o oors o her landin, an the auld yin wis cancellt
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Ahmad, Nyla How We Celebrate – scrievin prompt, (Scottish Book Trust 2021) Central, blog
e loads o fowk, like the Muin landin.
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McDonald, Hamish The Girnin Gates - Chapter 3, (Itchy Coo 2003) Central, prose
the flerr wae a mighty bang, landin exackly oan the spot wher Sis
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
are the yins clutterin up the landin.
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Begg, James A. Lallans 74 - The Killie Fleshers - 1786, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
r an liftit the sneck. On the landin stuid a white ghaist - or at
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@MartinBroon tweeted
on the lower leagues the noo, landin players here there and everyw(2020) search twitter

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 68 - Gordon’s Gairden, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Doric, prose
da, her neeber fae across the landin. In she comes withoot as much on page 35

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Templeton, Sheila Tales Fae The Doric Side - La Bella Rebelle, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
jyle? Or yer lang-heidit man landin on page 62

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Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
on the landin o their cooncil flat on page 10

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Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
an fell tae the grun, the lum landin on tap o him in a
silt, an sma steens landin doon in Low Street. Neest day
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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
On the neuk o the landin, ower frae the granfaither cl
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The Mannie Fae Unco The Diary o a Feel at the Skweel, (unco.scot 2021) Doric, prose
rry ships as they attempted a landin in the bey. There wiz even a
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Hutchison, Pat Tarrarra boomby ae, This is my dying day, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
He could hear big shells landin a fair bittiie awa and the ba
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Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
n styew caad up bi the rocket landin, the scientists niver saw Kir
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Shetland

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
dem aa oot. Dis trays on wir landin window, dirs wan in wir box r (2020) twitter link

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
She shuffled ontae the landin in hir slippers an felt hir w on page 1

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