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Use in varieties of Scots

meltin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.5 8.7 9 0 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences2417 6 0 0 0 1
Number of authors18 12 5 1

Occurrences of meltin 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
ht, saw the toon turn intae a meltin pot ae on page v

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Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
ike they. burn ma skin before meltin n runnin away. A'm walkin by on page 38

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Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
Ower in the west the sky was meltin gold ower purple clouds an th on page 1

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
meltin on yir tongue like a bag o Qu on page 74

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Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
ngin wi the braw sweet guff o meltin chocolate! on page 7
! And ye can smell the guff o meltin chocolate in the air!" on page 20
wk that wunnerfu sweet reek o meltin chocolate. Whiles, he wid sta on page 48
and brunt sugar and meltin chocolate and mint and violet on page 71

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Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
s. But afore ye go, ah'm pure meltin in this jaiket. Gonnae haud t on page 48

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - A Wee Story Aboot Love, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
for noo the flames were aboot meltin him. on page 81

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Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
hrou pairts o the landin geir meltin awa. It lastit less nor an ho
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Jarvie, Gordon Lallans 76 - Mither tung?, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, poetry
k Jamaicans . . . In sic-like meltin pot
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Bennett, Peter McShane's Reprieve, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
tae ma skin feels like it’s meltin aff ma face, fully anaestheti
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McKillop, Roger Challengin' Times, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
er self- righteousness almost meltin’ the snaw as she passed. A
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
n noo, an catch her, lauchin, meltin fae the rampant male tae the
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
runnin the very real risk ae meltin intae a sweaty puddle ae skin
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Begg, James A. Lallans 74 - The Killie Fleshers - 1786, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
akehous flour an snaw, wi the meltin snaw an flour mellin thegithe
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Doric

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
e weis. Weel at weis thi eno, meltin leed fur aat day oneywuiy. on page 9

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Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
sae het that tar was meltin on the roads, on page 8

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
h, Jimmy?" Ah say, the memory meltin awa like snaa in springtime a on page 19

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Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
atter's rinnin aff ma - Ah'm meltin."' on page 37

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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
Patty. Patty wis the colour o meltin toffee. It Patty's thick crea
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Hutchison, Pat Bob the Dog fae the Bog, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
leg and lookit doon intae the meltin broon een o Bob the dog fae t
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Ulster

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Inside ma gut, lake meltin wex, Tha sap rins oot ma hair on page 64

1 matches

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