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Use in varieties of Scots

peckin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.9 5.1 10.6 0 5.8 0 4.4
Number of occurrences1910 7 0 1 0 1
Number of authors14 8 4 1 1

Occurrences of peckin 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

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
as this' - there's a seagull peckin at the chunks in some wee boa on page 8

1 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
ther fur a wee moment. In the peckin order, yir still only a wee g on page 13
y tae us at the bottom ae the peckin order. A few ae the eldest st on page 21

2 matches

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
Or Shakespeare peckin at the typewriter. on page 35

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
t how far apart in the social peckin order we really wur. Ah mind on page 68

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
e the stupit birds they were, peckin an peckin at the grund even t on page 72

2 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
rly made the feathers flee wi peckin ane anither.
1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
ar toys tae play wi: birds wi peckin nebs, butterflees wi flappin
1 matches

Geraghty, Martin 378, (TheCommonBreath.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ell yae how…cos they prefer peckin’ away at ma fuckin’ brain
1 matches

Doric

Johnston, Mary Lallans 81 - A Day at Edinbro Feestival, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric, prose
ench waatchin e doos cooin an peckin e crumbs roon oor feet. My, b
1 matches

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
ye Quine foo's yer doo's? Aye peckin'? #doric #bananasMin(2015) search twitter
@AnnieLennox ? Yer doo's aye peckin' Quine?(2015) search twitter
fit like mannie? Yer doos aye peckin'?(2015) search twitter

@DoricPhrases tweeted
@DavidMerson aye peckin awa ma loon!(2014) search twitter

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
Foos yer doos?......Aye peckin! #scotslanguage #lairnscots # (2020) twitter link
@Stuart_Hood Aye peckin (2021) twitter link

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
ta keep da peckin order. Sic boats hed on page 48

1 matches

Ulster

Robinson, Philip Tae a Virus, (no publisher recorded 2020) Ulster, poetry
Nae shakin hauns, or peckin lips,
1 matches

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