A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

phonin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.9 6.2 13.6 0 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences2212 9 0 1 0 0
Number of authors15 9 5 1

Occurrences of phonin in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
n Wee Kenzie, n heard Addison phonin Big Kenzie. The rest ae the Y on page 18
in the mobiles oot n textin n phonin like fuck. Azzy fuckin Willia on page 45
apid n Addison's maw hud been phonin him aw day. He's turned aff h on page 49

3 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
her end ae the line. They wur phonin tae say they've goat a on page 156
fae Craigy. He wis obviously phonin me cos Mikey's heavies wur oa on page 181

2 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
at's pure child abuse am pure phonin Child Line when ah get hame. on page 83

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
hich here means "they stapped phonin, scrievin, or stappin by tae on page 34

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 58 - The Dumb Jyner, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
ice sounin gey skeichen, "I'm phonin tae tell ye that ma mate, Ern on page 65

1 matches

Nicol, Alissa Poor Wee Livvy, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - North Lanarkshire, weans
ve them, and kicked them oot, phonin their parents in the process.
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Sacrificial Doo, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ve ye been? Ah’ve hud cunts phonin me aw night lookin fur ye. Wh
1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 59 - Bellin the Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Ormiston, prose
e ither neebors waukens, fowk phonin the fire brigade an comin oot
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
sey as we speak n frantically phonin one another lol (2020) twitter link

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Nellie. She wis phonin te thunk ye fir the flooers a on page 26
"Hallo! Ah'm just phonin aboot the furnitir you' ve pi on page 72

2 matches

Goodall, Phyllis J. Lallans 59 - Last May a Braw Wooer, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, newspaper
e min't. Adam Kindness wid be phonin at her, seekin her ti gyang t on page 94

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Ah'm nae phonin Ivor," said Jack. "Ah'm gaun on page 8

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
ither end o the toon hid been phonin". Ey are jist
Five minutes efter Hazel phonin, the place wis swarmin wi bob
2 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
o order for twa days. I keep phonin fae the phone box, bit nae
1 matches

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
lly worried noo. I’ve tried phonin ma Da tae ask him fit I shoul
1 matches

@Franwella tweeted
Nicol1 get it sorted! Aimee's phonin noo tae get disc n mojito's d(2011) search twitter

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Smootie gengs ta Lerrick, (SCOTS corpus 2003) Shetland - Bressay, weans
in an checkin wi da police an phonin dis een an dat Magnus's midde
1 matches

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