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Use in varieties of Scots

roastin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.9 10.3 3 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences2220 2 0 0 0 0
Number of authors15 13 2

Occurrences of roastin in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
ves, an, seein as the haw wis roastin hot, kept fannin hersel aw th on page 18

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McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
The wee chubby lad hawns me a roastin hoat can ae Tennent's. 'Wit's on page 10

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Beekman, Tony Lallans 84 - The Fate o the Philosopher, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
place is doon ablow gettin a roastin.' on page 48

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Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
a wee laugh before takin the roastin that's comin the night n the on page 49
ae numb the fuckin inevitable roastin A wis gonnae git. It hud work on page 51

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
lang as ye leeve - an in the roastin fires o the everlastin Hell t on page 47

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McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
last hawf yer lager's fuckin roastin. Gie me freezing cauld bucky on page 172

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Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
ma place, hoolin peanuts for roastin and sautin. That's whit they on page 30
air aroond them - the reek o roastin coffee on page 71

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Clark, Thomas Diary o a Wimpy Wean, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785302145) Central, weans
dinnae even get aw sweaty and roastin. on page 24

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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
Ma nose twitches. It's a roastin hot August day, and the bugge on page 12

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Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
pookit and buskit, ready for roastin! And up ayont, hingin fae the on page 52

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Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
Hercules wis roastin. He needit a drink or he wis on page 42

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Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
‘Ah’m fuckin roastin an ma legs ur aw chafed tae f
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Shoor Caan, Angus Tasteless, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Saltcoats, prose
A couldnae smell ri lamb roastin' whin A gote hame an' A hud t
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ed be a fire, whaur flesh wis roastin, an flat breids wis bakin owe
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Matthews, Lily A SPARK O INSPIRATION, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
intae his study; there wis a roastin hot fire cracklin in the neuk
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Bennett, Peter Arabian Monkfish (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
an blouses unbuttoned under a roastin hot London sun.
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
suddenly turned Leith intae a roastin hoat day in Barbados. It’s
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Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 90 - Mrs Cadwallader’s Conversion, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
here. An Ah'd raither face a roastin fae the Admiralty than eyn up on page 41

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Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
Rise tae see the sin jist roastin het,
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