A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

stayin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.6 7.7 1.5 0 0 0 22.1
Number of occurrences2115 1 0 0 0 5
Number of authors10 8 1 1

Occurrences of stayin in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
ae the beginnin ae the woods, stayin close tae the wall aw . the w on page 34

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ty. Ah tolt ma ma that ah wis stayin at Harpreet's hoose an Charle on page 61
Ah'm stayin ower at Charlene's the night. on page 148
Clicky ended up stayin fur his dinner anen he wis he on page 169

5 matches

Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
irs because thir wis somebody stayin wi thir mammy an daddy. It to on page 46

1 matches

Philips, Cally Wha's feart o' the library?, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Turriff, prose
ck. Na. Nae way. Ma shoes wis stayin’ oan ma feet an that wis th
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Flemings o’ Dalnoid, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
ck tae Dalnoid, where we were stayin', until 12.30 oan a Sunday ni
1 matches

Philips, Cally Gonnae No Dae That, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Turriff, prose
pit oot o’ the hoose. An’ stayin’ in listenin’ tae they nu
1 matches

Philips, Cally Jings, crivens, help ma Boab, it’s independence!, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Turriff, prose
an, hoo come the English fowk stayin here’s gettin’ a vote? Me
re? But hoo many English fowk stayin here are gonnae vote fer it.
2 matches

Alston, Connor THE BLACK-EYED CHILDREN OF SCOTLAND, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
t wis a story) aboot a couple stayin in Stranraer oan an empty str
1 matches

Smirnov, Kuzma , (Facebook 2015) Central, prose
wioot thaim Scots will aye be stayin slang an treatit as sic, but
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
aways been a traveller efter stayin in 15 different hooses n twae (2021) twitter link

Doric

Robertson, George C. Lallans 87 - Bluid An Banter, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, script
Ah've cheenged mah mind aboot stayin in. Ah forgoat that Ah've a d on page 40

1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
He's caalt Daniel an he'll be stayin wi us." on page 15
"What in the name o-? Stayin h'lang for?" on page 16
walk side bae side. "He'll be stayin wi us fur a while. I'll git m on page 20

4 matches

King, Angeline Weans o Latharna, (angelineking.com 2021) Ulster - Larne, weans
ae live in London. Ah’m for stayin here.’
1 matches

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