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Use in varieties of Scots

twitchin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.8 2.1 4.5 0 0 0 8.9
Number of occurrences94 3 0 0 0 2
Number of authors8 3 3 2

Occurrences of twitchin in Corpus

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Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
obvious that by the wey he's twitchin inside the boax. That Aldo's on page 108
like a burst pipe and it wis twitchin involuntary. As if, somehow, on page 129

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Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
is deid - it wis mebbe jist twitchin wi the heat aff the fire. on page 61

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Mortimer, Cara Bewaur o th tap tap tap, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - North Lanarkshire, weans
stood up and ma lugs stairtit twitchin. Oot o th quiet an th daurk a
1 matches

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
said Jack, the neuks o'is moo twitchin wi amusemint. "An Ah'm sure y on page 12

1 matches

Murdoch, Steve Lallans 63 - Poacher, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
miliar shape o a doe’s lugs twitchin ahin ane o the bushes. But in
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Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
fuskers twitchin, his twa wee beady een growin
1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
scullery windae; hir heid was twitchin an turnin an takin the hale o on page 2

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Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
ye hae yin o thon wee craturs twitchin in yer heid an wigglin in yer on page 5

1 matches

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