A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'creatin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
creatinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.42722
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 23.7 2 1
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central 46.4 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 12.8 5 3
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 12.6 2 2
GLA - Glasgow 10.9 2 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 8 6 5
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 41.7 3 3
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of creatin in Corpus

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Aberdeen

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
spired Walt Disney fan he was creatin Cinderella's castle. Built in on page 17

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Uri, Antonia North East filmmakker feart for the futur o Doric, (Doric Future 2019) Doric, blog
n, she will tak on the task o creatin films aboot ither local areas
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General Northern

Gilbert, Jo Tales Fae The Doric Side - Introduction, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
e's folk spikkin, scrievin an creatin in it, despite years o bein t on page 9

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Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
it. It gart me feel like God creatin Adam. Efter aa, aa He'd hid t on page 51

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North East Central

Heather, Alistair Tartan Tourism nae mair, (The Herald 2018) Central, newspaper
rin, an peyin fir new airt an creatin a new forum fir cultural wark
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(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
The last hing they want is us creatin oor ain pathwey acroass the m on page 92
uvin his wages doacked fur no creatin enough joabs. Kennin the Eton on page 119

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Hubbard, Tom Minoritie Status, (Tapsalteerie 2017) Central - Kirkcaldy, poetry
He's done his job, creatin the universe. on page 22

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Fairnie, Robert Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
eakers tae speak Scots athoot creatin mair Scots speakers? (g)
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 174, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
y textured fabrics stoundinly creatin muntains, rivers, forests, th
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West Central

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
™ guts spewin' oot the screen Creatin’ havoc wi' baith 'e ma een
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Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
efforts will hae the bonus o creatin jobs. on page 148

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Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
€™ go hame! Yin nicht she wis creatin’ some PowerPoint fir yin oâ
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Capener, Jack This laund wis wrocht for you an me, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central - Edinburgh, blog
roond the toun o Lochinver an creatin local employment, whiles impr
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Glasgow

Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
terin an spews oer the sides, creatin an aqueous partition between
d, piercin through the smirr, creatin a fragmented rainbow in their
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General Central

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
s gaein agin her ain ends, an creatin a veicious cercle forbye, for on page 21

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Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
s, Reid, McLellan an Kemp wis creatin a classic drama fir a period on page 38

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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
gh MacDiarmid, haes set aboot creatin a new staundart frae the grun on page 56

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Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
cher, throu her ain interest, creatin an example o
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Robertson, Colin Lallans 81 - Wildlaw, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
the warld haes been smert in creatin environmental codes in a bid
an dae that in oor ceities bi creatin wee ‘wul’ resairves, pitt
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South West (Galloway)

Bryden, Hugh Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
wis what ye were creatin, on page 104

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McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
e're aye leein tae ourselves, creatin tales and legends meant tae m on page 45

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Briggs, Susi Diva, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central - Dumfries and Galloway, poetry
Creatin a magnificent croon
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East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
in red ower hir thin lips, re-creatin the spectre o a wumman who ha on page 5

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General Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
rin o' Ulster-Scots tourism . Creatin' an' deliverin' qualitie medi on page 54

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