Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'laughing'

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Use in varieties of Scots

laughing	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	6.6	21	15
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A	9.8	3	3
MNB - Mid Northern B	131	1	1
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	10.2	4	1
WCE - West Central	4.6	1	1
DUN - Dundee	10.6	1	1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow	10.9	2	1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central	10.7	8	6
SEA - South East (Borders)	12.5	1	1
SWE - South West (Galloway)
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)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of laughing in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
veryone's speaking about it...laughing at me...saying that Julian go on page 76

1 matches

Wilson, Katie Becus a hae a sister a hae a friend, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Buckie, prose
ys pick yi up - fan a finish laughing . If yi iver mak mistakes in l
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
a poker face an nae burst oot laughing!(2017)

Mid Northern B

Johnston, Shaun The Forkie Gollach, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
r came skirlin oot o the shop laughing like a drain. Then ma mate Jo
1 matches

(South) East Central

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
or game up here is a complete laughing stock noo imo (2021) twitter link
former dentist - a complete laughing stock in scotland (2020) twitter link
wonder the snp are a complete laughing stock with your explanation - (2020) twitter link
ce - what am i to do - stop laughing wid help lol (2020) twitter link

West Central

Philips, Cally Jings, crivens, help ma Boab, it’s independence!, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Turriff, prose
ne mad. An Enbra’s became a laughing stock.
1 matches

Dundee

McKenzie, Roddy Cataracts, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2018) Central - Dundee, prose
oax, yi sing alang, they`re a laughing , they enjoy a guid sang an a
1 matches

Glasgow

Cunningham, Lucy nothing but a set of eyes for stars - Swedish Fish, (Association for Scottish Literature 2023 ISBN: 978-1906841546) Central, prose
understaund, pal?' Da started laughing but no in his usual way. In a on page 41

2 matches

General Central

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
doll. The sign above it read 'Laughing Man'. When ah looked away, ah on page 32

1 matches

Stewart, Anna An Alien Feeling, (Scots Hoose 2019) Central, prose
mind the name o. They’re aw laughing and no even thinking aboot Lu
n my wine tae droon oot their laughing , I like its fullness in my mo
2 matches

@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
.. Okay sometimes I burst oot laughing ?? but I wouldn't want it any(2020)
that's a shame but burst oot laughing when remembering whit it wis (2020)

@DABArbuckle tweeted
, ah verneer pished ma breeks laughing at that tweet. Comedy gold ma(2020)

@bigandymccoll tweeted
Cannae stop laughing..... Hud tae share the lurve. (2022) twitter link

@pmcm1355 tweeted
Putin keechin his drawers... laughing. Wallace is a raving loony if (2022) twitter link

South East (Borders)

@Woodwinecoolers tweeted
ounds it. I'd ah pissed masel laughing ?? (2022) twitter link