Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'pleadin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

pleadin	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	3.7	12	9
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A	3.3	1	1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen	11.9	1	1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	10.2	4	2
WCE - West Central	9.2	2	2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh	6.3	1	1
GLA - Glasgow	10.9	2	1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders)
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)	32.8	1	1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of pleadin in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Rumbles, Brodie-Anne Recordin on Beep, (Scots Hoose 2022) Doric - Banff, weans
e pleaded Guilty wi insanity, pleadin that it wis nae her deein it,
1 matches

Aberdeen

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
pleadin to be let back in! on page 10

1 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
t soup fae a tin. Hundreds ae pleadin messages ah've sent her and n on page 62
h wis sorry, Aldo" explains a pleadin Craig. "He said "The Cincinna on page 74
re, Aldo?" Craig asks, almost pleadin. on page 106

3 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS nummer 109, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
uld weel be accused o special pleadin there!)
1 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
it, ya ugsome hotterel! Ur ye pleadin no guilty?' on page 114

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Ah'm no pleadin 'Print them aa', let's discus on page 144

1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ir snarlin. Than he heard her pleadin for his life, an the dugs tur
1 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part two of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
nt in the neighbourin cubicle pleadin poverty an beggin fur a crisi
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
s cunt Pearcey!’ McDade’s pleadin , the deceptively weak looking
1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
wiped clean. She cud hear hir pleadin voice, "It stairtit whan I wa on page 8

1 matches