A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'running'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
runningOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus14.74727
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 23.7 2 1
DOR - General Northern 35.4 8 4
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 33.2 13 6
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 27.1 5 4
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 16 12 7
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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 running in Corpus

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Shetland

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
Turns oot the moose running aboot ma hoose is mad for cou(2020)

Mid Northern A

@DoricPhrases tweeted
Ma ither website ah ah'm running a competition tae win £25.00(2017)
Fa minds running aroon Aiberdeen wi ae i' thes(2018)
AhÂ’m running a buik on fit latchie the new(2018)

Aberdeen

The Flying Pigs The ‘Naked Cleaners’ idea is appalling. It’s sexist, demeaning, and at £80 an hour, steep, (Press and Journal 2018) Doric, newspaper
ouse, but I ayewiz find masel running oot o’ cash at this time oâ
moneymaking scheme. She came running in tae my hoose a’ in a flu
2 matches

General Northern

@72redz1903 tweeted
@cristofoli5 @Haggis_UK Running Britain down? ItÂ’s a shithoo (2022) twitter link
ist gan tae have tae hit grun running (2022) twitter link

@beast_afc tweeted
as a scunner. I hid tae gee a running commentary masel. A neer spat(2020)
cost ye a bomb if ya left it running for 13 years Quine(2020)

@cligeey tweeted
e canna play his direct style running at defences(2020)
CSportsound He is a wee nyaff running oot his contract If the Don's(2020)

@fittiecrooners tweeted
ood at hame! Aye, fit ye find running about the streets end up in y(2019)
save yon glass oÂ’wine whilst running fer yer life #priorities(2020)

(South) East Central

St Luke's Primary Schuil, Midlothian The Mayfield Moose, (Scots Hoose 2017) Central, weans
uckle, peeliewally moose came running oot the hoose. The moose boon
1 matches

Grubb, Adrian Bungee, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Kirkcaldy, prose
pal Emma who was practically running it, came up tae me sayin that
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Al Fresco, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
here and there. The river wis running quite low as there hadnae bee
1 matches

Crawford, Ross At Stake, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
quickest aff the mark tae go running fur a teacher, and ither boys
1 matches

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
@Carolro28744016 IÂ’m running oot of excuses here ????(2020)

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
Derek at the moment the snp r running the game n as the sfa follow (2021) twitter link
ar bias for the second season running in favour of kelty hearts - (2021) twitter link
andemic started and now he is running our lives - no mine your (2021) twitter link
racing at lochgelly has been running since the 1st august and was (2020) twitter link
est when the fitbaw gets up n running again (2021) twitter link
and 3 other occurrences.

West Central

Campbell, Karen Gie it laldy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Glasgow, blog
ished or takin tae the air or running awa? But it disny really mait
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
cos she saw how fast ad been running oot the back field and how ha on page 38
ack tae the house wi ma mucky running shoes in one plastic bag and on page 39

2 matches

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
t me, getting tae his feet an running doon the hall intae toilet. on page 3

1 matches

Bennett, Peter McShane's Reprieve, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
Sorry mate, running l8. be there in 10. D
1 matches

Donovan, Anne Buddha Da - Chapter 1 Anne Marie, (Canongate 2009 ISBN: 978-1847673459) Central - Glasgow, prose
'His spirit is clear like running water,' says Hammy, and the o
1 matches

Ayrshire

McClelland, Ben Chicagof Island, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Ayr, prose
hen they got there, they were running oot a daylight n immediately
1 matches

General Central

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
. in the sentence 'The bus is running late', the word 'bus' is the on page 32

3 matches

Hershaw, William Eemis Stane 1 - The Laverock’s Nest, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
Ane secont he was running fou tilt through the cornfiel on page 17

1 matches

Hodgson, Brent Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
they can take a running jump in the wind. on page 91

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
form of a dragon with a tail, running through the firmament, and in
ugh the firmament, and in the running giving great light and spouti
2 matches

@g_hibby tweeted
e tae get some wall shelves.. Running oot o' space for ma models.. (2023) twitter link

@jax6754 tweeted
d luck wirh getting it up and running. Hugggggssss to you??, Kate? (2019)

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
aneyGodley weel we ken wha is running the show an nae just in Bute (2020)
try that afore and then gyang running sookin up mair than only P4 g(2020)

@bigandymccoll tweeted
tae think that they should be running the planet. (2022) twitter link

South West (Galloway)

Haddow, Kris Ronnie's Story, (words.krishaddow.com 2011) Central, prose
ront, and we were free tae go running and paddling as often as we l
1 matches

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