Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'throwin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

throwin	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	9.3	31	21
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	19.6	6	4
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen	42	4	3
DOR - General Northern	4.4	1	1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	10.3	4	3
WCE - West Central	8.9	2	2
DUN - Dundee	10.6	1	1
EDN - Edinburgh	6.2	1	1
GLA - Glasgow	55.3	11	6
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)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of throwin in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Shetland

@tattooedselkie tweeted
Me Facebook memories ir throwin up various posts I made aboot(2021)

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Ah ken!" she said, throwin the reed anorak it Dottie, af on page 70
on the bed," said the wifie, throwin back the bedroom door an pynt on page 73

2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
manes a swatch o Drumdelgie, throwin his roch heid back an takkin
1 matches

Johnston, Mary Lallans 81 - A Day at Edinbro Feestival, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric, prose
n een anither’s shooders an throwin clubs til een anither. Weel I
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
nd recently they’d teen tae throwin steens at Catty finivver he w
the lad and three o his pals throwin Catty in the air wi a squeeb
2 matches

Aberdeen

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 84 - The Ferlie, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
ir winnerfu,' says Fergie; an throwin his airms aroon the stammygas on page 82

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 68 - Gordon’s Gairden, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Doric, prose
he pailins at the twa o them, throwin a ba' aboot, or haein a wee p on page 35

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 75 - The Petrol Tanker, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Doric, prose
fowks’ dykes on the wye, an throwin steens at cats, an pullin rod
1 matches

Uri, Antonia Widney’s Fuil, (Mak Forrit 2017) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
the castle tae the grund, by throwin the Laird’s kirst oot the w
1 matches

General Northern

Maitland, Andrew Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Auld Mannie, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
ared his throat, embarrassed, throwin a smile ower his crinkled fac on page 77

1 matches

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
r oot an ran the amber light, throwin the motor roon the corner. on page 1

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
uch a high, he could huv been throwin grenades oor and ah widnae hu on page 40

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
cooker an pullin bits aff an throwin them intae the back o the van on page 25
lavvy, who wid forget a fool throwin pink lavvy paper every where. on page 43

2 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
rt fellah Alfenus, e'en eftir throwin oot on page 121

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Wha's Like Us?, (Bella Caledonia 2017) Central - Bellshill, blog
the politicians, or a monkey throwin darts, or whitever. Maist imp
1 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
tossin thi caber, throwin thi hammer on page 86

1 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger Educational (Mis)Communication, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
e no’ cool it doon a bit by throwin ’ some waater oan the coals?
1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
door," the Flunkey went oan, throwin her the rubber ear, "if the d on page 57
oup oaf the fire, an stairtit throwin everythin she could reach at on page 59
!" said the Queen, furiously, throwin an inkstaun at the Lizard as on page 120

3 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
n the deck. 'They're aw at me throwin punches n A'm gittin hit wae on page 42

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
in fae side tae side, glowin, throwin wee colorful glow worm lines on page 3

2 matches

Kennedy, Julie Ma Mum and William Wordsworth, (Howkin Words Press 2024 ISBN: 978-1399988971) Central, prose
s gien me a fright. Ah end up throwin the tea towel doon the stairs on page 20

1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bools, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
bit sorry fur him noo he’s throwin his toiys oot the pram.
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part one of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
o far away or attempt another throwin technique other than the wan
1 matches

Geraghty, Martin The Pusher, (TheCommonBreath.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ns. Tried tae appease mae wae throwin dough at it. It’s aw superf
ersonal space in the process. Throwin stuff it mae.
2 matches