A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

balancin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.1 3.5 4.5 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences107 3 0 0 0 0
Number of authors7 5 2

Occurrences of balancin in Corpus

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Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
Then Nigel said, still balancin on wan leg and forenent the w on page 140
furder backwards, till it wis balancin on jist wan edge o its base. on page 159
drinkin tea oot a mug she wis balancin on her knee. on page 185

3 matches

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
inin table where mah sword is balancin an it faws aff and sticks bol on page 173

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
ts, wha were sittin up in bed balancin bools o soup on their knaps, on page 56

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
llections ootside, cigarettes balancin between their fingers. on page 3

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Coyle Loyal, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
the close door open. She’s balancin a wean oan her hip, tyin her
1 matches

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Tales Fae The Doric Side - Mabel, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
'm awa te explode," she said, balancin a muckle jar o pickled ingins on page 92

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
the proker. He's unco ull at balancin'). "Aat's nae ony memorandum on page 20
she hed been claverin wi) wes balancin itsel on a spirl jist abeen h on page 40

2 matches

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