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Use in varieties of Scots

breathin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words13.5 14.6 22.4 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences4429 15 0 0 0 0
Number of authors23 17 6

Occurrences of breathin in Corpus

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Central

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
'Oh thank god,' says Dolly, breathin a sigh ae relief. on page 31

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Crichton, Tam Lallans 84 - Ower the Faem Pairt Twa: Doon the Watter, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
ng it aw, I tried tae keep ma breathin steady, an seem in control o on page 55

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Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
had drunken the watter. I wis breathin mair easy. At keek o day the on page 81

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Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
the pub fuckin steamin. He's breathin doon hur neck n A git the imp on page 39

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Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
The tree is breathin roon aboot Tom but it's his a on page 1

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
y liftit Adam up tae ease his breathin, an his heid slid back on the on page 76

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Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
ward motion, nevvir stoappin, breathin, never acknowledgin stress, a on page 3

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ce sent ma hert flutterin. Ma breathin became shallower and ah thoat on page 25
breathin demon. Insteed, ah wis faced on page 89

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
thday. There's monie fowk yet breathin that cin mind gettin the taws on page 65

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
A new start, time apert, sum breathin space on page 77

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
aw he wantit wis tae stop breathin. They had got lost on 28 May on page 43

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
Maw's breathin grows deeper, angrier. on page 15
ired, ah shut ma eyes, slowly breathin in and oot. The biggest and m on page 92

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Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
n quate in the sma synagogue. Breathin oot the names written fae fla on page 9

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Thoumire, Elizabeth Kintrae livin, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
Switzerland in the howp that breathin the pure muntain air wad brin
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 149, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
u effects o "passive smokin" (breathin in ither fowks' tabaccae reek
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Bennett, Peter Carpe Diem, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
think yersel lucky yer still breathin ya prick.’ he sais, puffin
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Bennett, Peter Graftin, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
as ah inhaled an exhaled, ma breathin laboured as ah climbed up an
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Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
Ah focus oan ma breathin, and fur wance, it feels like
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
al coortyaird o the lamasery, breathin in the growthy smell o watter
hink we sudna be gingin aroon breathin. Bit Ah’m real.” He squee
reisure, Ah hae seen the even breathin o my darlin asleep...”
rs, he maun be restrictin her breathin. She turnt an tried tae coori
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Bennett, Peter Wan Goal tae the Good, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
other wan tae gie us a bit ay breathin space. The huns ur away tae D
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Donovan, Anne Hieroglyphics and Other Stories - All that Glistens, (Canongate 2004 ISBN: 1841955191) Central, prose
ippin oot buildins and he wis breathin in stour aw day, sometimes it
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Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
m awey cos ah dinnae want him breathin oor me. Probably be a room fi
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
eid. Fur if there is yin hing breathin right noo who loves me uncond
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Doric

Gray, Kathleen Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Ootlin, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
in wi. Jist tae gae oorsels a breathin space. on page 59
roke her cheek. She wis still breathin, bit only jist. I started gre on page 60

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
didna even ken; the constant breathin...in...an oot. on page 87

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Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 58 - Cyaard, the Tattie Doodle, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
b. 'He wis mad in the eyes an breathin fast an deep, intent as he wi on page 118

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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
wi parridge, his een steekit, breathin broken an whizzly as anely a
, an the pech o her faither's breathin. The breathin sterted tae sla
. The breathin sterted tae slaw doon, stoppi
puff ava. An then, again, the breathin wid slaw tae a snail's rate,
uldna see them. Her faither's breathin fooneret again, back tae the
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Leslie, Deborah Bittie aboot oor Doric dialect, (Doric Future 2020) Doric - Inverurie, blog
t feels, te me, as natural as breathin; it’s fa Ah am, far Ah come
the Doric thrivin as a livin, breathin wird an nae as some stewy aul
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Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
e ended up wi real difficulty breathin.
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Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
d in big reed blotches an his breathin gey sair made. She teen his h
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Hutchison, Pat Tarrarra boomby ae, This is my dying day, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
groaned he slowly calmed his breathin doon and found in so deein th
again but he controlled it by breathin through his mooth. Eence mair
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