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Use in varieties of Scots

collectin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.1 7.5 4.5 0 0 0 8.9
Number of occurrences2015 3 0 0 0 2
Number of authors15 11 3 1

Occurrences of collectin in Corpus

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Central

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
een wanderin roon aw the beds collectin somethin. on page 3

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
There's a wuman gone aboot collectin the empties. on page 112

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
twenty pund note in the Vigil collectin tin an drove aff. Twenty pund on page 106

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Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
s. The wee yin, Isa, has been collectin her pension an buyin twenties on page 46

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Cairns, Pauline Lallans 58 - Newsins fa the SND, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
Hooanever, we're still collectin so if oniebodie oot there fee on page 110

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Robinson, Christine Lallans 73 - Historical Lexicography and the Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1700, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
we can at least get yokit by collectin material as the opportunity a on page 16

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
uist shivvin yer fiver in the collectin tin. on page 122

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Handy, Robbie Forked Tongues, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Dunfermline, blog
ful, ye can volunteer tae try collectin taxes in Accompong: ye’d bo
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Bennett, Peter Carpe Diem, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
message fur me. Monty’s oot collectin.’
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Bennett, Peter Graftin, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ais, his wee pencil moustache collectin wee globules ay sweat oan it
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Bennett, Peter Wan Goal tae the Good, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
e’s buzzin aboot the table, collectin empty glesses an puttin them
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Wilson, Rab A centre of undeemous excellence fir Scots leid, (The National 2017) Central, newspaper
o Hamish Henderson’s eident collectin o tradeetional sang bides yet
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@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
ious geekery o haufflin-years collectin o irregular French verbs an o(2020) search twitter

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
A fortune ye'd mak collectin't in tubs It wid sell awa fin on page 15

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 83 - Dunnottar, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
aboot the streets wi a chunty collectin the money, though the maist o
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Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
y jyned in. He likit tae help collectin, an he likit
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Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
- Music - Establishin', collectin' an' restorin' the Ulster-Sco on page 23
y cooncil shud commission the collectin' an' recordin' o' Ulster-Scot on page 51

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