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Use in varieties of Scots

driving Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.9 4.1 12.1 9.9 0 10.3 4.4
Number of occurrences198 8 1 0 1 1
Number of authors16 6 7 1 1 1

Occurrences of driving in Corpus

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Central

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
emetery. 'I'm too old for the driving these days.' on page 117

1 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
Jean: Whit are ye driving at? on page 35

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Carpe Diem, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
The riff fae Driving South comes through the speak
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Guru an Zander, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
p. ‘Any reason why you were driving the wrong way up this one-way
1 matches

@Sinethugcat tweeted
view I used to pass most days driving into St A's - back in the da (2021) twitter link
n't listen to the news whilst driving anymore! Esp nowt tae dae wit (2021) twitter link

@ThonJacobite tweeted
l circle and gae back tae HGV driving.(2020) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
uys - surely a life ban from driving is the only deterrent in this (2020) twitter link

Doric

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
fit weisna a gweed mixter fin driving eis jallopy. Noo, aye wurket on page 68

1 matches

Coutts, Pete Belhelvie, (bandcamp 2016) Doric, poetry
uttin’ on a bit o steam the driving wheel gings roon
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
ounger an sma'er noo they are driving dinky cars!! https://t.co/ZoT(2017) search twitter
or ask fur help fin they are driving aroonAiberdeen, they are aa c(2018) search twitter

@cligeey tweeted
Never even thocht o driving hame for Christmas https://t.(2020) search twitter

@daleser23 tweeted
t @mikeyforbes1 just back fae driving range lads. #rippeditup(2013) search twitter

@Franwella tweeted
ing venturing intae the rain, driving tae Elgin n purchasing Chicke(2011) search twitter

@fittiecrooners tweeted
llie Aye this new landlady is driving us auld locals oot we yon pin(2018) search twitter

Orkney

Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Driving lessons, mind noo - mirror, on page 47

1 matches

Southern

@jamie_ginger tweeted
frae stoke ahead. Glad am no driving. #sleepysleepy #5hoursdrive(2012) search twitter

Ulster

@TheFarrierPhil tweeted
me crackin' tunes the day for driving along too Kerry! We had a bir (2021) twitter link