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fightin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words10.6 17 0 0 0 10.3 0
Number of occurrences3433 0 0 0 1 0
Number of authors17 16 1

Occurrences of fightin in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
urns, arguin aw the while, an fightin aer the hedgehogs; an afore o on page 82

1 matches

Bennett, Peter nobody remembers the birdman - Stovies, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
Ye spend yer life fightin tae drag yersel up oot ay the on page 10
s, but he's still here; still fightin his coarner. That counts fur on page 13

2 matches

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
ght doon and he grunts again, fightin back as much ashe cin. _ on page 14
' It's that scheme maw ah wis fightin wae last night. on page 20

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Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
r tryin tae shag), who yi wur fightin wae n wit drugs yi took. on page 6
wans after us n noo A wis in-fightin wae our elder wans. A'm a son on page 33
ays Niall Watson oot n starts fightin two Fleeto wans. A start goin on page 46

3 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
unnin aboot, playin, shoutin, fightin, sometimes pullin the bark af on page 1

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
fightin talk ei is speakin on page 8

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ae the time. Ah'm no wan fur fightin either, but jist fur wance ah on page 56

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
dull moment ootside - weans fightin, men staggerin hame blind dru on page 80

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Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
e es size. But Ah didnae like fightin that much. We wint up the pre on page 44
e Pat says, who's the best at fightin between youse two. Thomas say on page 45

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Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - The Stert ae World War III?, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
in toons et the height ae the fightin. We go doon it. It’s fascin
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ith trainies an a Notre Dame, Fightin Irish basebaw cap. He’s no
but wan’s no interestit in fightin an he’s haudin his mate bac
2 matches

Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
hes ma attention, tenaciously fightin its waiy through the bitin wi
1 matches

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
orld o guid when it comes tae fightin this bugger.
1 matches

Alston, Connor THE BLACK-EYED CHILDREN OF SCOTLAND, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
y a crack as if the hoose wis fightin aff the storm tae stay stauni
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Stovies, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
Ye spend yer life fightin tae drag yersel up oot ay the
but he’s still here; still fightin his coarner. That counts fur
2 matches

Facebook link ( 2016) Central
describe the rebels as, “‘Fightin lik mad men.”

Facebook link ( 2017) Central
wur quick unnerstaundin aboot fightin frae the higher ground, aboot

@jax6754 tweeted
@MaxGeorge ??Hope yir fightin fit again soon. Huggggssss fa(2015) search twitter
feelin poorly. Hopefully yir fightin fit again soon. Hugggggssss f(2016) search twitter

@MartinBroon tweeted
Fightin till the end noo THATS whit W(2020) search twitter

@DABArbuckle tweeted
airly feeding weans is part o fightin the pandemic? The Scottish go(2020) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
a saturday nights alright fir fightin gadgie lol (2020) twitter link

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
urns, bickerin aw th time, an fightin fur th hedgehogs; an in nae t on page 82

1 matches

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