A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

having Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words18.7 22.1 18.1 0 17.4 20.7 0
Number of occurrences6043 12 0 3 2 0
Number of authors32 20 8 2 2

Occurrences of having in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
uiry, so your friends will be having a similar chat. Mr McKenzie s on page 55

1 matches

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
Having woken frae sleep in a mood ma on page 9

1 matches

Cunningham, Lucy nothing but a set of eyes for stars - Swedish Fish, (Association for Scottish Literature 2023 ISBN: 978-1906841546) Central, prose
would have been obvious, them having the same name and all. But th on page 36
e fair, especially when a wis having a good time and jist playing on page 37
always ran faster when a wis having fun oot the back wi ma dug. S on page 38
things. It wis maybe aboot me having ma dug wi me fir the race or on page 39

6 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
a lang time, A wrangly wrate 'having a nanny rooney' whan, in actu on page 49

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
n, and ran to the north-east, having at the end thereof as it were
pace of many weekis, sumtymes having a great brugh about it like t
d with a people she knew not, having wandred in seeking of her she
3 matches

Macdonald, Amy Evelynn and Peter, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Ayr, prose
a night wi ma friends withoot having that constant fear now.
1 matches

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
and you don’t want to risk having falsers.”
“It sounds like you’re having panic attacks.”
2 matches

Muir, Glenn The Truth Will Out, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, prose
d on his napper. Doris wis in having a cuppa, she telt me that the
lifestyle is due tae her man having a weel paid job and that. Cra
2 matches

McKillop, Roger The Builders, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
would you react to a workmate having a locked-on-shock?” The lec
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
yed the Tibetan. “They’re having streetlighting in some places
we do rather worry about you having nobody but him here. He is ra
to do at any moment, without having to anguish over it, without a
a grab for my balls. I'll be having nightmares for a week. Jeez!
4 matches

Haddow, Kris Ronnie's Story, (words.krishaddow.com 2011) Central, prose
she’d wanted tae. She loved having me and ma brithers there. She
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
notes. It says you have been having frequent bouts of diarrhoea?
1 matches

@alistairdunn tweeted
imagine having the nerve tae complain about (2014) search twitter

@g_hibby tweeted
Aye, and ye can forget aboot having a pint as soon as we get ther (2023) twitter link
most of ma peeps Helen, still having tae go aboot and see if they (2023) twitter link
Thinking I'm happy no having a link tae the game... ????? (2023) twitter link

@jack_capener tweeted
s isnae one of them. Why does having various dialects exclude it f(2018) search twitter

@IshbelMcF tweeted
, how is it Scotland can make having a baby better than England ca(2019) search twitter

@RickHJohnston tweeted
Aye Paul, and you're having a guid kick o the ball yersel (2022) twitter link
Both groups celebrating and having a good time. Nothing to repor (2022) twitter link
y Hoyle struggles with the UK having a proven liar as Prime Minist (2022) twitter link

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
@stewartbremner Having now a wee thocht anent Caille(2020) search twitter

@billykayscot tweeted
Having an Italian son-in-law who let(2020) search twitter

@bigandymccoll tweeted
) and then one evening Roddy, having been contacted as a prominent (2022) twitter link

@PeoplesPoet77 tweeted
xlilmissteachx Yer nae wrong, having a hair stylist for a fiancée (2022) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
@edinburghpaper you are having a laugh btw - the last place (2020) twitter link
d cycle speedway of course - having introduced the wee fella to t (2021) twitter link
about the testing side defo n having to adapt if games r to go ahe (2021) twitter link
olidays this year - a will b having staycations everywhere! (2021) twitter link
imagine having to be a yes man at a football (2020) twitter link
and 1 other occurrences.

Doric

Wilson, Katie Becus a hae a sister a hae a friend, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Buckie, prose
ou can help ma fan a need it. Having someone there helps ma a lot.
1 matches

Ritchie, John Fishin in the Findhorn, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
chuffed I said I know what am having fae ma supper.
1 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
s, McRorie, Vinnie, Hayes all having chances tae actually test the (2022) twitter link
es doon tae individuals never having had the quality or lack of co (2022) twitter link
dcast The big mistake was nae having an experienced no. 2 tae supp (2022) twitter link
r we say it’s jist nae worth having fitba back (2020) twitter link
got tae persuade Mrs D, but, having suggested Sharp Objects on Sk (2020) twitter link

@beast_afc tweeted
and shat it a bit I thought. Having an older HEED with gid Englis(2020) search twitter

@cligeey tweeted
- soo tasty. Fits abidy else having? X https://t.co/4msXv5AxaE(2020) search twitter

@Franwella tweeted
@LouiseNicol1 jist oot. Having a grand night. Hungry! x(2012) search twitter

@fittiecrooners tweeted
I dinna get Aberdeen fans having a gripe at McInnes. He is the(2017) search twitter

@JoanHenry7 tweeted
r Aberdeen. No we wouldna' be having that. (2023) twitter link

Shetland

@tattooedselkie tweeted
eestit mutton soup on the go. Having not had it in a year I'm exci(2021) search twitter

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
Having a peerie boy say at rock pool(2014) search twitter
ache just fae thinking aboot having to think aboot choosing one.(2020) search twitter

Southern

@jamie_ginger tweeted
Sterting ti think ma wifes having an affair wi the parcel deliv(2020) search twitter

@officialAliRed tweeted
o when it comes. Biggest faff having wean(s) and no car, eh?(2020) search twitter