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Use in varieties of Scots

lightin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.7 5.1 1.5 0 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences1210 1 0 0 0 1
Number of authors8 6 1 1

Occurrences of lightin in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
he boys fags oot his packet n lightin them. WAIT N SEE IT SCHOOL, Y on page 20

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
t shrugged her aff an startet lightin up a fag. Charlene's busy, ah on page 169

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
wur different, ah'd cell hur, lightin them up. But ah dinnae love h on page 35

1 matches

Bolland, John Lallans 71 - Line of Sight – excerpt fae a novel in progress, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
is still illuminatit by strip-lightin tho Egg, the manageress, hiz
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Sacrificial Doo, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
that fuckin door.’ he sais, lightin a fag an offerin me wan.
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
them up fae the mantle piece, lightin wan.
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
e gaun.’ he sais, smilin an lightin a joint, inhalin deeply.
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Bennett, Peter The Bools, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
Lightin the pipe, ah puff away, watch
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Bennett, Peter Wan Goal tae the Good, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ais, pointin at McDade, afore lightin a fag she pulls fae a twinty
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Matthews, Lily A SPARK O INSPIRATION, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
nder. Yin time, whilst ah wis lightin the oil lamps afore tea, he h
1 matches

Doric

Maitland, Andrew Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Auld Mannie, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
wa fur ower an hour, the host lightin up like a Christmas tree wi t on page 77

1 matches

Ulster

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Lightin aip tha land, on page 40

1 matches

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