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Use in varieties of Scots

passing Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.4 9 7.4 9.9 17.4 10.3 0
Number of occurrences2818 5 1 3 1 0
Number of authors19 13 2 1 2 1

Occurrences of passing in Corpus

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Central

Donovan, Anne Gone are the Leaves, (ISIS 2014 ISBN: 978-1445099262) Central, prose
rtant occasions. But with the passing of time even the sharpest-eye on page 3

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McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
like time passing - it might take a year on page 85

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Perrie, Walter Lallans 74 - The Lion Laid Low by the Man, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
A passing lion fairly caa’d their bun
1 matches

White, George But the heart is gallus, (Facebook 2024) Central, prose
tae land oan some passing face, seen but for an instant
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Bennett, Peter The Guru an Zander, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
. ‘Watch the Beemer, as yer passing, we just got it.
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Lion Rampant, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
andered through the redgrass, passing scattered whistling thorn, st
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Muir, Glenn Sport!, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
tick Thistle players wha kept passing the ba tae each ither (even w
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McKillop, Roger The Flemings o’ Dalnoid, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
It’s time, was but passing,
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McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
A cairn noo marks his passing,
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Crawford, Ross Mindin, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
t still loomed large ower her passing. The morning efter, ah receiv
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McKenzie, Roddy Cataracts, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2018) Central - Dundee, prose
next yin. Jist like thi licht passing thro thi windae- in and awa`.
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
e sayed, “Il happened to be passing. Anyway we’re not looking f
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Havery, Hannah The Gaithering, (Literature Alliance Scotland 2022) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
haundling them wi care, afore passing
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@rattlecans tweeted
tae the amazement of all the passing pensioners, no jist all the e (2022) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
session yesterday - as a wis passing - aye eeve no lost it big ma (2021) twitter link
endlies av seen lately in the passing ! (2020) twitter link

Doric

@72redz1903 tweeted
niping at Ant Stewart, re his passing. He’s nae Beckenbauer, but a (2022) twitter link

@fittiecrooners tweeted
e day wee news o' Dod Michael passing awa. still sing twa o' his so(2016) search twitter

Orkney

@peediepuss tweeted
an_rose They're just migrants passing through. Nathusius' Pipistrel (2020) twitter link

Shetland

@Julie_Dennison tweeted
k up Grunnawal, dey missed da passing place an we wir nearly at da (2019) twitter link

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
re more whimbrel/Peerie Whaap passing through Shetland this year, s(2020) search twitter
p doon on da grass. If you're passing take a look ??(2019) search twitter

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Passing by a' hae tae stop on page 9

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