A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

pentin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.1 7.6 6 0 23.2 0 0
Number of occurrences2315 4 0 4 0 0
Number of authors17 10 4 3

Occurrences of pentin in Corpus

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Central

Shepherd, J. Barrie Lallans 82 - Forth Brig, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
'They say they nivver stop pentin it.' on page 28

1 matches

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
ee gairdners gaun hard at it, pentin thaim nd. Alison thocht this on page 44

2 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
et annoyed if yin's oot. Like pentin the Forth brig, only rid bulb on page 1

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
s arrestit by the sodgers fer pentin a slogan on the wa o an inn i on page 122

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
o HeedrumHodrums were thrang pentin mair fizzogs on mair sweeties on page 121

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
ye'll mebbe get a swatch at a pentin and no think awfie muckle o i on page 27
red waws wis a muckle, mingin pentin o an ee, jist like the wan on on page 29
er thon, Violet took doon the pentin o the ee. On the back o the p on page 116

4 matches

Wilson, Rab Lallans 76 - The Sycamore at Calton, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, poetry
thae trees mair fittin fir a pentin,
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Whae Were the Pechts, (Dig It Scotland 2023) Central, prose
e prattick o tattooin or body pentin. The term wis first yaised ab
1 matches

Smith, Jamie The dingin doun o devolution, (Mak Forrit 2020) Central - Edinburgh, blog
overnment haes been ettlin at pentin us wi a big braid brush o BrÃ
1 matches

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
uchelt upwart and set tae the pentin, wi Squaiker a wheen spaiks a
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 75, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
nguages throu gemms, sangs an pentin then, as thay work thair wey
1 matches

Doric

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
rnin they tak ower the eenins pentin thair sheddaes on ruifs they on page 3

1 matches

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
see Norwegian airtist Munch's pentin 'The Scream', ye maun gang ta on page 15

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Pentin aa i'courtroom wa's ohh oh oh on page 182

1 matches

Christie, Hilary Lallans 78 - Ma Freens in Chains, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric, poetry
In pernicious pentin o the outside gless; on page 74

1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
ree gairdeners dere, aa trang pentin dem rid. Alice tocht dis an a on page 78
a blate-wye, "whit wye you're pentin da roses?" on page 79

2 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
kerry Jenny is medd, dir been pentin an papeno fur da past twa mun on page 47

1 matches

Watt, Valerie Tochts fae Tushie Truncherface: Announcin Truncherfaece twins, (Shetland Times 2009) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
cht. Olina herself is nae oil pentin. She’s een o yon trows wi a
1 matches

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