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shootin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words13.2 16.6 7.5 0 5.8 0 17.7
Number of occurrences4333 5 0 1 0 4
Number of authors29 21 4 1 3

Occurrences of shootin in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
w," he repeatit wae emphasis, shootin Alice a dirty look as he said on page 114

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
upon his dear wife an bairns; shootin him throu the back o the heid on page 47
'Mam! Mam! . . . they're shootin my Daddy! . .. my puir Daddy on page 65
xander an his guests were oot shootin phaisants in the coverts near on page 66

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Burns, John Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
A shootin star on page 59

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Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
e, an these wee een o his are shootin somethin inti my heid. Thank on page 72

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
auld western film where their shootin up a toon oor a game ae fucki on page 75

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
airms wi haunds on them were shootin oot her een towards the gless on page 159

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
Thi Shootin Gallery on page 96

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
g estates devoted tae huntin, shootin an fishin fer the rich. The L on page 82

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Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
er than bein a heidbanger and shootin at folk wi pop guns in his sp on page 26
atchin a film aboot gangsters shootin ither gangsters wi machine gu on page 39
bbish wans, whaur there's nae shootin. I think gangsters are braw. on page 40
n, the HeedrumHodrums! We are shootin the craw!" on page 81
a muckle bleck baird sterted shootin oot o his chin, and the baird on page 103

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Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
The Shootin on page 10

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Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
ouse oot the windae as weel." Shootin them baith a dirty look, he s on page 128

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Calder, Bob Lallans 58 - Allmairshall, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
things perfectlike, Delaney's shootin the bolt on the ae hauf o his on page 72

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Watt, George T. Lallans 73 - Buffalo Bill, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
thi shouts an thi shootin, on page 62

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Watt, George T. Lallans 73 - Gruggie, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
thi hertless camsheuch shootin up, clairtit shit-hoos prey on page 74

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 111, (self-published 2003) Central, newspaper
es, doos an phaesants fur the shootin, an fruits like brammles an b
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Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
or modren een this micht be a shootin starn, tho it wis orra eneuch
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Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
The shootin, bombin, burnin.
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Thoumire, Elizabeth The killin fields!, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
ndustry dedicatit tae it; the shootin estates e’en proscribin tae
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Grae, Emma Jimmy and his wee darlin Alexa, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
Men wur shootin, drills wur drillin, and rive
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Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
wp. Efter a haill year o Eros shootin at – an missin – Atalanta
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Geraghty, Martin A Bad Sport, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
‘Good shootin’ soldier, yid’ve humped m
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 86, (self-published 2001) Central, newspaper
n as ma erse kens aboot snipe shootin!"
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Heather, Alistair Tartan Tourism nae mair, (The Herald 2018) Central, newspaper
oor gubbed auld castles, oor shootin estates an oor touns as bein
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@MartinBroon tweeted
enforced sabbatical We’d be shootin blanks.But with Oor Gaffers r(2019) search twitter

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - The Bigger Hoose, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
he toffs that come up for the shootin an fishin, an Ah run them abo on page 110

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Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - The Bruntie Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
me breengin in. He’d on his shootin jaicket an roond his shooders
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Murdoch, Steve Lallans 63 - Poacher, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
tak a better look. Nae doubt shootin ane o the cuddies in the next
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Hutchison, Pat Bulletbroo, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
tand to!” and abody started shootin.
in surrender so they startit shootin ana. Wi the amount o lead fle
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Shetland

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
tside as dirs a fair twartree shootin stars danight(2014) search twitter

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
," it said), an thin the hale shootin match wur set alang the cours on page 27

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Logan, Liam Thon Ulster Scots Book, (Galdanagh 2014 ISBN: 978-0992881405) Ulster - Dunloy, prose
as my erse knows aboot snipe shootin. on page 33
s baith. Jed was in the wae o shootin for the pot, naethin strange on page 46

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Stewart, Kenny The Proota Field, (Facebook 2021) Ulster, poetry
For as sure as shootin the back would stiffen an ye
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