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Use in varieties of Scots

tearin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4 4.5 3 0 0 0 8.9
Number of occurrences139 2 0 0 0 2
Number of authors11 8 2 1

Occurrences of tearin in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
id Alice, an her _ _ Stairtit tearin up again as she went oan, "Ah on page 20

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Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
iscuits wi shyte tele withoot tearin 'er hair oot, while the rest on page 3

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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
e the times whan religion wis tearin the haill country apairt. He on page 118

1 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
newspaper. Before lang, she's tearin up. on page 53

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 73 - Waashin Day Weirriors, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
ped her bi the hair, rivin an tearin. She ettled tae git a haud oa on page 67

1 matches

Heather, Alistair Trains approachin?, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
The tearin up o the North o Scotland rai
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Sacrificial Doo, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
at me, the sound ay its claws tearin doon the surface at the other
1 matches

Wilson, Rab A Newsin Wi Jack Aitken, (Dictionaries of the Scots Language 2021) Central, poetry
But dinnae daur tae gang a-tearin,
1 matches

Doric

Rumbles, Brodie-Anne Recordin on Beep, (Scots Hoose 2022) Doric - Banff, weans
perately kiverin, rippin, and tearin my lugs. There wis a CRACK, a
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Angels Ten, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
r things tae worry aboot as a tearin pain tore at my intimmers. Fi
1 matches

Ulster

@the_gellick tweeted
for aitin fadge ana! Aa that tearin aboot an takin mad buck lepps (2016) twitter link
I jalouse "fluent" is aiblins tearin the erse oot o it: in keenks (2015) twitter link