Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'bleedin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

bleedin	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	7.8	26	20
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A	16.3	5	3
MNB - Mid Northern B	111.9	1	1
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen	21	2	2
DOR - General Northern	17.7	4	3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	5.2	2	2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh	12.4	2	2
GLA - Glasgow	5	1	1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central	3.9	3	3
SEA - South East (Borders)	24.2	2	1
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)	35.7	1	1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)	54.5	3	1

Occurrences of bleedin 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.

Mid Northern A

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
man att hid been sufferin fae bleedin for twal eer an hid spent aa on page 94

2 matches

Ireland, Mark Wi A Facey Like Yours, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Banff, prose
Dubby breeks, bleedin nose an untied sheen Callum w
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Tarrarra boomby ae, This is my dying day, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
und and thanked fuck that the bleedin seemed tae hae stoppit. That
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Angels Ten, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
and hid operated tae stop the bleedin . Athoot that I’d be in a bo
1 matches

Mid Northern B

Fowler, Ross Sunday Fitba wi ma Faither, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
f up and got his neb tae stop bleedin a ower the place it didna loo
1 matches

Aberdeen

Strachan, Shane DWAMS, (Tapsalteerie 2024 ISBN: 978-1916214880) Doric, poetry
oor bleedin wrists tethert ticht on page 25

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 83 - Dunnottar, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
owpin at us; an his wrist wis bleedin fae the haancuff, lik he’d
1 matches

General Northern

Benzie, Lesley Tales Fae The Doric Side - Pictur o Misery, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
The ferocious sunlicht bleedin on page 68

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
ak it richt aff. "My finger's bleedin! Och! Och! Och! Och!" on page 67

2 matches

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
layin on e wireless? Lugs are bleedin??(2020)

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
it did so, which is why I wis bleedin whin the polis came. The six on page 1

1 matches

Hawkins, Rudi None Shall Rest Easy, (Scottish Book Trust 2023) Central - Stirling, prose
Though ah lie here, shot and bleedin oot, still, ah can hear the p
1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
sser injuries, sittin or lyin bleedin forenent the waa: “They’r
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
ress oan the scratch that’s bleedin ever sae slightly. He stands
1 matches

Glasgow

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
O the bleedin diaspora o Alba's on page 31

1 matches

General Central

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
afure ye ken it, yer lugs are bleedin'! Time spent wi' peat bogs is on page

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
"Then bring tae me her bleedin hert!' on page 23

1 matches

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
Mr Tod's tail tae stench the bleedin. 'It wis the maist fantoosh t on page 15

1 matches

South East (Borders)

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
@DavidJWood2 Thats bleedin true! Ma grandfather who pass(2020)
el with torn jeans, shirt and bleedin knuckles. Woke up next morn(2020)

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
Fae tha drummer's bleedin fists, on page 32

1 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
�s wumman that wus bothert wi bleedin fer twal yeir. She cum up beh on page 9
ng thaim that haed bin bad wi bleedin for twal yeir, but naebodie c on page 84

3 matches