Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'blockin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

blockin	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	5.1	17	15
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland	17.4	3	2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A	13.1	4	4
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central	45.9	1	1
SEC - (South) East Central	7.3	3	3
WCE - West Central	4.4	1	1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh	12.4	2	1
GLA - Glasgow	5.1	1	1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central	2.6	2	2
SEA - South East (Borders)
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)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of blockin 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.

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
Consonants is maed bi blockin da airflow on it's wye fae da on page 25

1 matches

@tattooedselkie tweeted
i Twitter fae I juist started blockin aa da erse hols instead o eng(2021)
e really is. I made a point o blockin her immediately when I rejoin(2021)

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
Pollutin the air Blockin oot the sun Puff oot the wind on page 15

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
on her hips, her ample frame blockin oot the sin as she addit, "Ye on page 42

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
in roon the rubbit's hoosies, blockin aff ilkie hole wi a steen, ma
1 matches

Irvine, Owen Eldritch Story, (The Gaudie 2018) Doric - Banff, weans
clawed open the door and wiz blockin ’ hiz wye oot. “Ye’ve go
1 matches

North East Central

Heather, Alistair Trains approachin?, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
their ferm clart an tractors blockin yer run, it micht weel be twa
1 matches

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
up an there's the bluebottle, blockin the lane. Fuckin smart fur du on page 1

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ae cloack a tidy burd and yur blockin the view!" on page 77

1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
true - thell hae nae bother blockin the city bypass on the way in (2020) twitter link

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
, hus she?' Mr Wormwidd said, blockin the doorway. 'Weel, she's yer on page 86

1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
nin wi his back tae the lowe, blockin the heat. Naebody wis objecti
rdit the museum piece wha wis blockin his view o the fire an realis
2 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
n start runnin doon the path, blockin our exit. on page 47

1 matches

General Central

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
waw wis nicht forenent them, blockin their wey. on page 60

1 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
BTQIAP stood fer. Ah ended up blockin him. Dinnae believe he wis ge(2020)