A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Intro a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Texts Writers Statistics Top200 Search Compare

Concordance

Enter a word to find all occurrences of, for example sonsie

The word 'blowin'

- basic concord - pre-sorted concord - post-sorted concord - map and chronology - chronogrid - similar spellings -

Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
blowinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.6129
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 17.4 3 2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 4.9 2 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 12.4 2 2
GLA - Glasgow 5.1 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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 blowin 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.

Orkney

Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
A gale blowin, a boat driftin on page 151

1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Saands o Maywick, (Shetland For Wirds 2004) Shetland, prose
Da wind it cam up an up, blowin aff o da laand, an nae sign o
stird, an be dat time hit wis blowin a proper gale. I lookit alang
2 matches

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
da Sumburgh Head foghorn is blowin at noon today!! Visitor centr(2015)

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
n anticipation ae the referee blowin his openin whistle. What Aldo on page 105
like he's yin cauld awey fae blowin his brains oot . This fanny m on page 125

2 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
Eh thi winds blowin a gale on page 9

1 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
ater. She resurrected hersel, blowin’, shiverin’ an’ splutte
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
oot this wee junkie cunt fur blowin a joint in her bairns puss. M
1 matches

Glasgow

Smith, Elaine C. The Glasgow Gruffalo's Wean, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303425) Central - Glasgow, weans
It wiz blowin a gale an snowin as well, on page 9

1 matches

General Central

@jax6754 tweeted
bed wi ma hot water bottle as blowin a gale ootside!....Well a dae(2015)

South West (Galloway)

Bryden, Hugh Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
taste the anticipation o him blowin wan up takin on page 93

1 matches

Web Analytics