| buildin | Occurrences normalised per million words | Occurrences | Authors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total Corpus | 33.3 | 111 | 43 |
| ORK - Orkney | |||
| SHD - Shetland | 5.8 | 1 | 1 |
| TON - Tonge | |||
| NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) | |||
| NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle) | |||
| MNA - Mid Northern A | 6.5 | 2 | 2 |
| MNB - Mid Northern B | |||
| SNO - South Northern | |||
| ABN - Aberdeen | 104.9 | 10 | 2 |
| DOR - General Northern | 17.7 | 4 | 3 |
| NEC - North East Central | 45.9 | 1 | 1 |
| SEC - (South) East Central | 58.5 | 24 | 6 |
| WCE - West Central | 53.3 | 12 | 7 |
| DUN - Dundee | 42.5 | 4 | 1 |
| EDN - Edinburgh | 68.2 | 11 | 4 |
| GLA - Glasgow | 117.8 | 23 | 6 |
| AYR - Ayrshire | |||
| LAL - General Central | 14.4 | 11 | 8 |
| SEA - South East (Borders) | 12.1 | 1 | 1 |
| SWE - South West (Galloway) | 69.7 | 5 | 3 |
| DUL - Donegal (East Donegal) | |||
| WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry) | 163.5 | 1 | 1 |
| 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 | 28.4 | 1 | 1 |
| SYN - Synthetic (no region) |
Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
a new flagpole on a condemned buildin!" on page 49
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Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
hills, and then this ancient buildin that looked a bit like a kirk
1 matches
Uri, Antonia Flooery achievement for the Scots Government, (The National 2019) Doric, newspaper
Noo, naebody is claimin that buildin a dual carriagewey is a hunne
1 matches
Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 58 - Cyaard, the Tattie Doodle, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
itics, an classified a listit buildin, wis graspit by the howlin ga on page 118
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Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
o a buildin. Bit fin I gaed by the end o
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Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - Beggerey’s Greenhoose, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
an that Beggerey wid keep on buildin his greenhoose until it scrap
1 matches
McDowell, Diane Drummond (Ma's Bairns), (Independently Published 2021 ISBN: 979-8592734588) Central, prose
o the Schuil Buird wis in the buildin. He wis a wee weedy mon wha M on page 1
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McPartlin, Moira Before Now : Memoir of a Toerag, (Trilleachan 2021 ISBN: 978-1838360702) Central - Fife, prose
'Buildin a shed, ah says. Sam blanked on page 7
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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
Mr T. As we stood ootside the buildin, Fraser eloquently took this on page 17
en Fraser tae the roof ae the buildin tae throw him oaf and then ha on page 18
tae run oaff straight oot the buildin and bubblin like a school bai on page 57
ma back oan some miserable buildin site. Hopeless endeavours tae on page 86
Jist as the Star seem tae be buildin some momentum in the centre a on page 109
Also on pages 121, 125, 145, 146, 165, 176, 188, 196
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Paisley, Janet Lallans 62 - The Numpty, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
Ma maw works,” she said. “Buildin ships tae win the war. Got ma
1 matches
Malgrati, Paul Ayont the Fake and the Leal: Let's Free the Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
an the artificial side o leid buildin is mair kenable - an lauchabl
1 matches
Fleemin, Sandy Nine Fragments - III, (Lowdown-L 2009) Central - Central, prose
te fae the Naitral Philosophy buildin in the North Hauch up tae the
rth Street tae whaur thay wis buildin the new librar. The lassie tu
r. The lassie turnt in on the buildin site, an, a gey an orra thing
el waitit in this hole on the buildin site that nicht for the vampi
4 matches
Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
pparently they built this new buildin in 1977 an Prince Charles cam on page 33
went an took a photie ae this buildin called the Glasgow Tower fur on page 162
2 matches
Mortimer, Cara Bewaur o th tap tap tap, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - North Lanarkshire, weans
th time a seen a wee speeder buildin a wab in th coarner ae ma roo
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Clark, Thomas A Scots Pairlament?, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Bellshill, blog
for there's muckle aboot the buildin tae be admired. The transpare
kin forrit; an the Pairlament Buildin is an unco kenmerk o oor modr
2 matches
Hodgart, John Scots Language Act: Oor weans hae richt tae see mither tung respectit, (The National 2021) Central - North Ayrshire, newspaper
ectit as it hauds the key tae buildin confidence, progress an succe
1 matches
Philips, Cally Wha's feart o' the library?, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Turriff, prose
The main library is a grand buildin’ an’ in theym days the ch
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Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
A’d dooked intae the buildin’tae get oot ‘e the rain
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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
ituations, wi the men usually buildin shelters on the ice wi bits o on page 36
richt up agin the doors o the buildin. Aw the time shouts were comi on page 127
3 matches
Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
e that they were heidin for a buildin that leukit for aa the warld
leukit oot at the back o the buildin ower a sheer cleuch. The new
er mither wis sayin. “There buildin wark gaun on at the unnergrun
3 matches
Monahan Brown, Ricky Dùn Èideann, (The Scores 2020) Central, prose
in tae build a mindin fae wee buildin blocks.
1 matches
Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
Ootside oan the front ae the buildin it still hus the original clo
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
ls ma anxiety as ah enter the buildin and make ma wey up the small
e vibrations sent through the buildin hud registered oan the Richte
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
annoyed at ma presence in the buildin again and snaps
the time ah reappear fae the buildin the weather hus suddenly turn
2 matches
Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
The buildin we're in is a beauty. Elder c on page 3
A kin feel it buildin inside. That feelin that star on page 39
w. A'm marchin by the science buildin n past tech. A kin see people on page 45
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Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
we walk roon the front ay the buildin 'ae see the concert fae that on page 3
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Atkins, Elise Billy Barr ’n’ Jonny Jimison’s Day Oot!, (Scottish Book Trust 2023) Central, prose
estination. It wiz in an auld buildin’ thit wiz wance a kirk. Bil
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Donovan, Anne Not Scotland, (Edinburgh International Book Festival 2010) Central - Glasgow, prose
rked on a main road ootside a buildin wi scaffoldin all round. He u
The buildin was gettin done up inside and
2 matches
Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
hem in, buzzin them intae the buildin at the intercom. The jinglin
1 matches
Bennett, Peter Just Another Minute, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
only sensory reminder ay the buildin’s purpose.
1 matches
Bennett, Peter The Guru an Zander, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
the ornate tiles fae when the buildin wis constructed an aboot a th
1 matches
Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
e lochan tae the front ay the buildin. It sits oan the gless like s
r day ay graft wae Joe on the buildin site under normal circumstanc
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Bennett, Peter Graftin, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
man. Every square fit ay the buildin’s wrapped in scaffoldin, th
alk through them an intae the buildin, the door slammin behind me,
2 matches
Bennett, Peter TA Hauf an a Hauf, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
y the waw at the front ay the buildin is constructed wae red facing
1 matches
Donovan, Anne Buddha Da - Chapter 1 Anne Marie, (Canongate 2009 ISBN: 978-1847673459) Central - Glasgow, prose
'a wee project'. Wanst it wis buildin a gairden shed, anither time
1 matches
Bennett, Peter Coyle Loyal, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
sais, lookin at the tenement buildin.
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Bennett, Peter Arabian Monkfish (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
is graft. He’s workin oan a buildin site noo in Greenwich – The
runnin aboot pan-handlin oan buildin sites, tradin oor sweat fur a
2 matches
Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
kin doon the glass ceiling an buildin an attic? on page 15
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Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
e pipe, and they could see it buildin up ahint him im a solid mass, on page 85
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Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
w the monyScots terms for the buildin trade, is a guid example o th on page 13
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Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
Violet had a richt knack for buildin and inventin aw kinds o whigm on page 3
s an etchin o an ee. The hale buildin wis squinty, saggin tae wan s on page 21
Mintit Money Management. The buildin wis square and kind o dreich- on page 62
3 matches
Calder, Bob Lallans 58 - Allmairshall, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
eed whaur even Allmairshall's buildin company, office, yaird or nam on page 72
1 matches
Facebook link (Changed Times Historical Novel By Ethyl Smith 2022) Central
Tolbooth wis din awa wi. The buildin hud a new life as the Sun Inn
@Chazzbat tweeted
ind why, hou did they get the buildin on the movin platform? Hou ur(2020)
Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - No In-gleesh, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
kin aariddy feel the sneezes buildin…
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McDonald, Hamish The Girnin Gates - Chapter 12, (Itchy Coo 2003) Central, prose
s, tell mi, whit's that white buildin away doon oan
Right enough! Ther wis a buildin. An a wee road leadin tae it
us. As we gote tae the white buildin we could see ther wis a sign:
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