Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'formin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

formin	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	4.5	15	13
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland	11.6	2	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	5.2	2	2
WCE - West Central	4.4	1	1
DUN - Dundee	21.2	2	1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow	10	2	1
AYR - Ayrshire	10.7	1	1
LAL - General Central	5.3	4	4
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 formin in Corpus

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Shetland

Nicholson, Hannah Samhain - Usher in the Dark - Minni-Babbi, (Leopard Arts 2021) Shetland, prose
ssin apö da spindrift at wis formin ower da waves. Hit wis in dee
1 matches

@Julie_Dennison tweeted
ta avoid contact an basically formin alibis fir yir holiday activi (2021) twitter link

(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 178, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
life stertin an endin wi the formin an shapin o wuid is clear tae
1 matches

Crawford, Ross Awa in a Dwam, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
light shone through a windae, formin a perfect white rectangle, pr
1 matches

West Central

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
ye laugh an’ makes ye sick Formin ’ ma ain personal point a’
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
n hou? Fer wha will likely be formin oor government will hae nae a on page 81
r sae later ither groups were formin an enterin the fray, but bi t on page 103

2 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ee bit ay white foam that’s formin roon the side ay his mooth. I
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Coyle Loyal, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
avity pullin at its slebbers, formin a stringy stalactite ay drool
1 matches

Ayrshire

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
wauken up wi cranreuch an ice formin on the inside o yer bedroom w on page 13

1 matches

General Central

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
the goads, the maist skeelie, formin the sun frae gowd, the mune f on page 14

1 matches

Somerville, Shirley-Anne Scots Government Commitments tae Gaelic an Scots an Scots Langages Bill: consultation, (gov.scot 2022 ISBN: 978-1804358313) Central - Holyrood, government
it we hear wull len a haun in formin the immediate actions taen, a
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Maitland Quarto and Poem 49, (wee-windaes.nls.uk 2021) Central, prose
erior and sicweys incapable o formin mensefu freenships in the ae
1 matches

Facebook link ( 2021) Central
huv the remainin Cameronians formin guard-pickets an the service

South West (Galloway)

Ross, Derek Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
Definin leemits, formin ideas. on page 197

1 matches