Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'havin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

havin	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	22.7	74	40
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland	23.2	4	3
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B	131	1	1
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen	10.9	1	1
DOR - General Northern	13.3	3	3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	35.5	14	5
WCE - West Central	36.8	8	4
DUN - Dundee	10.6	1	1
EDN - Edinburgh	12.5	2	2
GLA - Glasgow	68.3	15	5
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central	19.9	15	8
SEA - South East (Borders)	62.4	5	3
SWE - South West (Galloway)	41.7	3	3
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	28.1	2	2
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of havin in Corpus

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Shetland

Facebook link (Shetland on Camera 2016) Shetland
Last night silkie havin ' a peerie sleep in da golden

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
r been tae da Barrowlands!) , havin my trip doon sooth cancelled (2020)
Shooglenifty spaegie. Love havin dem back in Shetland :-)(2018)

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
n. Actually lookin forward to havin stuff fur da lasses to do dat (2020) twitter link

Mid Northern B

Johnston, Shaun The Forkie Gollach, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
minute thocht o the peer soul havin tae mak a livin’. We didna
1 matches

Aberdeen

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
every country in the warld havin them. on page 24

1 matches

General Northern

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Havin read I'bookie on page 139

1 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 58 - Cyaard, the Tattie Doodle, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
grave bore his name (McChubb havin found it on a business card a on page 118

1 matches

@Franwella tweeted
b fabulous. Am jist oot tesco havin spent debt o a wee country!(2011)

(South) East Central

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
wer tae the hens. Billy wisna havin it. on page 71
Cinderella wis so pleased at havin ruined her stepsister's big d on page 89
clowns an acrobats... He wis havin sic a grand time just watchin on page 98

3 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
sauf havin , shae sattilt doun an telt Gr
e yetts o Tornes ti seke sauf havin an ti
littil toun wes a havin o pace.
3 matches

Handy, Robbie Forked Tongues, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Dunfermline, blog
Havin the front page o the National
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 175, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
ne o "Would you not be better havin it in front of the fireplace?
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
@alexrae1969 @RangersFC am havin some of that - top drawer n (2020) twitter link
as the 10 plus 1 guys will b havin a nosey as we speak n frantic (2020) twitter link
ey @EastScotlandFA yes defo n havin hud plenty trips to kings par (2021) twitter link
e can run the show m8 - al b havin a close shuftie at the game a (2020) twitter link
urgh nothin as of yet - just havin a chillout - aways open to s (2021) twitter link
and 1 other occurrences.

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
y cause ah don't remember him havin a brother called Ebenezer, on page 58
ve an pleased with myself now havin just killed a dinosaur sized on page 123
ah'm sittin here imaginin me havin Christopher's babies. Ah thin on page 169

4 matches

Calderwood, Lynsey Lallans 68 - Barlinnie Gradyooits, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
Ma ma an da wur havin a feeld day tokin aboot Wully on page 41

1 matches

Philips, Cally Jings, crivens, help ma Boab, it’s independence!, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Turriff, prose
ae’ways said, whit with him havin ’ his media degree.
1 matches

@annieones tweeted
the day, an a supervised hur havin a wee swally an i "made" hur (2021) twitter link
the same problem..... maddnin havin a curly bunnet! (2021) twitter link

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
as shiz been havin a pee. on page 54

1 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger Wee Roge Boobs, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
ge frae local schools. A mind havin ’ a class o’ kids frae a C
1 matches

grandeicedcoffees Do You Wanna Touch, (archiveofourown.org 2021) Central, prose
men to guilt trip women into havin ’ sex. —If that’s what y
1 matches

Glasgow

Cunningham, Lucy nothing but a set of eyes for stars - Swedish Fish, (Association for Scottish Literature 2023 ISBN: 978-1906841546) Central, prose
ting him sell ma dug. "Yer no havin ma dug, Da. A wis bawling so on page 41

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
wi the superstitious buzz ay havin purchased jewellery, fae a re on page 3

6 matches

Smith, Elaine C. The Glasgow Gruffalo, (Itchy Coo 2017 ISBN: 978-1785300592) Central - Glasgow, weans
Ah'm havin a piece wi a gruffalo." on page 3
Ah'm havin ma tea wi a gruffalo the noo. on page 7
wzit gaun, wee yin, howzaboot havin on page 11

3 matches

Smith, Elaine C. The Glasgow Gruffalo's Wean, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303425) Central - Glasgow, weans
st be the place - or sumdy's havin a laff. on page 18

1 matches

Smith, Elaine C. The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - A Totally Princessy Princess, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central - Glasgow, weans
girned the Princess. "Are you havin a laugh? I've never laid ma R on page 14

1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
Y HEY, LOOKS LIKE SOMEONE’S HAVIN A GOOD TIME OUT THERE! TRY AN
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part one of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
pin back so ah kin see, efter havin launched another haun fae ay
1 matches

Donovan, Anne Buddha Da - Chapter 1 Anne Marie, (Canongate 2009 ISBN: 978-1847673459) Central - Glasgow, prose
'It means ah'm havin a wee break. Ah need tae get
1 matches

General Central

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
er than any other ah remember havin wi hur. It's like ah know ah' on page 35
sittin oan it, legs crossed, havin just made the biggest mistake on page 38
. As much as ah'm no keen oan havin an audience, ah know ah willn on page 90

3 matches

Stewart, Anna An Alien Feeling, (Scots Hoose 2019) Central, prose
es it – thinks it’s great havin them ower – aw the beer, an
1 matches

Facebook link ( 2016) Central
again. Aw this is recorded as havin happened so weird as it is ah

Facebook link ( 2017) Central
loddin redcoats whae endin up havin tae run or be killed.

Donovan, Anne Hieroglyphics and Other Stories - All that Glistens, (Canongate 2004 ISBN: 1841955191) Central, prose
uline wis sittin at the table havin a cuppa tea and a fag and whe
1 matches

@jax6754 tweeted
Lurve havin ma Local shop bein @asda ....(2015)
99.9999....% today thanks tae havin migraine. Now its time tae fa(2016)

@OliphantWullie tweeted
@ronniegraham4 AND some folk havin tae choose atween HEAT or EAT (2022) twitter link

@PeoplesPoet77 tweeted
h woudnae pay for them! Still havin trouble wi the buttons ???? h (2022) twitter link
the now hen. Ootside the pub havin a wee cig, ma bonnie lass oan (2022) twitter link
dunderheid! Ma bonnie lass is havin cheesecake with skooshy cream (2022) twitter link
e've always got music playin. Havin a gid day ya big Jessie? (2022) twitter link

@LowEndJardo tweeted
Back to havin a great time ae it. Got a lef (2021) twitter link

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
a hing afore, but she minded havin seen in hur brither's Latin G on page 21
lice, hinkin eet was awfy lik havin a game o play wi a ecairt-cud on page 40
Mairch Hare an th Hatter were havin tea at eet: a Dormoose was si on page 66

3 matches

@jamie_ginger tweeted
nd u will change your mind to havin 1(2019)

@Woodwinecoolers tweeted
@thecarolemalone Yer havin a chuckle ain't yeh https://t (2022) twitter link

South West (Galloway)

Haddow, Kris nobody remembers the birdman - The Incomer, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
, folk telt Big Andy, the boy havin streetched, staunin there luc on page 79

1 matches

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
havin already libbed the baws frae on page 36

1 matches

@StuartPoet tweeted
@Angelinekking Love it. IAh'm havin yon fir a poem!(2020)

General Ulster

Stewart, Kenny The Bread Van, (Facebook 2020) Ulster, poetry
l oh aye, was a treat worth o havin by jove.
1 matches

@TheFarrierPhil tweeted
a masala the night. It's like havin a personal chef in tha hoose!(2021)