| piercin | Occurrences normalised per million words | Occurrences | Authors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total Corpus | 4.6 | 15 | 12 |
| ORK - Orkney | |||
| SHD - Shetland | |||
| TON - Tonge | |||
| NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) | |||
| NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle) | |||
| MNA - Mid Northern A | 3.3 | 1 | 1 |
| MNB - Mid Northern B | |||
| SNO - South Northern | |||
| ABN - Aberdeen | |||
| DOR - General Northern | |||
| NEC - North East Central | |||
| SEC - (South) East Central | 5.1 | 2 | 2 |
| WCE - West Central | 9.2 | 2 | 2 |
| DUN - Dundee | |||
| EDN - Edinburgh | |||
| GLA - Glasgow | 22.8 | 5 | 2 |
| AYR - Ayrshire | 13.1 | 1 | 1 |
| LAL - General Central | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| 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) | 32.8 | 1 | 1 |
| GUL - General Ulster | |||
| SYN - Synthetic (no region) |
MacDonald, Bo CAULD NIGHT, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
, hypnotised. Then suddenly a piercin scream filled th' deidly sile
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Alston, Connor THE BLACK-EYED CHILDREN OF SCOTLAND, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
glassy ‘n’ quite frankly piercin eyes; it felt as if the child
1 matches
Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
tly intae a bun. She’s goat piercin bluish white eyes an a boady
1 matches
Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ate through dissipatin cloud, piercin through the smirr, creatin a
1 matches
Bennett, Peter Coyle Loyal, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
A piercin whistle rings oot as we reach
1 matches
Bennett, Peter Wan Goal tae the Good, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ugh or shout ay encouragement piercin it.
1 matches
Kay, Billy Lallans 78 - Thochts on the bonnie broukit bairn at hame an abroad, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
triarch happit in black an wi piercin coal black een in his heid. T on page 11
1 matches
Porter, Steve Lallans 74 - Gone Wi The Windae, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
‘Yer daen it again!’ The piercin, whinin voice pit peyd tae Ca
1 matches