A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

ankles Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.8 10.3 4.5 9.9 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences2520 3 1 1 0 0
Number of authors19 14 3 1 1

Occurrences of ankles in Corpus

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Central

Haddow, Kris nobody remembers the birdman - The Incomer, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
a wee bit boy tae play at his ankles. Jona and Andy, yes cried the on page 77

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McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
troosers an drawers roon mah ankles noo an ahm aboot tae try an a on page 61

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Philip, Andrew Lallans 70 - Fower Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, poetry
eerie wings flichterin at his ankles; and his left haun wis gied t on page 55

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Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
peers at me ower the tap. Ma ankles're gien me gyp. on page 1

2 matches

Cunningham, Lucy nothing but a set of eyes for stars - Swedish Fish, (Association for Scottish Literature 2023 ISBN: 978-1906841546) Central, prose
me, trembling fae the scrawny ankles up, worrying aboot how no tae on page 37

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
wi his socks hingin roond his ankles, stole it and et it!' on page 115

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
s aw cause she had wee skinny ankles an big broad feet an he packe on page 12
ive orange skirt doon tae her ankles that makes her look lik she's on page 16

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Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
en so, eftir twa wee steps my ankles started nippin. So there I wi on page 20
it I mean? Weel, there I wis: ankles on fire, feart tae move, fear on page 21
n buggies that wid scrape yer ankles if you werenae careful. Look on page 35

4 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
ng when she hit me across the ankles, but ah blinked back ma tears on page 10

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Armstrong, Kate Lallans 58 - Herman Und Dorothea, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
forbye, that twines roun his ankles, on page 43

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Calderwood, Lynsey Mumbo Jumbo, (Litro magazine 2006) Central, prose
ive orange skirt doon tae her ankles that makes her look lik sheâ€
1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2020) Central, prose
s aw cause she had wee skinny ankles an big broad feet an he packe
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Mc Rae, Thomas The Neep Lantern, (Lowdown-L 2009) Central - Central, prose
d, wild plamts catchin’ oor ankles. We knoacked at the door anâ€
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Crawford, Ross Awa in a Dwam, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
her hoose. Her bare feet and ankles brushed against the soft leav
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@MartinBroon tweeted
gonna disagree, but knees and ankles, aye no whit ye mean ??. ????(2020) search twitter

Doric

Robb, Lydia AUNTIE BEAN UNDRESSES, (Association for Scottish Literary Studies 2005 ISBN: 978-0948877698) Doric - Arbroath, poetry
stockins concertina roun her ankles. on page 123

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Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
lack frock richt doon tae her ankles. Jonsar Eck wisnae gaun tae a
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@McGoo1888 tweeted
t they had tae drag me by the ankles and walk the cupboard oot unt (2022) twitter link

Orkney

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
Hid fleytered roond his ankles, on page 38

1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
pet at you cood sink tac your ankles in, an da antique style lace on page 47

1 matches

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