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Use in varieties of Scots

creatures Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words9.1 8.7 3 0 23.2 31 13.3
Number of occurrences2917 2 0 4 3 3
Number of authors16 9 2 3 1 1

Occurrences of creatures in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
a few ither stringe soart ae creatures. Alice led the wey, an the wh on page 24
tae hersel, "the wey aw these creatures argue wae ye. It'd drive ye a on page 57
sighin in his turn; an baith creatures hid their faces in their paws on page 96
roappin his voice; an the twa creatures, who'd been jumpin aboot like on page 98
oit it tae begin wae, the twa creatures goat that close up tae her, on page 102
Also on pages 107, 122
7 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 59 - In Dispraise o Eden, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
Frae dozie sheep, aa creatures free on page 91

1 matches

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
tting tore intae a bag ae sea creatures. Fuckin weirdo. Anyway, time on page 2

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Frae dozie sheep, aa creatures free on page 53

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 59 - In Dispraise o Eden, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
Frae dozie sheep, aa creatures free on page 91

1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 74 - Burns an the Dictionar o the Scots Leid, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
eferences tae ither sma furry creatures include ‘The thummart, wil
1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
..aerial people or species of creatures not vulgarly known...” that
1 matches

Bates, Gregor The Death Dance, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - East Dunbartonshire, weans
quite a lang time noo. These creatures are so powerful, nothin can s
1 matches

Bennett, Peter TA Hauf an a Hauf, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
er pub. Still though, we’re creatures ay habit, Tam and I, an wae n
1 matches

Stewart, Anna An Alien Feeling, (Scots Hoose 2019) Central, prose
when I saw these bags full o creatures – rows and rows o them wi t
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 117, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
in hungry, poor things. Young creatures maun aye be feeding."
1 matches

Doric

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
Akin tae the gas-filled creatures on page 25

1 matches

Thain, Gianna Far Shaddas Lurk, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Buckie, prose
Claikin’ wi ither creatures o’ the sea, Selkies, Nessie
1 matches

Shetland

Isbister, Sonny Caves aroond Shetland, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
n da beach and fun lots o sea creatures like peerie crabs, starfish a
1 matches

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
my pure hearted love for all creatures ??" Then they scowl at me, dr(2020) search twitter
riftwood has supported peerie creatures as a tree, den in da sea and (2015) search twitter

@shaetlan_rose tweeted
e said to be short, grotesque creatures, who live in ‘trowie knowes(2019) search twitter

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
hocht tae hersel, "Ah wish th creatures wouldnae b' sae easily affron on page 49
eet jist at th stert, th twae creatures got sae close tae hur, yin oa on page 102
"Look hoo th creatures boss iz aboot, an mak iz repe on page 103

3 matches

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
rappin haes voice; an the twa creatures, wha had bin jumpin aboot lik on page 99
thocht Alice; "an thim twalve creatures" (shae wus obliged tae say "c on page 109

3 matches

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