A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

drops Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.6 5.1 3 39.7 11.6 0 0
Number of occurrences1810 2 4 2 0 0
Number of authors12 5 2 3 2

Occurrences of drops in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
acher says if your attendance drops much more-' on page 36

1 matches

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
could move objects, he slowly drops it back doon tae his side. on page 1

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ll ae a sweetness and rainbow drops comin fae behind me: "I haven on page 51

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
FRUIT DROPS KEEP FALLIN ON MA HEAD on page 169

1 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
doesnae argue wi that. He drops the fitbaw in his arms and wa on page 18
Dante drops his fag oan the leafy groond on page 47

2 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
Ah narra'd ma eyes as drops o rain fell oan ma face. Ah w on page 76
Ma jaw drops, even though ah should o seen on page 91

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Percy, Ely The Family Situation, (The Interpreters House.org 2020) Central, prose
FRUIT DROPS KEEP FALLIN ON MA HEAD.
1 matches

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
Ma stomach drops. The Jubilee Line. They’ll
1 matches

Doric

McDonald, Charlie , (Facebook 2022) Doric, poetry
A quarter poon' o' pear drops
1 matches

@beast_afc tweeted
e sure on @Stato_Grant , name drops west coast bias @opengoalspor(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Butler, Vera Gallows Ha - Maggie o Quoys and Bessie o Gyre , (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
ck intae yir mooth. Chist twa drops' ll dae. on page 23

1 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
The orb drops doon an disappears on page 34

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Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
the last drops o moisture back on page 81

1 matches

Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
ck intae yir mooth. Chist twa drops'll dae. on page 77

1 matches

Shetland

@tattooedselkie tweeted
@dragraceukbbc when it first drops...(2021) search twitter

@shaetlan_rose tweeted
pdate: guess who just put eye drops in her lug https://t.co/Q8gpf(2019) search twitter