A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

giraffe Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.7 3.1 9 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences126 6 0 0 0 0
Number of authors5 3 2

Occurrences of giraffe in Corpus

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Central

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
The Giraffe (frae Goliev) on page 43

3 matches

Fitt, Matthew Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
Ye look like a giraffe! on page 8

1 matches

Muir, Glenn Lion Rampant, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
ided that we should try fer a giraffe yin day. I didnae really thin
“Nae bluidy giraffe hunts” Shug said.
2 matches

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 63 - Shelts, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Doric, prose
h she myndit the wee loon o a giraffe.
rrison, I presume?” quo the giraffe. “Allow me to introduce mys
“Sit down, dear,” quo the giraffe.”Make yourself comfortable.
beggars belief,” sighed the giraffe.” I wonder if he’s autist
4 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
, he luikit like a kerfuffled giraffe.
1 matches

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