A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

nuns Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.5 0.5 10.6 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences81 7 0 0 0 0
Number of authors4 1 3

Occurrences of nuns in Corpus

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Central

Calder, Bob Lallans 82 - Ae Legend o Sanct Benedict, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
wi some saut the nuns kept for their brose on page 52

1 matches

Doric

Skinner, Alison C. Tales Fae The Doric Side - Leaves, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
findin hersel sat atween twa nuns in the exam hall. The holly, on page 23

1 matches

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
t an tasht in spreit Orthodox nuns quate as slaes on page 3

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
fair skinned, learned bi the nuns tae spikk English an smert as
The nuns hid named her Natalie, Miss V
s! Clean turned her heid, the nuns said, ay, they war fair thran
d niver be pairtit again. The nuns tut-tutted even mair…thon w
hid nae trock ava wi the fite nuns, bit a laundry-wummin fa wash
5 matches

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