Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

shoaps	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	4.1	6.2	1.5	0	0	0	0
Number of occurrences	13	12	1	0	0	0	0
Number of authors	6	5	1

Occurrences of shoaps in Corpus

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Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
be Mrs Henderson back fae the shoaps cos someboady's jist rang the on page 142
she jist couldnae git fae the shoaps. So, it retails at a quid and on page 143
ack fur me sendin her tae the shoaps? What if that sweet auld wife on page 147

3 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
e seen mairchin intae sweetie shoaps and buyin ten Wonka bars in a on page 28
sellin this chawin-gum in the shoaps it will chynge azwiéhin! It on page 107
e rage when I get them in the shoaps! Nae time tae gang in, though on page 118

4 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
he narra country path tae the shoaps efter school, huvin jist take on page 49

1 matches

Gilmour, Rosie Shoapaholic, (Scots Hoose 2017) Central, weans
A cannae wait till a hit the shoaps
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
s posh theatres and the fancy shoaps littered acroass Princess Str
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
pavement ootside the array ae shoaps. Cars and buses are zoomin pa
1 matches

@raiphsays tweeted
Yassss ma shoaps daein stickers noo! https://t(2020) search twitter

Doric

Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Furst Time, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
e daft bitches cum in fae the shoaps, pit their hanbags doon on a
1 matches