A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

silently Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words10.3 10.6 12.8 29.8 0 10.9 0
Number of occurrences3220 8 3 0 1 0
Number of authors18 9 5 3 1

Occurrences of silently in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
Gryphon; then they baith sat silently an looked at puir wee Alice, on page 94

1 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
w laughin at ma back n run up silently n grab the fat-end oot wan ae on page 14
easier fur ourselves, we sit silently n wait fur the torrent but it on page 54
wans ir there. McGiver stands silently. A think he wishes he could j on page 60

3 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
her een, auld Tammas saw, an silently approved. on page 26
men won tac the taur side an silently trampt the sax furlongs o mui on page 53

2 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
noo kent his audience were aw silently cheerin him on. This wis a fe on page 124

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
school. Ah wis on the verge a silently pissin masel, when Mister O'C on page 169

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
Aw, shut up! Hughie replied silently. Whit's gaun tae happen? The on page 43

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
e is bringin it back. Kate is silently traumatised, unconsciously pu on page 26

1 matches

Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
oot it, they wid jist jouk in silently among the trees. The worst ti on page 47

1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
r tae bed. He cam back an sut silently wi his faither on the veranda
reid-robed figure, wha booed silently wi hauns at his breist. Tad a
oother, an the wumman returnt silently tae her place at the fire, wi
angert, an bothert. He booed silently an daunert aff doon the corri
They sut silently for a few meenits. A doo flut
9 matches

Doric

Gilbert, Jo Tales Fae The Doric Side - The mornin o the waddin, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
e Alan gein her the side een, silently mortified, bit plottin aa the on page 98

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Fobie sighed es he meeved silently doon the aisle. He slippit in on page 74

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
sts o his forefaithers wirkin silently in Hillies' parks - shaddas on page 92

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Coronation Street' playin awa silently oan the wide-screen TV. on page 47

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Silently shuttin i'bedroom door on page 132

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
t nae be skitters' she prayed silently. Minnie tuik scunner usin the
Minnie coontit silently in her heid.
2 matches

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e slept. It approached him as silently as an assassin inching toward(2018) search twitter

Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
kerfuully silently slinkan past, on page 10

1 matches

Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
l hid, is a single tear rolls silently doon his cheek. on page 38

1 matches

Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
chan, appeared so suddenly an silently ye’d hiv thowt he’d cheus
1 matches

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
yphon; an then they baith sat silently an looked at pair Ahlice, wha on page 93

1 matches

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