A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

skilled Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.1 4.6 1.5 19.9 0 10.3 0
Number of occurrences139 1 2 0 1 0
Number of authors12 8 1 2 1

Occurrences of skilled in Corpus

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Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
s trying his best tae mimic a skilled Ventriloquist. on page 193

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Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
Skilled, an feart o nithing - on page 35

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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 61 - Glesca dialeck i the modren warld, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
as pairt o the advancement o skilled wirkers as a cless. There was on page 9

1 matches

Niven, Liz Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
yday' and Bell is a clever an skilled scriever, gey able tae pit th on page 87

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Forde, Iain W D Taid o that Ilk (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2009) Central, prose
The Mouss skilled smairtlie acorss an med fest.
ik the guid billie at he wes, skilled on stiddielik an didna fash h
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Heather, Alistair Trains approachin?, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
es o aboot forty an saxty, an skilled warkers intae their sectors.
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McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Sport, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Skilled endeavour, bold an' true,
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Lehane, Matt Cubismo Part II, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
skilled draughtsman an aa
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Doric

Mitchell, Ian R. Lallans 63 - Walkin Woundit, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
They wis aa skilled wurkers. Next door wis a lad
1 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
site o a Terminal, on Flotta skilled men toil on page 37

1 matches

Hall, Simon W. Lamborghini: Cult o the Bull, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, blog
close tae hagiography: highly-skilled mechanic, an entrepreneur, a
1 matches

Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
scotslanguage Raymond's a gey skilled makar an ocht tae be much bet(2020) search twitter