Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

slidin	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	6.6	8.7	4.5	0	5.8	0	0
Number of occurrences	21	17	3	0	1	0	0
Number of authors	13	10	2		1

Occurrences of slidin in Corpus

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Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 68 - The Fower Jyners o the Apocalypse, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
a hashin cheisel an get thaim slidin again." on page 26

2 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
et clart on her bahookie Frae slidin on that chute.' on page 24

1 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
Ah fink o the waves slidin up oatae the cobblestoned sho on page 21

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
afore crashin intae the waa, slidin doon an landin with a plop on on page 35

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
There's a large see-through slidin windae at the back o the hoos on page 42
knock oan the windae. We've a slidin door at the back o the house. on page 45

2 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Slidin an skirrin, on page 56

1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Makkin a muckle o a mickle, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
a wee dicht at the sink afore slidin unner the buird an up ontae t
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Clyde Built, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
he ends an the jayket begins. Slidin the chain aff, ah open the do
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
m ay the skins an flippin it, slidin his fingers alang the length
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part two of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
this for a while.’ he sais, slidin the signin oan booklet taewar
1 matches

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
fur the hoardin. Ah open it, slidin oot a letter that hud been pe
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Wan Goal tae the Good, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ae me, right?’ McDade sais, slidin his haun concealin the wrap o
1 matches

Robertson, Gary A Wee Dundee Xmas Poem, (Lidl 2020) Central, poetry
Git oot sledgin and slidin, an a wee sna ba fight
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s linguistic launscape – Scottish Staunart English and Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
n slicht up and doon a skytie slidin scale – bylin the linguisti
1 matches

@raiphsays tweeted
@MacLiv Soon be aw slidin aboot!(2020) search twitter

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
nal livvel, he thocht, is een slidin fae er face te the swall o er on page 41

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
eep, an open buik on her lap, slidin doon her skirt inno the fauld
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
n ower her buik, her glaisses slidin doon tae the eyn o her neb. F
1 matches

Shetland

Sutherland, Hazel Biggin Da Dess, (Shetland For Wirds 2004) Shetland, prose
dem, laandin in da middle an slidin ower da idder end, ower an ow
1 matches