A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

slower Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.9 2.1 6.4 19.9 5.8 0 4.4
Number of occurrences124 4 2 1 0 1
Number of authors10 3 4 1 1 1

Occurrences of slower in Corpus

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Central

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
Thir days Ah'm daunerin slower than afore on page 34
Thir days Ah'm daunerin slower than afore on page 40

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Muir, Glenn Pet-gilante, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, prose
e “Silly Season” had been slower than usual, this wid sell new
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@kennethbryce184 tweeted
hFA some roadmap this guys - slower than the city bypass - espec (2021) twitter link

Doric

Hutchison, Pat If I Catch Ye I'll Eat Ye, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
twa till his breathing became slower and raised the musket tae his
1 matches

Lawrie, Alistair Caw, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2020) Doric - Stonehaven, prose
that’d make the blood spurt slower. No that it maittered. The ot
1 matches

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
Vine Ye'll hae tae spik a bit slower and louder min. Canna mak oot(2020) search twitter

@McGoo1888 tweeted
had a broken leg so wis a bit slower than the lads...ended up in a (2022) twitter link

Orkney

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Waakan back wis slower, heavy pails swingan, peedie on page 35

2 matches

Shetland

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
hurt. Hoopfully dey'll drive slower fae noo on! Still a few norie(2013) search twitter

Ulster

Cartmill, Claire Three score years an ten, (Ballymoney and Moyle Times 2014) Ulster, newspaper
e see A kno richtly am gettin slower in mae step than a ustae be b
1 matches

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