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Use in varieties of Scots

sock Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.4 4.3 6.4 79.5 23.2 10.9 4.4
Number of occurrences268 4 8 4 1 1
Number of authors17 7 2 2 4 1 1

Occurrences of sock in Corpus

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Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
his fingurs in the tap ae his sock. Aw, jees. I'm banged up wi a on page 1

2 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
thing cawd Gabriella the baby sock gorilla: it's meant tae be fu on page 154

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
THE ODD SOCK SONG on page 17

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Yes Nae Mair, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Bellshill, blog
ma cupboards, ma wardrobe, ma sock drawer. Ah've pairtit, wi muc
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Pet-gilante, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, prose
st aboot swallowed the sweaty sock we had gagged him wi as he tw
1 matches

@DABArbuckle tweeted
hate tae see the state o the sock under his bed(2020) search twitter

@bigandymccoll tweeted
e be sitting next tae the Tea Sock ?? (2022) twitter link

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 90 - Mrs Cadwallader’s Conversion, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
r sittin there, wi a seaman's sock in her haan, darnin awa an li on page 38

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
s stickin throwe a hole in is sock. "Wi hae a holiday ilky ear. on page 38

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ipstick an slippit it doon ma sock an oota sicht. Ah cud feel it on page 66
n the shiny gold tube oota ma sock, twistin up the lipstick an p on page 67

2 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
e frocks and frillies - no a sock fur Jim tae wear. on page 21

1 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Census: Sock Knitter on page 103
Ahm lost a bloomeen sock agen on page 105
ts the widden mushroom in the sock, on page 117

7 matches

Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
shö sits up laet wi her sock on page 49

1 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
a fire an Jeannie wid tak her sock. on page 77

1 matches

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
r entities): cøttikin 'ankle-sock' (cøt + - kin) on page 42

1 matches

Facebook link (Wir Midder Tongue 2016) Shetland
g tae dae twartree geng on me sock meaning twartree rows . I sti

Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
y Ah missed yer birthday auld sock, rin aff ma feet here reddin (2020) search twitter

Ulster

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
Robby wis ther', geff up haes sock, on page 23

1 matches

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