A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

sour Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.1 3.6 3 0 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences107 2 0 0 0 1
Number of authors9 6 2 1

Occurrences of sour in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
ase it gave some poor sowel a sour yin, so she managed tae pit i on page 9

1 matches

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
bit gutted it's ending oan a sour note like this. Dolly - emba on page 9

1 matches

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
nae help it," said Five, wi a sour mouth; "Seiven on page 44

2 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
e even a green beret blush. A sour taste ae hatred wid fill the on page 88

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
see whit wis happenin an wi a sour look went aff tae sit in the on page 67

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
e ae hot dinners wis sweet an sour pork, cheese an ham pizza or on page 87

1 matches

Doric

Abel, Charlie The Press and Journal (Inverness, Highlands, and Islands) - Doric Corner, (DC Thomson 2024) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
me, egg 'n' sugar as a 'Pisco Sour'. Fine, bit turns yer moo tap on page 25

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Loch Skeen, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
a gless o sour-dook for ma brakefast. A was
1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
ae send Leonard on his way an sour eneuch tae confoun Maisie. on page 45

1 matches

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