A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

yacht Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.6 5.3 0 0 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences1110 0 0 1 0 0
Number of authors7 6 1

Occurrences of yacht in Corpus

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Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
s. Wonder whaur he parked the yacht. I shout tae the screw. on page 1

2 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
doon the side ae thir private yacht (even if it wis her first tim on page 169

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
'This is ma private yacht!' cried Mr Wonka, beamin wi p on page 92

1 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
the Royal yacht so they sent a shoat on page 83

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
caught, much, tights, yacht.
1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
dest dreams Wi’ a castle, a yacht an’ two harems Bit a s’po
Yacht
A ken fine a wisnae oan ma yacht
3 matches

Shetland

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
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