Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'doorstep'

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Use in varieties of Scots

doorstep	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	5.3	17	13
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland	11.6	2	1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen	47.4	4	3
DOR - General Northern	4.4	1	1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	2.6	1	1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee	21.2	2	2
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow	16.3	3	3
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central	5.3	4	3
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of doorstep in Corpus

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Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
dna alloo a TV set in ower da doorstep. (Sometimes, wi da brukk at's on page 5
s settin a muckle box ipo dir doorstep. An dan he gude doon da rodd, on page 31

2 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 82 - Beyond The Pale , (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
as seen set his fit ower the doorstep o a brothel as be seen in the on page 72

1 matches

Uri, Antonia The birds an the bees, (Mak Forrit 2018) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
se that haed just cam fae the doorstep , ma mam, ma sister an masel a
birds an bees, richt on their doorstep . They aa provide us wi multip
2 matches

Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
��s a thin layer o sand on ma doorstep and a few trees have blaan ow
1 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
the size o a doorstep (Jonsar Eck hid made the sand
1 matches

(South) East Central

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
ed tae find Wee Shuggie on ma doorstep, hoppin aboot excitedly frae on page 19

1 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
delivered on yir doorstep, alang we on page 1

1 matches

@d_anderson878 tweeted
Heel, or a doorstep. Bit thon's nae sae thick as (2020)

Glasgow

Bolland, John A Chocolate Cowboy, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2008) Central, prose
then again in the damp on the doorstep in Ury Lane, while aw
1 matches

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
reath. Ah huvnae darkened the doorstep o a hospital since ma coma. A
1 matches

Donovan, Anne Buddha Da - Chapter 1 Anne Marie, (Canongate 2009 ISBN: 978-1847673459) Central - Glasgow, prose
hree of them, staundin on the doorstep on a Saturday efternoon and t
1 matches

General Central

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
t some cheek darkenin Jesus's doorstep. Ah'm tempted tae ask Faither on page 78
snae darkenin her ain mammy's doorstep,' Cathy says, pointin at the on page 113

2 matches

@OliphantWullie tweeted
ago, despite them bein on ma doorstep !!! (2022) twitter link

@Chazzbat tweeted
a the day. Ah wis stood on ma doorstep fer aroon 10 meenits, talkin (2020)