Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'smock'

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Use in varieties of Scots

smock	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	4.4	14	7
ORK - Orkney	39.7	4	2
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)	70.3	2	2
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A	3.3	1	1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern	4.4	1	1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central	27.6	6	1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
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 smock in Corpus

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Orkney

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Smock curlan fae the pipe on page 34
pigsty, the ditch wae lady's smock. on page 35
Smock rises fae the flames on page 57

3 matches

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Holy smock, this is a close race the day on page 87

1 matches

North Northern B (Caithness)

Manson, John Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Doric - Dumfries, poetry
And the factory smock comes doun as grey stour, on page 112

1 matches

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
eg kitchen, wheech wis full o smock fae wan end till e ither: e D on page 55

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
room and change intae a clean smock . Thus rigged and still sobbin
1 matches

General Northern

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 58 - Cyaard, the Tattie Doodle, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
t like the fabric o a hussy's smock an the rain smackit doon like on page 118

1 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
She aye hud on a broon cotton smock nippit in at the waist wi a b on page 77
she wis an aw, in her belted smock and green breeks. Ablow on page 104
re o the Heidie in her belted smock and green breeks. on page 135
t fur dear life at the cotton smock happeq ower the muckle bosie, on page 160
n her green breeks and cotton smock. She gaed straight ower tae h on page 210

6 matches