A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

confetti Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words1.5 1 3 0 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences52 2 0 0 0 1
Number of authors4 2 1 1

Occurrences of confetti in Corpus

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Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Metaphorical confetti - on page 37

1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
hair wis still flecked wi’ confetti As we traipsed aboot the Sere
1 matches

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 77 - Anither Time, Anither Place, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
.. an the doos scaittered lik confetti in the win. on page 34

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 68 - Gordon’s Gairden, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Doric, prose
It wis a' ower e place, like confetti. Bit his mither cam oot an gi on page 35

1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
e cud hae floated away wi the confetti petals birlin ower the crisp, on page 24

1 matches

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