A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

desks Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.8 2.6 0 0 5.8 10.3 8.9
Number of occurrences95 0 0 1 1 2
Number of authors7 3 1 1 2

Occurrences of desks in Corpus

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Central

Robertson, James Precious and the Puggies, (Itchy Coo 2011 ISBN: 978-1845023324) Central, weans
r cawed awbody back tae their desks. 'We'll hae tae tak mair care on page 76

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
knew aboot corbies an writin-desks, which wisnae much. on page 68

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
Fae the third row o desks, Lavender said, 'It's braw. A on page 73
ies sittin timorsome at their desks in front o her. on page 135

3 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
mind aboot corbies an writin-desks, an dat wisna muckle. on page 70

1 matches

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
mber aboot ravens an scrievin-desks, which wisnae much. on page 68

1 matches

Ulster

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Ahint tha waas, an dorrs, an desks on page 33

1 matches

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
d mine aboot ravens an writin-desks, an that wusnae a pooerfu loc on page 69

1 matches

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