A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

linger Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words1.5 1.5 1.5 0 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences53 1 0 1 0 0
Number of authors5 3 1 1

Occurrences of linger in Corpus

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Central

Beekman, Tony Lallans 84 - The Fate o the Philosopher, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
g slook o whisky an lettin it linger in his mooth a wee bit for th on page 47

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Foriverness whaur ye micht linger in the corridors o oors. on page 15

1 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
e smell ae these streets will linger on yur claithes fur months, l
1 matches

Doric

Strachan, Shane Northwords Now 43 - Shane Strachan, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2022) Doric, poetry
Linger on that cobbled corner on page 19

1 matches

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
add a skröf o snaa ta linger on page 38

1 matches

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