A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

peak Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.5 5.1 10.6 9.9 0 41.3 8.9
Number of occurrences2410 7 1 0 4 2
Number of authors15 7 1 1 4 2

Occurrences of peak in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
fur a Berghaus jakit, a Mera Peak. The weather is pish here, es on page 7
nods n sticks it in his Mera Peak. on page 34

2 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
art o joukery-powkery tae the peak o perfection, somebody wha wi on page 102

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
north towards the magnificent peak o Schiehallion, Scotland's ho on page 83

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
the sense that they wear the peak caps or the tracky troosers t on page 169

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
ichty-three things came tae a peak, on page 83

1 matches

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
But be back at her peak on page 73

1 matches

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
“The virus tends to peak around this time, if that’s
you’ve got, you’re at the peak of your symptoms and breathin
“Yes, the virus tends to peak around day ten, but you’re
3 matches

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
"I'm fur Adam's Peak masel," quo Nava, fa'd nae fe
aethin. She'd sclimmed Adam's Peak in her birthlan o Sri Lanka l
"Fit kinno a place is Adam's Peak?" the Sangsters winted tae ke
ed wi butterflees, did Adam's Peak. Fur ower a thoosan years, pi
e'd suddenly myndit on Adam's Peak at the fit o a dreich Scottis
7 matches

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
Olaf spys a peak an mairks hid. Inga senses a on page 24

1 matches

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Up Britain's highest peak on page 50

1 matches

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
on the heichmaist peak,
1 matches

@officialAliRed tweeted
employed over 100 men at its peak in 1906; the stone was transp(2020) search twitter

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
y McDonalds or cafe oan every peak?! ?? nae only that, a always (2020) search twitter

Ulster

Logan, Liam Thon Ulster Scots Book, (Galdanagh 2014 ISBN: 978-0992881405) Ulster - Dunloy, prose
"George Best" even though his peak had been many years before. H on page 33

1 matches

Cartmill, Claire Three score years an ten, (Ballymoney and Moyle Times 2014) Ulster, newspaper
was nae so, when I wus at my peak
1 matches

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