A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

slide Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.5 8.2 9 19.9 0 0 0
Number of occurrences2416 6 2 0 0 0
Number of authors17 10 5 2

Occurrences of slide in Corpus

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Central

McGregor, Iain Lallans 85 - Archie Dodds, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
ety on Archie an A thocht tae slide back doon aside him, but ma r on page 25

1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
will slide intae a plaid as weel. on page 68

1 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
e wey and his chair begun tae slide doon on Wee Grumphie's. The k on page 126

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
Ah slide the door shut and slump back on page 48

1 matches

Steele, Gregor Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
The Jannie and the Slide on page 20

3 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Koan, (sandyfleming.org 2005) Central - East Lothian, poetry
A wee five-inch bamboo Hemmi slide rule.
kle fit-lang British Thornton slide rule.
I selt the slide rule
The wey I niffert his slide rule for a dictionar.
Means slide rule.
5 matches

Bennett, Peter Sharks, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
’s been nae payments so far slide. He stared at me, his good ey
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Uprisin' an' Doonfa', (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
oor Nation, intae bondage slide,
1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
So a lerritgo an’ a lerrit slide Feelin’ raither awfy guid i
1 matches

@SusiBriggs1 tweeted
@alandmcclure I could slide a Jim Reeves vinyl under yer (2020) search twitter

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Tales Fae The Doric Side - Mabel, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
tent as Granda's hairline. Ah slide doon till Ah'm oota sicht. Fi on page 96

1 matches

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
aatched the retro-font lyrics slide up the screen. Noo and then s
1 matches

The Mannie Fae Unco The Diary o a Feel at the Skweel, (unco.scot 2021) Doric, prose
even hid a bolt that ye could slide back an forritt an some even
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
“Oh, I see a slide,” he roared. “Come awa yo
hin an skytin doon the frozen slide that Snochrie’s
2 matches

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
If oanly a cuid slide ma Blue mesk doon a thochty t(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
the skroo wis near ready tae slide. on page 70

1 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
You could slide right ower on page 88

1 matches

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