A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

twisted Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.7 7.1 9 39.7 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences2514 6 4 0 0 1
Number of authors20 12 4 3 1

Occurrences of twisted in Corpus

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Central

Beekman, Tony Lallans 85 - The Belt, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
spinal chord hid been pu'd an twisted lik an elastic band. on page 40
s spinal chord wis noo doubly twisted an his mooth wis dry. He mana on page 42

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Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
stiff an sticks, his lips aw twisted like an auld horse snickerin. on page 1

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Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
see a lassie as a pawn in yer twisted fuckin game, on page 34

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Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
ma true-tongues twisted, rackit on page 52

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
adgies like me. Dinnae git it twisted though. Ah've been fucked mai on page 29

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Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Twisted in ma hert like steel.
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Handy, Robbie Forked Tongues, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Dunfermline, blog
at isnae filtered through the twisted kaleidoscope o mainstream med
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Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
s great gnarled antlers staun twisted an proud, the vegetation that
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McKillop, Roger Challengin' Times, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
Life is a twisted dance, for God’s sake take
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Bennett, Peter Coyle Loyal, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ry tae get at me, their faces twisted wae rage but he puts his airm
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
lation?” Bill suggestit. “Twisted practical joke? Bit of both?
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Connor, Bailey A SCOTS HORROR STORY, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
d like wolves and thorns that twisted roon a risin sun, their desig
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Haddow, Kris Ronnie's Story, (words.krishaddow.com 2011) Central, prose
, really. Pete grabbed me and twisted ma arm and said if Aunty Mari
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Doric

Shearer, Gillian Tales Fae The Doric Side - Guernica, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
a horse and a bull wi muckle twisted horns, and nae a hale body at on page 40
the middle o it aa, his heid twisted richt back. A sair fecht! on page 41

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Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
twisted his heid roon aboot near stan
fer foo o steens an, twisted an bent the ridgers oot o sha
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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
ean throw the skin, the reyns twisted roon her neck. The cairt wis
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Hutchison, Pat The Stones That Turned, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ye afore her hands hid gotten twisted wi age. That forenicht she se
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Orkney

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Peedie twisted trees graow near on page 56
dry, Pat pulld hid straeyt an twisted hid intae whut wid mibbee be on page 99

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Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Puld an twisted intae shape on page 97

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Grieve, Issy Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
ed tae mak bands, wrapped and twisted on page 95

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Ulster

King, Angeline Weans o Latharna, (angelineking.com 2021) Ulster - Larne, weans
he sand as dulse an daberlack twisted aroon ma toes. Ah douked ma f
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