A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

breaths Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5 6.2 4.5 9.9 0 0 0
Number of occurrences1612 3 1 0 0 0
Number of authors10 6 3 1

Occurrences of breaths in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
breaths. Yi feel safer as the familia on page 48

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Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
er. Boom boom boom boom. Deep breaths, Daisy, deep breaths. Ah star on page 1

5 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ly sittin back and idling oor breaths awey in the hope hings might on page 92

1 matches

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
Ah take deep breaths in and oot. Ma stomach’s in
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MacDonald, Bo CAULD NIGHT, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
llow 'n' ah teuk loads o deep breaths. Hee haw wis thare. Mah hert
ds. Mah chest pounded 'n' mah breaths wur short 'n' wheezed. Someth
2 matches

Wallace, Lorna Tae A Selfie, (lornalouwriting.wordpress.com 2014) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
An’ wae deep breaths we face oor fate,
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Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
icht." Dottie wis takkin deep breaths noo, like she wis tryin te sa on page 24

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Murdoch, Steve Lallans 63 - Poacher, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
es sae caul the first pucklie breaths actually hurt fan he drew the
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Strachan, Shane Beyond the Sea, (Scottish Book Trust 2023) Doric, prose
airm. Ye manage tae tak deep breaths until the tears in yer een su
1 matches

Orkney

Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
's me that's breathing, quick breaths, and I feel my heart thump an on page 85

1 matches

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