A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

coy Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.5 3.6 0 0 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences87 0 0 0 0 1
Number of authors3 2 1

Occurrences of coy in Corpus

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Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
she said, an then she went aw coy, She wis meant tae meet him a on page 169

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Traisur Insch (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008) Central, prose
than," sayed he, "this is the coy fur me. Heir yow, lathie," he on page 4

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
he bak raw, ti mak me haud ma coy. The war twa ither laddies se
hauddit hiz coy. Hiz ain pictur o the fuither
The twasum hauddit thair coy fur a fyow meinits, i thochti
coy. Whedder he douchtna skair hi
.” Mirren hecht ti haud hir coy,
5 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
uk at the motor. Esther had a coy smile as the young lads gaith on page 2

1 matches

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