A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

de'il Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words1.6 1 3 0 0 10.3 0
Number of occurrences52 2 0 0 1 0
Number of authors5 2 2 1

Occurrences of de'il in Corpus

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Central

Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
whit a weiy tae cry that auld de'il tho', guid-mither, weel onywe on page 31

1 matches

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
ogs o heiven cuid stir up the De'il in holy watter, and depart. on page 45

1 matches

Doric

Thom, Bill The Quait Chiel, (Tapsalteerie 2013 ISBN: 9780992663100) Doric - Banff, poetry
Eis de'il apon thi pipe, on page 26

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 82 - Beyond The Pale , (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
lipper were inventions o the De'il. But, lik Ah said, the Morric on page 74

1 matches

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
A pact was struck wi' the De'il himsel on page 42

1 matches

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