A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

destroy Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.2 6.4 0 0 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences1312 0 0 0 0 1
Number of authors11 10 1

Occurrences of destroy in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
We aw ken hou tae destroy... on page 28

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
Thatcher an her maisters tae destroy haill tranches o Scottish, an on page 23

1 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
who takes it upon himsel tae destroy any dreams she hus o writin i on page 1

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
et rid o them, but first he'd destroy the rest o the evidence. The on page 40

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Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
an help destroy his enemies. on page 29
Bothwell, ti destroy this flech. on page 35

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Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
l only say somethin stupit an destroy the moment.
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Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
began. “Yer faither made me destroy aw the plans I had drawn, an
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McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Sport, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
That could destroy,
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Donovan, Anne Hieroglyphics and Other Stories - All that Glistens, (Canongate 2004 ISBN: 1841955191) Central, prose
ireproofin – the fire canny destroy it.
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@kennethbryce184 tweeted
itbaw fans who come on here n destroy this club - get it right fec (2021) twitter link

Ulster

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
The hale worl' tae destroy. on page 36

1 matches

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