A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

detention Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.8 2.1 7.5 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences94 5 0 0 0 0
Number of authors5 2 3

Occurrences of detention in Corpus

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Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
t Charlene wis on a lunchtime detention wi him an when ah went throug on page 34
ns in his pocket. Wully got a detention fur that anaw an he got made on page 133
cause he's been in lunchtime detention wi Missus Murray. She's makin on page 159

3 matches

Donati, Colin Universal Declaration o Human Richts, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Central, government
be gart thole wulsome arrest, detention nor exile.
1 matches

Doric

Bundy Broch The Doric Min, (YouTube 2020) Doric - Brouch, poetry
Detention for an aye, or ken, bit the d
1 matches

Crawford, Jack The Pluffer, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
eacher an on tap o that a got detention. Bit even worse a wis grounde
1 matches

Harvey, Lewis Crash, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
id the chik tae gi me anither detention. Well, there wis nae wye a wi
a wis gaen tae turn up to ony detention. She could go awa an bile her
till need tae turn up tae her detention!
3 matches

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