Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

dickens	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	4.1	5.7	3	0	0	0	0
Number of occurrences	13	11	2	0	0	0	0
Number of authors	6	4	2

Occurrences of dickens in Corpus

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Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
tae inspire the nixt Charles Dickens. on page 21

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
s,' Matilda read, 'by Charles Dickens. Ah'd luve tae try it.' on page 9
said tae Mrs Phelps. 'Has Mr Dickens scrieved ony mair?' on page 10
Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens on page 11
only they wid read a wee bit Dickens or Kipling they wid soon disc on page 22
'Ah'm richt keen on Charles Dickens,' Matilda said. 'He maks me l on page 75
Also on pages 90, 149
8 matches

Haddow, Kris Ronnie's Story, (words.krishaddow.com 2011) Central, prose
he eighteen hundreds, Charles Dickens and Oliver Twist times and a�
1 matches

@ThonJacobite tweeted
Jings, yon Charlie Dickens must be birlin in his grave w(2020) search twitter

Doric

Skinner, Alison C. Tales Fae The Doric Side - Leaves, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
crinklet amon the pages o her Dickens wi the First Prize label insi on page 23

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
innie read frae it, Scott, an Dickens, an Shakespeare an the like,
1 matches