A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Intro a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Texts Writers Statistics Top200 Search Compare

Concordance

Enter a word to find all occurrences of, for example ahint

- pre-sorted concord - post-sorted concord - map and chronology - chronogrid - similar spellings - fine-grain concord -

Use in varieties of Scots

digging Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.8 2.1 6 0 0 10.3 0
Number of occurrences94 4 0 0 1 0
Number of authors8 4 3 1

Occurrences of digging in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
ame thing," said the Duchess, digging her sherp wee chin intae Alis on page 44

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Yes Nae Mair, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Bellshill, blog
eir profile picture's corner, digging oot auld pictures o thaim hau
1 matches

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
@JaneyGodley Digging tatties at allotment from und(2020) search twitter

@DABArbuckle tweeted
arnrose Ye widnae see onybody digging up bodies in yer local gravey(2020) search twitter

Doric

Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
I get back to digging and end up aboot half buried
1 matches

@fittiecrooners tweeted
mean i said? Reply - Always digging up shit!(2016) search twitter
turns roond & says yer eyewis digging up shit! Fit dee ye say tae t(2020) search twitter

@McGoo1888 tweeted
them..so ah done a wee bit eh digging and they had not one ex milit (2021) twitter link

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
d afore, "Sure then I'm here! Digging for apples, yer honour!" on page 36

1 matches

Web Analytics