A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

driftwid Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words1.2 0 1.5 29.8 0 0 0
Number of occurrences40 1 3 0 0 0
Number of authors3 1 2

Occurrences of driftwid in Corpus

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Doric

Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
z fulled o figures carved fae driftwid in weird shapes as if torture
1 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Sheu gathered bits o driftwid doon amang the cowid, grey st on page 35
n defiance, whar the tang and driftwid floats. on page 37

2 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
findan groaties, shapes o driftwid on page 49

1 matches

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