A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

droll Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.5 1.6 4.8 79.5 0 0 0
Number of occurrences143 3 8 0 0 0
Number of authors7 3 3 1

Occurrences of droll 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
pake tae her in a slow, dozy, droll kin o vyce. on page 42

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 90 - Serendipity, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
'Hmmph ... awfy bliddy droll,' he gruntled. 'Whit time's t on page 27

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
forbye; thochtie, mensefu an droll. I likit the ane anent Ballin on page 121

1 matches

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
ay's stories got mair an mair droll on page 15

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
At's the North-east bodie's droll, dry wit; . on page 32

1 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
"Droll things'll be seen i the sin a on page 115

1 matches

Orkney

Hall, Simon W. The Orkney Gruffalo, (Itchy Coo 2015 ISBN: 978-1785300066) Orkney, weans
"Droll indeed," said the Gruffalo. on page 17

1 matches

Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
ttie-faces hiv been actan gey droll the day. Although cattie-face
imsel a peedie grin. ‘Affil droll. And noo, owre tae Jim McGuff
tie-faces that hiv been actan droll the day. Viewers fae as far a
tie-faces flyan by day light? Droll folk in cloaks aal owre the p
Droll stuff on the news,’ Mr Durs
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