A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

junk Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.9 4.1 15.1 0 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences198 10 0 1 0 0
Number of authors16 8 7 1

Occurrences of junk in Corpus

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Central

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
an thi junk mail ill be gone on page 36

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
ha plied auld Scotia wi thair junk, Lang's they wir cushy, on page 29

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Economic Theory, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
her haun. She haed on a lot o junk jewellery, haed a tan deep as
1 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 63 - The Smithsonian Folklife Festival 2003, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
eetions, jist the cheap tatty junk that rings up the tills. Bria
1 matches

Clark, Thomas Radge Against the Machine: Deid Wirds, Deid Warlds, an Why Scots Maitters, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Bellshill, blog
ixin. It's penny stocks, noo, junk. Mind Jerry Seinfeld's defini
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Graftin, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ycle ay misery perpetuated by junk an played oot by the actors i
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
iles o auld vehicles an ither junk that cud be muved across tae
1 matches

grandeicedcoffees Do You Wanna Touch, (archiveofourown.org 2021) Central, prose
they are when he’s oan the junk. His words get tae me, though
1 matches

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
In a box o junk an orra trock on page 15

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Ah step ower a pile o junk mail fanned oot on the mat an on page 78
fite an sepia-coloured snaps. Junk te onybody else, bit treasure on page 79

2 matches

Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
on’t take toolboxes full of junk as payment.’
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
skyrie. Johnny wad makk her a Junk jangle!
gie her HIS giftie, the reid junk-jangle. Efter yon,
rs Scott wis delichtit wi the junk jangle.
3 matches

McDonald, Charlie , (Facebook 2022) Doric, poetry
rummel aroon in the back fer junk
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@cligeey tweeted
ed bathroom affa poor quality junk(2020) search twitter

@fittiecrooners tweeted
ere's many a schilling in old junk #oldsayings #aberdeen(2017) search twitter

Shetland

Sutherland, Hazel Biggin Da Dess, (Shetland For Wirds 2004) Shetland, prose
h peerie park is a bite-sized junk; just manageable wi Granny an
1 matches

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