A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

junkies Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.9 4.3 6.4 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences128 4 0 0 0 0
Number of authors6 5 1

Occurrences of junkies in Corpus

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Central

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
nories like we're aw subsidy-junkies, an that we arenae really fit on page 47
think that we are the subsidy junkies we're pentit as an believe we on page 115
r eatin, kilt-wearin, subsidy junkies, wuid they want tae keep us a on page 127

3 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ause he said it wis aw full a junkies, If thir that desperate tae r on page 143
aid ma ma, That yiv never had junkies or basket cases livin next ta on page 169

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Fae Mooth tae Page, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central, blog
h’ and tae no speak like ‘junkies’. Interviewers privately ad
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
ne stained wahs, probably. Or junkies lyin face doon in a puddle ae
1 matches

@bigandymccoll tweeted
y their fault. Global subsidy-junkies who've been indoctrinated tae (2022) twitter link

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
throwe birk an fir, a den fur junkies, luvers, flechy mongrels an f
born, the toun wis thrang wi junkies, single quines fa cud faa wi
ens an skirls that drooths an junkies are liable tae cam oot wi, an
o Meikleburgh, the dealers an junkies an chores that trawled the se
4 matches

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