Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

leans	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	5.1	6	4.4	19.9	0	0	0
Number of occurrences	17	12	3	2	0	0	0
Number of authors	16	11	3	2

Occurrences of leans 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

Curran, Doug Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
she leans her head on the casement, an on page 20

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
e walks doon tae the fence an leans ower it, peerin through the d on page 1

2 matches

Kennedy, Julie Ma Mum and William Wordsworth, (Howkin Words Press 2024 ISBN: 978-1399988971) Central, prose
Aff the bus, she leans intae me as if she might lose on page 11

1 matches

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
watchin one o the boys as he leans on page 42

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
hite" ah tell him. Jist as he leans oor the coffee table tae pass on page 65

1 matches

Travers, Martin A Nappie Lassie Blethers tae a Fritter, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, script
el. He pits doun his phone an leans ower tae us. on page 4

1 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
there! The staff oan which he leans! on page 112

1 matches

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
The American traveller leans on the bar eighth Cherokee, h on page 23

1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
McDade leans in an whispers in ma ear ‘D
1 matches

Geraghty, Martin A Bad Sport, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
windae iz lowered an a female leans oot. ‘Did you get my text,
1 matches

grandeicedcoffees Do You Wanna Touch, (archiveofourown.org 2021) Central, prose
though, still hardening as Si leans closer to us. He’s forcing
1 matches

Doric

Morrison Murray, Harold Doric, Historic and Humorous, (Peters and Sons 2024) Doric, poetry
He always leans against the ring Makin' sure on page 29

1 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 82 - Troke, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
tae tell ye,' says he; an he leans forrit an says laigh-in ''Ere on page 90

1 matches

Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
reaming across his face as he leans against an upright steen near
1 matches

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
r sets the skiff tae drift an leans back in her seat, een clossed on page 34

1 matches

Grieve, Issy Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
t few paets and smiles as she leans in, way on page 60

1 matches