A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

paddle Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.1 4.3 20.8 9.9 0 0 0
Number of occurrences228 13 1 0 0 0
Number of authors9 5 3 1

Occurrences of paddle in Corpus

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Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
e wur up shit creek withoot a paddle as ma auld gran wid say. on page 21

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Not Scotland, (Edinburgh International Book Festival 2010) Central - Glasgow, prose
’s swimmin, only a few folk paddle in the ripples. Ah’m staund
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
tudents doon tae Galloway tae paddle the River Nith. Efter makin
rightin’ the boat with the paddle an’ hip flick). A can see y
demonstrated, Speed, Right, Paddle like buggery! Beth lead Mario
3 matches

McKillop, Roger Wee Roge Boobs, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
ls.” “Aye?” “Could ye paddle ower tae Jenny an’ tell her
1 matches

Geddes, Jenny Fling the creepie in January, (McRenegade.Scots 2018) Central, blog
Some fowk paddle aroon’ until they fin’ on
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
about up shit creek wae oot a paddle - kin wee nikki n jason pit (2020) twitter link

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
left up shit creek wi' oot a paddle." on page 8

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
YELLA PADDLE BOATIE on page 118

11 matches

@cligeey tweeted
@alfordbrad Did ye hae a paddle(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Orkney Voices Group Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Paddle in the burn. on page 111

1 matches

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