A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

paraffin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.8 4.8 4.8 0 17.4 0 0
Number of occurrences159 3 0 3 0 0
Number of authors10 5 3 2

Occurrences of paraffin in Corpus

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Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
campin stove that ye fill wi paraffin and ye licht it at the tap an on page 180
nd the rest jist aboot covers paraffin fur ma stove and ma lamp, and on page 197

3 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
LIQUID PARAFFIN, the nixt yin wis cawed. It w on page 21

1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
lute (suit); Joe Soap (dope); paraffin, paraffin ile (style); plates
, paraffin ile (style); plates o’ meat
iatit wi Glasgow. Ithers like paraffin must be Scots because ile rhy
3 matches

McDonald, Hamish The Girnin Gates - Chapter 12, (Itchy Coo 2003) Central, prose
spot oan the bank an lit the paraffin stove an pumpt it up till it
1 matches

@g_hibby tweeted
. ?? Wonder if it wid run oan paraffin?.. (2022) twitter link

Doric

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
a lantren wi paraffin an a wee stove, so he cood bi
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
. On the secunt nicht fin the paraffin lamp wis flichterin low an th
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Mrs Clushet o Faaldydykes, (McStorytellers.com 2018) Doric - Banffshire, prose
and left it burning, wasting paraffin wisna the worst o’t? The th
1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
ck at night, pestering me for paraffin, you over-sexed, undersized r on page 14

2 matches

De Luca, Christine Dodie's Phenomenal Pheesic, (Shetland For Wirds 2008) Shetland, weans
LIQUID PARAFFIN, da neist een wis caa’ed. H
1 matches

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