A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

perfection Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.4 3.6 9 0 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences147 6 0 1 0 0
Number of authors10 4 5 1

Occurrences of perfection 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

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
Rotten perfection, re-reversin psychology on page 12

1 matches

Bryden, Hugh Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
Wi ma symbol fur perfection on page 105

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
oukery-powkery tae the peak o perfection, somebody wha wis willin tae on page 102

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
ened hur light broon hair tae perfection and is wearin a modest, knee- on page 8
and-pepper hair is curled tae perfection. Even though she's sick, she on page 45
Hur black hair wis curled tae perfection, and she wis wearin a wee, gr on page 55
ls, hair and make-up done tae perfection ~ a look ah'd kill for right on page 83

4 matches

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
een - a bunnle o plump, pink perfection. Ah held her close, feelin th on page 45

1 matches

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
tae perfection. on page 7
tae perfection. on page 54

2 matches

Wheeler, Leslie Brockit, the Ferm Toon Cat, (Grampian Regional Council 2000) Doric, weans
Noo, can ye improve on perfection? Weel, nae usually, but in Bi
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ire grate wiz blackleedit tae perfection an the braiss rails abeen it
1 matches

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Shetland

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
dat laevrick, an her mizzer o perfection. on page 85

1 matches

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