A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

playpiece Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words1.6 1.5 3 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences53 2 0 0 0 0
Number of authors4 2 2

Occurrences of playpiece in Corpus

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Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
onally by the cook! It wis ma playpiece! And as fur the cake, it wis on page 114

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Hieroglyphics and Other Stories - All that Glistens, (Canongate 2004 ISBN: 1841955191) Central, prose
a biscuit ma ma gied me fur a playpiece. But on Friday it was worth i
1 matches

@LairnScots tweeted
relatit tae schuil - jannie, playpiece... https://t.co/vRQoRH0ZYS (2018) twitter link

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
gged up tae her kness, an her playpiece stapped inno her schulebag, s
1 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
@TerryMaley Aye, ma playpiece wis a buttered rowie folded i (2020) twitter link

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