A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

puck Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.1 10.6 3.2 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences2220 2 0 0 0 0
Number of authors4 2 2

Occurrences of puck in Corpus

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Central

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
ks o it, it's as depressin as puck. on page 8
that word than shite or even puck wi an F. She nearly hud ten k on page 10
Ah roll ma eyes. Who the puck does he fink he is? on page 46

5 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
'Fur puck's sake,' ah say, rubbin the s on page xiv
'Where the puck did ye disappear tae last nic on page 14
wis terrified ah wis gaun'ae puck hings up and Prove ah should on page 53
and said, 'Jeannie, whit the puck are ye daein wearin that guid on page 54
"Whit the puck are ye daein?' ah shout. on page 59
Also on pages 60
6 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
boys scutter wi a puck on the frozen lochan on page 9

1 matches

Grae, Emma Jimmy and his wee darlin Alexa, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
” Alexa says, surprisin me. Puck. She’s gat mair aboot hur t
1 matches

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ch,” she said, puttin a big puck aff needle intae ma mooth.
onavirus morgue in Hyde Park. Puck that.
e is, that dentist wi hur big puck aff drill and that sickness a
“God, whit the puck did ah dae tae deserve this?
stickers. Ah wonder whit the puck she’s daein, but cannae fin
5 matches

Grae, Emma Billy's Ghost Dug, (liarsleague.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
Who the puck sells ghosts anyway? Dae the
Ah shake ma heid. Whit the puck am ah meant tae dae wi this b
2 matches

Doric

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Puck ma bugs, board 'at aeroplane on page 186

1 matches

Murdoch, Steve Lallans 63 - A keik at the Swedish game o bandy, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
in Scotlan. They didna use a puck like the ice hockey chiels, b
1 matches

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