A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

puzzle Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.8 5.3 16 0 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences2110 10 0 0 0 1
Number of authors14 8 5 1

Occurrences of puzzle in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
, then?' Ach, that's the real puzzle!" An she stairtit thinkin aer on page 19
That wis anither puzzle; an, seein as Alice couldnae on page 45

2 matches

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
th am I?' Aye, that's the big puzzle!" An she stertit tae think o on page 18

1 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 59 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
games raxes fae tradeetional puzzle gemmes lik tic-tac-toe tae sw on page 54

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
t awa an whan he cam back the puzzle wis cleared up. Jist a few ro on page 110

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
cht place (jist like a jigsaw puzzle), and, haw ya beauty! the pho on page 144

1 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 59 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
games raxes fae tradeetional puzzle gemmes lik tic-tac-toe tae sw on page 54

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
tae nail it wad puzzle the deil.
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
n the neist lik a dot-tae-dot puzzle in a bairn’s beuk. Unner th
1 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
@elibeli65 Aye, it's been a puzzle. But noo we hae oor answer. A(2020) search twitter

Doric

Shearer, Gillian Tales Fae The Doric Side - Guernica, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
amash inna. Mair lik a jigsaw puzzle ah thocht. Guernica it wis ca on page 40

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Ye'll no solve i'puzzle, fir yer richt oot o' luck on page 102

1 matches

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
world am A?' Ah, at's e great puzzle!" An she began thinkan oer al on page 18
"Hev ee guessed e puzzle yit?" e Hatter sade, turnan t on page 67

2 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - TROUBLE WI WITTGENSTEIN, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
n me, an we'll settle it wi a puzzle. Jist lik Samson settled the on page 89
s an problems, sae here's the puzzle for ye. Foo can ye tell a lee on page 90

4 matches

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Montrose, prose
e experiments wi anthrax. The puzzle o Mulcaire rins throu the boo on page 124

1 matches

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 73 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric, prose
e experiments wi anthrax. The puzzle o Mulcaire rins throu the boo
1 matches

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
wunner, am A?' That's the big puzzle yae see!" Shae thocht o aal t on page 19

1 matches

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