A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

rubs Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.8 2.1 3 29.8 0 0 0
Number of occurrences94 2 3 0 0 0
Number of authors7 4 1 2

Occurrences of rubs in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
Big Kenzie says wae a grin n rubs Broonie's wee baldy heed. on page 48

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
wummin kens ye that weel. She rubs her back. Jees, a boy waants on page 1

1 matches

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
Mrs Casey rubs her arms and shivers. She's i on page 1

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
o whit are core SNP policies rubs saut in the wound. The SNP mi on page 9

1 matches

Doric

Strachan, Shane Beyond the Sea, (Scottish Book Trust 2023) Doric, prose
She rubs at yer airm a wee bit and it
1 matches

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
On the first o May, she rubs dew aff the grass on her face
1 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Rubs black hand-marks aff the door on page 23
abs, thermal vests - menthol rubs fur wheezy chests on page 75

2 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
Inga rubs her clippert heid on page 6

1 matches

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