A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

screechin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.7 3.1 7.5 0 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences126 5 0 1 0 0
Number of authors11 6 4 1

Occurrences of screechin in Corpus

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Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
s oot. Just ma mither's voice screechin. on page 1

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
i her when wee Morgan startet screechin aboot how she wantet tae watc on page 169

1 matches

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
a wee lassie, rinnin, screechin on page 51

1 matches

Nicol, Alissa Poor Wee Livvy, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - North Lanarkshire, weans
accompanied by a high-pitched screechin sound. Ivry few seconds, a we
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Wi thir screechin an thir shriekin
1 matches

@fourmenterian tweeted
Many screechin' and bawlin' all over Fallin (2015) search twitter

Doric

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Peullie screechin aa day an nicht on page 161

2 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - Beggerey’s Greenhoose, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
Wi that last screechin comment she pulled at a thirt
1 matches

Ireland, Mark Wi A Facey Like Yours, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Banff, prose
s up an hears an affa annoyin screechin soon. Fan he his a look aroon
1 matches

Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Furst Time, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
n, her pal probly, an she’s screechin an greetin, an A’m under th
1 matches

Shetland

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
f fur da lasses to do dats no screechin aboot da hoos lik banshees!! (2020) twitter link