A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

screw Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.8 8 12.8 0 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences2415 8 0 1 0 0
Number of authors22 14 7 1

Occurrences of screw in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
"Screw the boabbin, eh," said the Ca on page 45

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McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2003 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
be behaving like that, c'mon. Screw the nut,' the bouncer says ta on page 8

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Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
d aff n take a long swig then screw it on tight n light a snout. on page 42

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Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
ed the yacht. I shout tae the screw. on page 1

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
screw it on page 37

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
As Bonnier Group turns the screw, The AM's sweitin! on page 46

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Fitt, Matthew Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
Screw the nut, wull ye? on page 8

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 58 - The Dumb Jyner, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
n a bit timmer or pittin in a screw an shog their heids an say, on page 65

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Smith, Elaine C. The Glasgow Gruffalo's Wean, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303425) Central - Glasgow, weans
go iz dinger? Is he missin a screw?" on page 4

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 167, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
irnie wha baith tells us tae "screw your courage to the sticking
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Geraghty, Martin The Pusher, (TheCommonBreath.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
Screw.
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Lehane, Matt Mouse Eat Mouse World, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
screw-tap-dancin in my heid
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Facebook link ( 2019) Central
haud o the airm and literally screw it oot .... and aw withoot on
rm ... Weel the surgeon hus a screw lik device that he winds in t

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
the pm - somebody defo has a screw loose - o happy happy days ! (2020) twitter link

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 84 - Jamie’s Day Oot, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
heid lik he wis screwin in a screw, an turnt awa. on page 43

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
tually snuff it, wi'll hae te screw ye inte the grun." on page 36

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Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
ik a weet waashin, cause they screw up their phisogs tae lat aabo on page 14

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Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
hed im clim in ower is van an screw doon the winda. on page 27

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Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Fa'll screw ye in i'groond on page 117

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Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
low. (Hope ey dinna think tae screw up your face
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Young, Morna The Twa Chrisses, (Scots Language Center 2021) Doric, prose
I can see ma lecturer screw her nib fan I hoist ma haun a
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@cligeey tweeted
rewid boxes a wid think ats a screw turbine on right(2020) search twitter

Shetland

Sutherland, Hazel Biggin Da Dess, (Shetland For Wirds 2004) Shetland, prose
d neatly ta fit tighter dan a screw. He carved me name inta da ha
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