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Use in varieties of Scots

sex Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words24.7 28.3 10.6 59.6 11.6 10.3 35.4
Number of occurrences7955 7 6 2 1 8
Number of authors38 29 3 2 2 1 1

Occurrences of sex in Corpus

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Central

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
t exudes something. Charisma, sex appeal, animal magnetism, wha on page 8

1 matches

Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
ack o success wi the opposite sex. In the episode cried Dug, Se on page 33

1 matches

Philip, Andrew Lallans 70 - Fower Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, poetry
heid and wis untouchable; her sex wis shut the wey a young floo on page 55

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
'The hing aboot sex is, it's the equaliser,' Howi on page 1

2 matches

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
If it's a sex wurker hit, ye say theft o a on page 36

1 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
My sex doesnae mean I canna lay on page 66

1 matches

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
say she's actually niver hud sex. She gies aff this vibe that on page 1

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
Yet sex-plus-violence, as aabody kens on page 18
Gie thaim advice on sex? Why, they'll no hae it! on page 34

2 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
Wire and we ended up watchin Sex and the City, insteed. She's on page 137

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom Lallans 59 - Leids and Lieder: Walcome ti Helvetiscots, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
Baudelairean flouers o evil, sex an daith taen ti their maximu on page 5

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
SEX BOMB SEX BOMB YOU'RE MA SEX BOMB on page 91
h that she wrote, If you want sex call... an she pit doon Iain' on page 110

4 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Deayton's coke-fuelled, sex-crazed binges, on page 48

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
dy's race, colour, releegion, sex, gener identity, sexual airta on page 14

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
"Ye kin keep yer puckin sex!' on page 51

1 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 61 - Glesca dialeck i the modren warld, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
eckness. There was nae age or sex deiferences in this - the bi on page 9

1 matches

Tindal, Betty Lallans 67 - Two poems by Betty Tindal, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central - Dumfries, poetry
sex, intrigue, mystery. on page 129

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
a representative o the female sex he can, includin his nourice, on page 142

1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Paternal genome drap-oot forders altruism in stieve populations, (Wiley Online Library 2022) Central, prose
tae kenspeckle differences in sex-specific potentials fur altru
fur altruism, even wioot onie sex-differences in ecology.
2 matches

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 76 - The Factory, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
aunnerin an yabb-yabbin about sex
1 matches

Forrest, Liam Hittin the Toon, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Dunfermline, prose
like a sare thumb, Av got the sex pest, whos gonny get us stopp
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
in danger man, the wummin’s sex mad. Ah allow masel a wry smi
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Guru an Zander, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
e that good, the auld tantric sex vibe if he’s snortin his wa
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 176, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
miscairryin, religion, daith, sex, loss,betrayal an chynge. Fio
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 175, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
lug, "Wad ye like some super sex?"
1 matches

Philips, Cally Wha's feart o' the library?, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Turriff, prose
somehing. It wis a question o sex or religion if ah’m no bein
1 matches

Geraghty, Martin A Bad Sport, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ptured by an Alien and we had sex for 24 hours solid.
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
lence, we micht be the tender sex, bit we maun fecht back - fo
1 matches

grandeicedcoffees Do You Wanna Touch, (archiveofourown.org 2021) Central, prose
uilt trip women into havin’ sex. —If that’s what ye want
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Fur maist o history, anonymous wis a wumman, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, prose
d gey early expression o same-sex luve addressed tae anither wu
re tae tak on the veil o male sex sae that the twa wimmen micht
meddumfou championin o ‘oor sex’ in the final stanza: ‘th
air is mair constancie in our sex / Then euer [ever] amang men
4 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Maitland Quarto and Poem 49, (wee-windaes.nls.uk 2021) Central, prose
s [husband]’ and fur her ‘sex’ tae be convertit intae ‘
‘nature’ – their female sex – and ‘hymen’ – the i
gien, in Scots, o female same-sex desire. Although its hert-sta
stanza maks clear the female sex o the bodie bein addressit â€
air is mair constancie in our sex / Then euer amang men hes bei
8 matches

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
i a the Pape's appruivin same sex CivUni(2020) search twitter

@Chazzbat tweeted
ss victim jist acause she's a sex worker. Ignorin her richt tae(2020) search twitter
Micht as well invest in some sex toys an be done wi it.(2020) search twitter
hen did folk decide that oral sex isnae "real" sex?! The clue's(2020) search twitter

@DABArbuckle tweeted
st, tax dodging, misogynistic sex offender tae be sent get well(2020) search twitter
he site o twa fowk o the same sex bein in love wae each ither. (2020) search twitter

@ThonJacobite tweeted
r asks "Hoo dae ye feel aboot sex?" and ma mither replies "Ah'd (2021) twitter link

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ud eyn up bein deeved bi some sex-maad staaker." on page 52

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
id bi fine te get awa fae the sex police fir a file." Morrice f on page 6
n it airports - Ah'd hae nae sex life at aa." on page 76

2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
dowps, chaip scent an foostie sex, an wadna hae kent ae eyn o a
tae pair wi fur recreational sex an nest-biggin. His spunk wad
arentin cud be dane bi either sex – whasaeiver ettled it. The
3 matches

@beast_afc tweeted
t did ye dee tae win a soccer sex war? Fit yank wiz dein the he(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Bit hid wisna the sex I wis efter - she wis cookan on page 31
egistered on the Internet - 'Sex Kitten's me Chat-Line name. on page 43

2 matches

Orkney Voices Group Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Familiarity is better than sex, on page 123
Sex on the Barriers on page 136

4 matches

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
/she" gyaan bi dir biological sex, whaaras onythin idder is "it on page 49

1 matches

@tattooedselkie tweeted
tary on here. But yis, da big sex pest tangerine is oot an than(2021) search twitter

Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
ed a gey wheen bairns o baith sex:
1 matches

Ulster

Ulster Scots Agency Ulster Scots Census, (census.gov.uk 2021) Ulster, government
tha speirins oan releegion or sex airtin.
Whut sex wud ye be?
ha maist siccar accoont o yer sex airtin?
t or airtit owerby tha tither sex
Ither sex airtin, scrieve doon
8 matches

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