A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

shakk Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.5 0 6 0 23.2 0 0
Number of occurrences80 4 0 4 0 0
Number of authors2 1 1

Occurrences of shakk in Corpus

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Doric

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
yang tae the caff-hoose for a shakk o Auld Hornie's haun,' Jock D
e, they war pushed forrit tae shakk the haun o the Deil....the cl
Rise up guid wife an shakk yer feathers,
his heid. I niver saw a body shakk like yon. Mrs Dunlop doon at
4 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
" I answered, as I startit ta shakk. on page 53
werwhelmed him. He startit ta shakk, grippin da steerin wheel, hi on page 57
I felt seek as I stude up ta shakk haands. I wis sure he didna r on page 58
in too, an dey wid staand an shakk demsels ipo da middle a da fl on page 93

4 matches

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