A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

shifted Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.6 2.1 9 29.8 29.1 0 0
Number of occurrences184 6 3 5 0 0
Number of authors14 3 5 3 3

Occurrences of shifted in Corpus

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Central

Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
nter's nicht, whan they're aw shifted ready fur their beds, Ah git on page 6
aw jist gan awa hime an' git shifted intae dry clathes, we've no t on page 20

2 matches

Logan, Kirsty Lego, (Scots Hoose 2017) Central, weans
windaesill, a pair a wellies shifted fae their place aside the doo
1 matches

@weenell3 tweeted
e docs as antibiotics havenae shifted it ????? (2022) twitter link

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 85 - The Clash o the Titans, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
The Prof. shifted in his cheer. He didna look j on page 56

1 matches

Cameron, Alan Lallans 90 - Drumtulloch, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
ernet in the itherwarld. Ah'v shifted departments noo in the oaffic on page 84

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
Strong Sooth win his shifted the sna,
1 matches

Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
owre in the sandy sludge that shifted up fae the coast. I could fee
and up here – sands have ay shifted, burying abandoned toons ablo
2 matches

Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
en fulled wi laughter. Her ee shifted tae the mantle piece abeen th
1 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
t they hid selt the hoose and shifted ower tae Wick. on page 79

1 matches

Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
eeped oot again. This time he shifted ower in his chair a piece and on page 129

1 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine The future of Scots, (https://www.opendemocracy.net/ 2015) Orkney, prose
wha mostlins spok English bit shifted straet awey tae a rich urban
1 matches

Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
dat da young ean wisna ta be shifted shö took paece an said nae m on page 17
hit's aye dere nivir ta be shifted. on page 44

2 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
a supermarket, it wis aa been shifted aboot ta mak room fur dis bai on page 27

1 matches

Johnson, Laureen Saands o Maywick, (Shetland For Wirds 2004) Shetland, prose
der graandmidder. I couldna a shifted as lang as I could see at all
, but da wind nedder aised or shifted. An be dis time, we kent da w
2 matches

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