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Use in varieties of Scots

sklent Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words9.7 11.8 6 0 5.8 10.3 8.9
Number of occurrences3123 4 0 1 1 2
Number of authors22 16 3 1 1 2

Occurrences of sklent in Corpus

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Central

Donati, Colin The Student and the Pawnwife , (Itchy Coo 2003 ISBN: 978-1902927817) Central, prose
ess, an the haill thing cawed sklent tae a maist uncouthie angle. on page 135

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McGregor, Iain Lallans 85 - Archie Dodds, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
seen a unbekent chiel's body sklent hauf on the baunk, an hauf in on page 23

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McGregor, Iain Lallans 87 - The Neep Lantern, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Central, prose
divots didnae jee, an wi mair sklent shooglin an a bittie mair elb on page 22

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Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
arl stert tae birl an lowe an sklent on page 77

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
The Trunchbull took a sklent roond the classroom wi uncann on page 140

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Dareau, Mareau Lallans 59 - The Dictionar o the Aulder Scottis Leid (DOST), (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
id afore saxteen hunder, wi a sklent at whit wes Scottis in the sc on page 59

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Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
wabbitly, the tods began tae sklent the tunnel up tae the surface on page 39

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Armstrong, Kate Lallans 58 - Herman Und Dorothea, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
Jist tak a sklent at thon hoose ower yon, aye t on page 43

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Connor, Charles P. Lallans 82 - Nae Guid Ettle, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
ae an cuidnae resist takkin a sklent ootbye. on page 18

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 82 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Prestwick, prose
on brings in an international sklent wi his braw owersettin o Indi on page 7

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 74 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
ae a purelie ‘Scots Leid‘ sklent, tho, that the constitutiouna
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Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
He wes kittilt up wi the sklent o mair aunterin an, tho a dew
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Somerville, Shirley-Anne Scots Government Commitments tae Gaelic an Scots an Scots Langages Bill: consultation, (gov.scot 2022 ISBN: 978-1804358313) Central - Holyrood, government
aelic langage an we noo hae a sklent at reflectin on hou the Gaeli
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Douglas, Sheila Lallans 62 - The Wee Tailor in the Haunted Kirkyaird, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, weans
he jist haed tae hae anither sklent. Oh mercy! This time there wi
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Tait, John M Lallans 62 - Expository Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
at the beginnin o words like sklent, an the ‘ch’ soonds in lo
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Falconer, Gavin Lallans 63 - Richt Scots an Pithy Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
ts springheid in the leeterar sklent o the leid. Fowk seems tae th
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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
ot o onie kinna nerrae-nebbit sklent. Anither raison wes that, bi
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Connor, Charles P. Lallans 59 - The Queen’s Shull’n, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Fife, prose
“Weel, hae a sklent o this.”
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Purdie, David C. Lallans 59 - Boswell’s Coort, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
Ticht intil yon naerrae sklent
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
He met her sklent leuk wi a haurd stare. Wis th
smirtlin an exchyngin o sklent leuks. Unfortunately, Iskande
2 matches

Doric

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 79 - The Bonnie Lintie, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
e turns aboot tae tak a quick sklent at the chiel; an he daesna se on page 26

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Strachan, Shane The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - An Eggs-traordinar Egg, (Itchy Coo 2020) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
te-as-snaa feathers, the lang sklent o their necks and their majes on page 22

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McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Loch Skeen, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
bit the next stent was sklent ower gliders an lowse pate-di
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McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Wullie’s Wife: The Hoaspital Veisit, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
A wis lean sklent on the dooble-bed whin the tw
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Shetland

Watt, Roseanne Moder Dy, (Polygon 2019 ISBN: 978-1846974878) Shetland, poetry
ane dat wants tae lö fir dat sklent o urgent sang dat first rivvi on page 66

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Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
w up yaisin yon wird ilkaday, sklent. BTW - Ah made up 'sklentifr(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Ulster Scots Agency Ulster Scots Census, (census.gov.uk 2021) Ulster, government
(tha like o an ingang oan tha sklent)?
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Gibson, Darren Solace, (Ullans Magazine 2012) Ulster - Ards, poetry
Tae sklent tha breakers’ fickle pad,
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