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Use in varieties of Scots

skreichin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.4 2.6 7.5 0 0 10.3 0
Number of occurrences115 5 0 0 1 0
Number of authors6 4 1 1

Occurrences of skreichin in Corpus

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Central

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
cried the Mous, its wee vyce skreichin wi anger. "Wad you like cats on page 21
d hear the Queen's vyce ootby skreichin, an gaun her dinger. She had on page 44

2 matches

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
Skreichin lik a gawkie loon, on page 25

1 matches

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
The skreichin ainly in appreciation fur the on page 52

1 matches

Crawford, Ross At Stake, (productmagazine.co.uk 2022) Central - Stirling, prose
it’s aw greetin, bokin, and skreichin fae then oan.
1 matches

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
windaes an lat them hear her skreichin fin her birse wis up, or some
chestnut. A craa flappit awaa skreichin, pit oot that she'd disturbed
orbie, a jackdaw, a hawk an a skreichin magpie. An fin he drew near t
Steenhillock, the fite gulls skreichin at its dowp. Whyles, the ploo
4 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
, her back booed like a brig, skreichin an spittin like a banshee, an
1 matches

Southern

Neill, Willie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern, poetry
the wund o a mirk nicht skreichin frae the hielants... on page 137

1 matches

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