A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

snatch Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.4 4.1 3 9.9 0 31 0
Number of occurrences148 2 1 0 3 0
Number of authors11 7 1 1 2

Occurrences of snatch in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
pread oot her haun, an made a snatch in the air. She didnae git ha on page 36
r haun again, an made anither snatch in the air. This time there w on page 38

2 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
d tries tae grab ma leg but A snatch the bottle fae his talons n t on page 15

1 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
claws o sleet an tain, micht snatch her precious bairn awa frae h on page 71

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
Ah snatch the letter fae his big auld b on page 135

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
glimpse noo, wad ye like tae snatch
1 matches

Donovan, Anne Not Scotland, (Edinburgh International Book Festival 2010) Central - Glasgow, prose
the watter, as if they could snatch ye aff the beach and drag ye
1 matches

Crawford, Ross Awa in a Dwam, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
enin adventures, they hud tae snatch a few oors ae sleep whenever
1 matches

Doric

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
r han all at wance, an made a snatch in e air. She didna get howld on page 34
er han again, an made anither snatch in e air. Iss time air were t on page 36

2 matches

Orkney

Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Tae snatch thur chance and change the fa on page 83

1 matches

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Did snatch the stone away on page 28

1 matches

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
preed oot hur haun, an made a snatch in th air. She didnae get hau on page 35
ur haun agin, an made anither snatch in th air. This time there we on page 37

2 matches

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