A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

sneaked Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.7 4.1 4.5 9.9 0 0 0
Number of occurrences128 3 1 0 0 0
Number of authors10 7 2 1

Occurrences of sneaked in Corpus

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Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
, oot the pigmobile that just sneaked roon the bend. That's whit ye on page 1

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ae two pound aff Harpreet. Ah sneaked the ticket in tae Charlene wh on page 35

1 matches

McDermid, Val The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - The Gowd Breeks, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
s, then the sleekit jouksters sneaked the guids oot the Big Hoose a on page 59

1 matches

Bates, Gregor The Death Dance, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - East Dunbartonshire, weans
med as I tiptoed doon them. I sneaked past the passageways and corr
1 matches

McClelland, Ben Chicagof Island, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Ayr, prose
s nae bear or moose! The boys sneaked oot o bed and grabbed their r
1 matches

@RickHJohnston tweeted
RD in East Lothian, but still sneaked into Holyrood by the back doo (2023) twitter link

@annieones tweeted
oting paper- someone said you sneaked in on the list? Yous said you (2021) twitter link
oting paper- someone said you sneaked in on the list? Yous said you (2021) twitter link

Doric

Gray, Kathleen Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Ootlin, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
I spat, an I scratched, an I sneaked aboot. Grabbin hanfoos o hair on page 58
lowed her an her pals as they sneaked aff tae the wids next tae the on page 60

2 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
- bit dinnae clype - ah’ve sneaked oot fur a McDonalds braakfist(2018) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
fae the dairy and Gordon had sneaked a white sheet on page 61

1 matches

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