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Use in varieties of Scots

sober Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.4 5.8 19.2 9.9 5.8 10.9 0
Number of occurrences2611 12 1 1 1 0
Number of authors19 10 6 1 1 1

Occurrences of sober in Corpus

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Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
's face ap back again. He was sober. Howie wasnae. But the broken on page 1

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
m leather couch. Craigy looks sober, likes. But its clear yae can on page 129

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
t a glegsome imitation caa'd 'Sober Advice from Horace'! on page 110

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
Noo, Cinderella wisna sober but she wisna sae far gone th on page 84
et tae her. If she'd cam hame sober an at the richt time, I'd hae on page 85

2 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
said, wha fled, sober but melancholic. on page 112

1 matches

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
right wee pain. Ad better get sober afore A gan hame Or the neebo on page 43

1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 74 - Burns an the Dictionar o the Scots Leid, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
a hale flock, includin ‘The sober laverock, warbling wild’,
1 matches

Cunningham, Liam Tam, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Bellshill, prose
ut she jist said go tae bed n sober up then a'll talk tae yi."
1 matches

Geraghty, Martin The Pusher, (TheCommonBreath.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
er wind stabs at the lungs ae sober men daft enough tae bae oot o
1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
m noo kinsiderrin” styin’ sober fur the rest e’ the Fringe.
1 matches

Doric

Gray, Kathleen Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Ootlin, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
uff she widna dee fin she wis sober. on page 60

1 matches

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
ert at Erchie - the only een sober on page 15

3 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
nnie, tryin te look casual an sober aa it the same time. "Ye're a on page 61

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
e. Ye widna get a better lad, sober'. on page 51

2 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
ore. Neen o the twa o em were sober fin ey arrived hame at six o
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
Be sober, takk tent, because yer enemy
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
n. She wytit tae get Auld Joe sober an alane – nae easy darg
1 matches

@fittiecrooners tweeted
ins a tenner, I'm steen cauld sober & Bert in bar steaming! Never(2018) search twitter
e tiles at the Fittie Bar tae sober up before the wife seen me! A(2018) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
they tell me sheu wis nivver sober. on page 79

1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
ur years shü wis hardly ever sober, and shü's been oot an in a on page 44

1 matches

Southern

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
it’s ill for ti byde sober masell!
1 matches

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