A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

straws Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words1.5 2.5 0 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences55 0 0 0 0 0
Number of authors5 5

Occurrences of straws in Corpus

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Central

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
mooth as ye thought" *Throwin straws at the bouncer" "Never seen a on page 3

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
ke a drounin man clauchtin at straws. They cannae forget hou aince on page 78

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
said, Yi shoulda bought some straws while yi wur there. Whit fur, on page 34

1 matches

Bolland, John A Chocolate Cowboy, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2008) Central, prose
ber damp bi then, couch-grass straws an stalky plantains. We wur o
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
hy bring it up - clutchin at straws noo - lets see some photos t (2020) twitter link

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