A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

strokin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words1.9 1.6 0 0 11.6 10.9 0
Number of occurrences63 0 0 2 1 0
Number of authors6 3 2 1

Occurrences of strokin in Corpus

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Central

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
Nou's the time ti act... (strokin his hair) on page 16

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
whelmin me an he reaches oot, strokin ma face; a juxtaposition ay t
1 matches

astrothsknot The Auld Man O Jerah, (archiveofourown.org 2018) Central, prose
lassie,” asked Auld Donald, strokin his beard.
1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
c. Du said dysel, whin du wis strokin da trunk o dat ane, at du wid on page 53

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
strokin alang da lie o da preens - on page 111

1 matches

Southern

Stevenson, Gerda Kilmeny, (Scottish Language Center 2021) Southern - Scottish Borders, prose
snowflakes,” Kilmeny said, strokin her fingers through the fine,
1 matches

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