Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'steep'

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Use in varieties of Scots

steep	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	11.1	37	24
ORK - Orkney	9.9	1	1
SHD - Shetland	11.6	2	2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A	26.2	8	2
MNB - Mid Northern B	111.9	1	1
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen	21	2	2
DOR - General Northern	4.4	1	1
NEC - North East Central	45.9	1	1
SEC - (South) East Central	18	7	4
WCE - West Central	4.4	1	1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh	6.2	1	1
GLA - Glasgow	20.1	4	3
AYR - Ayrshire	10.7	1	1
LAL - General Central	5.3	4	3
SEA - South East (Borders)	36.3	3	1
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of steep in Corpus

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Orkney

Hall, Simon W. Lands o Twatt, (Brisk Northerly 2018) Orkney, blog
keep sheep, and it’s been a steep learning curve. The grund is
1 matches

Shetland

Mundair, Raman Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Shetland, poetry
slopp sheep-gaetit, steep on page 10

1 matches

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
steep 'soak' ~ steepit on page 73

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
Thi sea is flat, Thi sea is steep on page 35
untainous waive, eit weis ass steep eit a thocht, Skim weis gan t on page 56

3 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
aed, pechin, fur the brae wis steep an the heather lang an wirey.
d a craftie hauf wye doon the steep rain ruttit roadie worn roch
on Watson, hirplit up the wee steep stairs wi the great blaik Bui
3 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
ye greet like a bairn fin ye steep them in the bree,
ve senses, where a flat-sided steep frowns over the present world
2 matches

Mid Northern B

Stewart, David Catch-Up Chapter 163 - Planning the Mystery Tour., (Facebook 2024) Doric, prose
e was affa seek 'gan ower yon steep briggie- dis abiddy myne? And
1 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - The Bigger Hoose, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
aa the wye up tae the tap o a steep brae, an jist afore ye get ta on page 104

1 matches

Lawrie, Alistair Northwords Now 45 - The Win, (Northwords Now 2024) Doric - Peterhead, prose
An up still. The brae, ayewis steep , seemed steeper yet in the da
1 matches

General Northern

@cligeey tweeted
@aduncan59 A gweed steep min(2020)

North East Central

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
hased efter it. Up and up the steep brae the pair o them chairged on page 19

1 matches

(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 68 - The Fower Jyners o the Apocalypse, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
but Gallows Close wis gey an steep - at the back, the tap winda on page 26

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
Shakes the loose rocks with steep descent. He falls before his on page 3
It wis steep, sir, steep ti the tap o the pappie. Yit on page 77

3 matches

Muir, Glenn Al Fresco, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
tae the water’s edge wis a steep yin, rocky wi the odd whinbus
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
that i thought it was a bit steep - of course a no nowt a (2021) twitter link
s case i feel there a wee bit steep (2021) twitter link

West Central

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 104 - Stephen, (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, prose
wheen o Sundays or needit tae steep her feet in the basin, lik ma on page 11

1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ll get mouls,” he sayed. “Steep thaim, than Ah’ll rub thaim
1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
the street, no stoppin on the steep hill cos ae the ice. It's git on page 35
t two miles, clamberin around steep embankments and jumpin burns. on page 47

2 matches

Bolland, John Lallans 71 - Line of Sight – excerpt fae a novel in progress, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
er’d cast a glance doon the steep incline towards the bay. The
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
udgement ah walk taewards the steep slope behind the bothy an int
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
finds the gate baith stey and steep, on page 78

1 matches

General Central

Cairns, Pauline Lallans 83 - Boeuf Bourguignon, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
wey o daein the above is tae steep the beef wi the wine an herbs on page 69

2 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
e learn a wrutten leid is tae steep yer harns in its leetratur. M on page 54

1 matches

Facebook link ( 2017) Central
sittin amang the trees on the steep slope o Killiecrankie watchin

South East (Borders)

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
A busy day, a long hot steep on page 10
But steep inclines and boggy moors on page 50

3 matches