A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

ashtray Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.2 2 4.5 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences74 3 0 0 0 0
Number of authors3 2 1

Occurrences of ashtray in Corpus

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Central

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
fish a glowin butt oot o hur ashtray. Ah retched, and she laughed on page 26
en by Granny's standards, hur ashtray is ridiculous - butts are pi on page 35

2 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Afore we hud ri telly, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Saltcoats, prose
wis sent ben ri hoose fur an ashtray an' sat 'n' watched rum smoki
awaw if 'e sat it doon in ri ashtray. It wis wan e' rem wee porcel
2 matches

Doric

Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ty coffee cup at the ither an ashtray wi twa tabbies squashed intae
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Tabby Sooker, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
Pale Ale and slowly move fae ashtray tae ashtray helpin masel tae
tae ashtray helpin masel tae its contents
2 matches

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