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Use in varieties of Scots

corridor Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words17 20.8 19.5 0 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences5541 13 0 1 0 0
Number of authors25 15 9 1

Occurrences of corridor in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
shuttin Maureen an him in the corridor. Alane. He was short. Stocky. on page 1

4 matches

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
ae huv a swatch at us fae the corridor. They disappear afore ah can on page 1
tae fill the silence. In the corridor, a woman walks by the office on page 3
gle-jangling greets me in the corridor. Ah take deep breaths and wal on page 14

3 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
bass doon tae the end ay the corridor, a big guard stauns ootside, on page 3

1 matches

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
cannae miss the smell in the corridor. on page 47

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
The boay leads us doon a long corridor until we reach a pair ae larg on page 160
he's fast approachin doon the corridor in ma direction. Wae him huvi on page 177
ght down to the bottom of the corridor and it's your first left. The on page 178

4 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
ngin when she bairged alang a corridor ye could actually hear her sn on page 61
refects tae chase ye doon the corridor and oot the front door wi the on page 156

2 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
nt an flung him oot intae the corridor. on page 89
nd granny aw the way doon the corridor. on page 96
made tae staun ootside in the corridor. on page 126
ents - she stopped me in the corridor an she wis like, So Kirsty wh on page 169

5 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
In the rin-doon hospital corridor on page 51

1 matches

Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
the wan doon the stair in the corridor. on page 46

1 matches

Calderwood, Lynsey Cantsmell, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2020) Central, prose
screamin aw the way doon the corridor though cos he sprayed it righ
1 matches

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - Nuhin is Certain, Except, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
hog’, and doon the dark wee corridor A go…
oot, back alang the dark wee corridor (hauf expectin the wee lassie
2 matches

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
only lasted hawf w’y up the corridor afore A burst oot laughin’!
gles aw’ the wy’ doon the corridor.
2 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
n agin the opposite waa o the corridor. He raised his eebroos an smi
him. She muved oot intae the corridor an gaed intil the yoga poseet
ently an daunert aff doon the corridor, pittin oot a haun tae get hi
her wumman back oot intae the corridor. “Some o the patients react
He had catched her alane in a corridor for this wee pep talk, an noo
10 matches

Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
n the red an blonde sandstane corridor ay tenements flit slowly by.
1 matches

Alston, Connor THE BLACK-EYED CHILDREN OF SCOTLAND, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
, “Come get me!” Doun the corridor then aroond the hoose. Fist c
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
efore guidin me doon the long corridor ae offices until he suddenly
at a snail’s pace along the corridor. Passin the rest ae the restl
2 matches

Doric

Philip, George Luikin Back, (Jas Gaesham 2008 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Doric, prose
l ships an some teachers in a corridor. on page 6

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Joyce..." He creepit alang a corridor an saa the Jeweller leent up on page 12

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
corridor, theatre B, roon the corner w
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
d an intae the fite an chrome corridor tae takk his anti-epilepsy pe
she gied him. Waukin ben the corridor ootbye the theatre, his thoch
2 matches

Crawford, Jack The Pluffer, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
e saw him heidin aff doon the corridor towards the canteen so we tho
1 matches

Harvey, Lewis Crash, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
o a trailed ma feet roond the corridor. A thocht a wid get a few lap
1 matches

Devlin, Edwin The School Dentist 1969, (Facebook 2020) Doric, prose
called and aff I went up the corridor I hi'd butterfleas bouncing a
hurry so ah took ma time the corridor felt like a tunnel o doom and
good as ah strolled doon the corridor tae the classroom , ah held t
he envelope up tae ane of the corridor windy’s tae see if I could
4 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
it’s safe tae waak doon this corridor tae meet her. https://t.co/uF(2019) search twitter

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
Spruced up the corridor! Linguistic landscapes. Whees (2020) twitter link

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
ce I cood see him comin up da corridor, a neatly dressed ordinary yo on page 58

1 matches

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