A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

cracked Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words12.2 12.9 12.1 29.8 5.8 20.7 0
Number of occurrences3925 8 3 1 2 0
Number of authors30 16 8 3 1 2

Occurrences of cracked 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
'Aw, will it," he said, cracked the bottle oan the concret, l on page 1

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Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
Guid news, lads, we've cracked the case, noo hear oor wee co on page 63

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
vin morals isnae what it's aw cracked up tae be. Yae jist end up gi on page 108

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McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
ike naebody's business. Ah've cracked open the Bucky. It's freezing on page 174

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
nk Hubba Bubba bubble an then cracked it really loud an then she gi on page 29
ve it wi me, he said, anen he cracked his knuckles really loud, Ah' on page 169

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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
o a section o paint that's no cracked. Ah resist the urge tae bite on page 4

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
paint oan its eerie face wis cracked, its orange hair matted and i on page 32
ide hur manly frame and never cracked a smile wi hur thin lips. She on page 37
remember aboot that school is cracked blue paint, concrete and cris on page 38

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Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
haps his een wi cracked auld goggles on page 9

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McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
the lowe. It cannon-boomed an cracked, on page 112

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Waddell, John Lallans 58 - fower poems bi John Waddell, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
No aw it wis cracked up tae be. on page 62

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Corbett, John Lallans 70 - Owersettins o Modren Drama intae Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
Sidney Goodsir Smith famously cracked in his ‘Epistle to John Gut
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Clark, Thomas Scots an the smit: a language unner lockdoun, (Bella Caledonia 2020) Central - Bellshill, blog
, mebbe wirds arnae aw they'r cracked up tae be. Ye mind sílent fi
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Bennett, Peter McShane's Reprieve, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ll kerry oan’s no aw it’s cracked up tae be, ah’m tellin ye.
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McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
he descendin’ bottle, which cracked the basin! “Awwwwww’, pai
A'll, soon, hae this job cracked!
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Begg, James A. Lallans 74 - The Killie Fleshers - 1786, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
t oot the laddie’s neive an cracked it hard ower his shouders. â€
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@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
t off ?? ?? ?? I think I have cracked...(2020) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
eynolds aye its aboot time ee cracked the whip m8 cos eamonn had a (2020) twitter link
ey - so mind n get ur wallet cracked open brother lol (2020) twitter link
game on 2 nite - cracked it again - n the suns oot no (2020) twitter link
an it right away - reckon av cracked it - 2 possible games on the (2020) twitter link

Doric

Robertson, George C. Lallans 87 - Bluid An Banter, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, script
d: Bruce, that joke wiz first cracked in 1206 by mah court jester. on page 40

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 81 - Pyntin the Been, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
n in his body that hidna been cracked or broken. Still an on, he th on page 8

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Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
urned roon expectin tae see a cracked
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Murdoch, Steve Lallans 63 - Poacher, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
fore he could - BANG! A shot cracked oot hurlin the roe’s heid s
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Wilson, Katie Becus a hae a sister a hae a friend, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Buckie, prose
is haen fit Barbie. Mam musta cracked up it us cus at's just silly!
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Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
in aboot this iPhone, wie its cracked screen and battered corners,
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Hutchison, Pat Bob the Dog fae the Bog, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
he’d be nottin mair than a cracked drone fixed noo as he looked
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@cligeey tweeted
ie_mjr @74frankfurt Think yev cracked it its stuck in wer heid noo(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
970s carpet fibres, the plate cracked clean, on page 14

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Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
cracked an spilled on page 143

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Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Aer noo dry footprints in cracked relief. on page 16

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Shetland

Ratter, Peter Da Perishin Nort, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
an tak on wiida ice until hit cracked an eventually caved in. He ga
1 matches

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Cracked and broke in two on page 28

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Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
cope oan th twaalth?" Ahlice cracked oan eagerly. on page 96

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