Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

delicate	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	6.5	8.6	3	0	5.8	0	4.4
Number of occurrences	21	17	2	0	1	0	1
Number of authors	19	15	2		1		1

Occurrences of delicate in Corpus

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Central

Donati, Colin The Student and the Pawnwife , (Itchy Coo 2003 ISBN: 978-1902927817) Central, prose
aw glent ower the young man's delicate face. It hud tae be said, he on page 134

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Beekman, Tony Lallans 85 - The Belt, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
algebra hamewark. This wis a delicate operation; the object o the e on page 39

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
a da, There's nae need tae be delicate wi it wur no gaunnae use that on page 42

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Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
ew blossoms is in it tae, the delicate delite o warm pastures heich on page ix
Poultices and spew and delicate haundlin, on page 61

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Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
Enjoy sic delicate luxuries - fuils! on page 26

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Higgs, Jo The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols, (berfrois 2022) Central - Edinburgh, prose
mson or puce or anything mair delicate than just red. Nonetheless, E
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Morton, Elaine Lallans 71 - The Concreit Bouer, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
leddy delicate platefus. An there were cups
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Thoumire, Elizabeth Three days in October, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
whiles turnin intae the maist delicate o lace. A fiery glowe risin f
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Thoumire, Elizabeth Makkin a muckle o a mickle, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
uir we aw got a wee bit o the delicate broun melton alang wi the mai
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Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
ces mak me the maist douce an delicate threid that ye can spin.” T
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
d, “that was maybe a rather delicate topic.”
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MacDonald, Bo CAULD NIGHT, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
ly oan mah ankle, ruining th' delicate honey tone. Mah mynd stairted
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Monahan Brown, Ricky Dùn Èideann, (The Scores 2020) Central, prose
face in them. The flooers’ delicate scent wis oerpooered by the m
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Donovan, Anne Hieroglyphics and Other Stories - All that Glistens, (Canongate 2004 ISBN: 1841955191) Central, prose
oft flesh of ma mouth and the delicate skin of ma eyelids. And ah fe
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@billykayscot tweeted
alang wi this fresh roastit, delicate, daurk chocolate an mango nua(2020) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
dle the wet stuff-laddies awy delicate the noo lol (2020) twitter link

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
the essence when dealing with delicate matters such as organ donatio
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@72redz1903 tweeted
lacaledonia If it annoys some delicate indys fah constantly worry (2020) twitter link

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
nd heddir fed lamb, it haes a delicate taste aa o its ain. Ah'm dat on page 62

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Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
ell Sally that the airm was a delicate thing an that it wud be prefe on page 38

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