A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

diddle Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.1 1 4.4 19.9 0 0 38.7
Number of occurrences172 3 2 0 0 10
Number of authors5 1 2 1 1

Occurrences of diddle in Corpus

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Central

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
etter an they couldnae fuckin diddle me! Like maist fowk ma age lu on page 23

2 matches

Doric

Wheeler, Leslie Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Doric, weans
prancin-dancin, hippy-hoppy, diddle-daddle doo! on page 13

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Hey diddle diddle i'cat an i'fiddle on page 74

2 matches

Orkney

Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
ty that poo hoo whit they caa diddle diddle music, bit tae be hone on page 48

2 matches

Ulster

Ullans Speakers Association Nursery Rhymes for Weans, (Ulster-Scots Agency 2008 ISBN: 978-0955791697) Ulster, weans
Hey Diddle Diddle on page 4
Diddle, Diddle Dumplin on page 21

10 matches

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