A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

doonstair Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.1 4.5 0 0 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences109 0 0 1 0 0
Number of authors6 5 1

Occurrences of doonstair in Corpus

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Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
t herm bide ootside the ring. Doonstair, the phone rang. on page 1

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
shirts oan, Iona her make-up, doonstair fir the bus, patch the bouzou on page 3

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Lallans 62 - The Numpty, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
cracker oan her chin then ran doonstair tae tell ma mither they’d g
€˜wee sowel’ finally creept doonstair. Bet she smelt the denner. Ma
it ma claes oan quick an went doonstair. Ma mither wis awready up, in
3 matches

Donovan, Anne Not Scotland, (Edinburgh International Book Festival 2010) Central - Glasgow, prose
it. You can go intae the bar doonstair anytime but it’s two minute
1 matches

Stewart, Anna An Alien Feeling, (Scots Hoose 2019) Central, prose
ot the room. I hear him going doonstair, and I rest my head on the pi
I hear him shifting aboot doonstair, and I get up and look oot th
2 matches

Connor, Bailey A SCOTS HORROR STORY, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
nae staun the thought o going doonstair alane. She wisnae feart or an
1 matches

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Dodie's Phenomenal Pheesic, (Shetland For Wirds 2008) Shetland, weans
e kyerried da grit muckle pan doonstair again an tippit trowe tae da
1 matches

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