Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

finery	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	1.5	1	3	0	5.8	0	0
Number of occurrences	5	2	2	0	1	0	0
Number of authors	4	1	2		1

Occurrences of finery in Corpus

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Central

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
tood aroun in their very best finery. This they thocht wis the cru on page 87
dressit up in the fashionable finery o the day, were the remainder on page 89

2 matches

Doric

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
eel, the trees in their Sundi finery on page 43

1 matches

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
seem tae refer tae buskit up finery. (2021) twitter link

Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
kings - Solomon - wi aa his finery didna look as boannie as dem. on page 95

1 matches