A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

glossy Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.3 2 10.5 9.9 5.8 0 4.4
Number of occurrences144 7 1 1 0 1
Number of authors12 4 5 1 1 1

Occurrences of glossy 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

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
at is it then?" Cracks in 'er glossy patience can be detected. on page 3

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS nummer 109, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
er-Scotch's 'Heich Ploy' - a glossy PR screed then fowk cry it do
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
an white racin oer the sharp, glossy sheen ay the leather as the t
1 matches

Hodgart, John A Catalogue o Sair Neglect, (Bella Calledonia 2016) Central - North Ayrshire, blog
In contrast, the glossy National Cultural Strategy Re
1 matches

Doric

Strachan, Shane DWAMS, (Tapsalteerie 2024 ISBN: 978-1916214880) Doric, poetry
intae glossy hydrocarbons on page 21

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ettee flickin throwe a pile o glossy holiday brochires. "Jist tak on page 38
She sighed es she pickit up a glossy magazine fae the coffee table on page 81

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
her stuff." Joyce studied the glossy leaflet. '"Ere's a sauna, fac on page 11

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 75 - The Petrol Tanker, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Doric, prose
et new Esso petrol-tanker, wi glossy blaik tyres an a driver ahin
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
ms fa'd seen the photies in a glossy magazine. Naethin dauntit, he
1 matches

@cligeey tweeted
nefish100 @pselbs Good it wis glossy(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
s repeatedly noo tae a page o glossy on page 26

1 matches

Shetland

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
Glossy ibis and iccy wobbler on my g(2014) search twitter

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
elegraph lines, thair mantles glossy white, thair feathers sleek a on page 59

1 matches

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