A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

groans Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words1.8 1.5 3 9.9 0 0 0
Number of occurrences63 2 1 0 0 0
Number of authors6 3 2 1

Occurrences of groans in Corpus

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Central

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
how ye get aa they creaks an groans in the middle o the nicht. Ye on page 61

1 matches

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - Where Dae Ye Catch the Bus Tae Sarajevo?, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
g. He shuffles a bit, snorts, groans yince he’s comfy, an within
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
fide tae a widden chair. Soft groans come fae him but ah kin see t
1 matches

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Tales Fae The Doric Side - Mabel, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
The gairden gate groans an Ah'm aff the bed an ower a on page 93

1 matches

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
o Scotland creaks an groans on page 31

1 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Hid echoes, noo, wi sighs and groans, wir happy peedie hoose. on page 33

1 matches

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