A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

half-shut Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words1.2 0 3 9.9 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences40 2 1 1 0 0
Number of authors4 2 1 1

Occurrences of half-shut in Corpus

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Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 85 - The Clash o the Titans, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
'Ye're gaan aboot lik a half-shut knife, Sandy,' said Norman Br on page 55

1 matches

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
ul weather Syne walkin like a half-shut knife Set aff tae find his mi on page 15

1 matches

Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
No prayers, like half-shut knives, on page 27

1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
o his mooth, an his grett een half-shut. on page 42

1 matches

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