A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

hoasts Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.5 2.5 1.5 19.9 0 0 0
Number of occurrences85 1 2 0 0 0
Number of authors6 4 1 1

Occurrences of hoasts in Corpus

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Central

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
ht its ain crap o problems wi hoasts an croup an caulds an wheezes on page 74

1 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
He hoasts an he birples, on page 36

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
went wide as saucers, and his hoasts echoed roond the dairk room a on page 23
airm, and efter a wee burst o hoasts, annoonced in a dour vyce, "I on page 155

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
e bomb-shards in his wame. He hoasts, panics on page 45

1 matches

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
os tae be sookit, a twa three hoasts an blawn snoots, an the Rev J
1 matches

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
practiesed aa thir life. Unn hoasts. "Noo, the stores .. ." on page 86
lines doon aither side. Sheu hoasts. "That doesn't usually happen on page 121

2 matches

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