A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

holds Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.1 4 0 9.9 0 10.3 0
Number of occurrences108 0 1 0 1 0
Number of authors8 6 1 1

Occurrences of holds 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
ins were tryin tae fill their holds wi blubber or nou an agin wer on page 36
e middle o a firestorm in the holds o on page 58

2 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
rae Stateside, ballast in the holds on page 23

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
Cathy holds the necklace up tae the light on page 7
ars. Cathy ignores hur as Maw holds oantae hur cross fur dear lif on page 13

2 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
no hole and corner stuff. It holds a’ the promise and brightne
1 matches

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
e a session between tea goose holds forbye that is ootside. In St(2020) search twitter

@ThonJacobite tweeted
must urgently rediscover what holds it together". The answer Gord(2021) search twitter

Orkney

Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
k Rose Ceilidh Band, wur a no holds barred hoose is fer is music on page 48

1 matches

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Is that you who holds my hand on page 24

1 matches

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