A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

jacket Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.8 6.9 5.9 0 34.9 0 7.7
Number of occurrences2614 4 0 6 0 2
Number of authors17 8 4 3 2

Occurrences of jacket in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
root. He straightens his suit jacket n tie and it's aw business. on page 52

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
y don't forget yir bag an yir jacket. on page 49
ir Auntie Jackie's auld denim jacket wi their logo on it. on page 52
Manus T-shirt an a blue flyin jacket that had a patch wi the Stram on page 116
id they huv her in a straight jacket. on page 152
he back ae Colin Smellerman's jacket; Heather Fisher got caught co on page 169

6 matches

Bolland, John Lallans 71 - Line of Sight – excerpt fae a novel in progress, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
t pit oan salopettes, a puffa jacket . Affy braw. Ah hid anticipat
1 matches

Stewart, Anna An Alien Feeling, (Scots Hoose 2019) Central, prose
ont door. I dinnae even hae a jacket nearby tae grab hud o. I run
1 matches

grandeicedcoffees Do You Wanna Touch, (archiveofourown.org 2021) Central, prose
tonight, Ah sais, tossing ma jacket oan the floor.
1 matches

Donovan, Anne Hieroglyphics and Other Stories - All that Glistens, (Canongate 2004 ISBN: 1841955191) Central, prose
thday; a red skirt and zip-up jacket wi red tights tae match.
1 matches

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
f the year. Shove an auld big jacket on, and walk ??(2020) search twitter

@jax6754 tweeted
nes Yep! I like ma new Winter jacket that my Aunties treated me fi(2014) search twitter
EdFest you'll need yir Winter jacket and wooley hat?. As Scotland (2015) search twitter

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
k it An dinna shove it up yer jacket on page 15

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
Lichtsome shoor, jacket you canna cast.
1 matches

Ireland, Mark Wi A Facey Like Yours, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Banff, prose
baggie, yer packet lunch, yer jacket an yer books?"
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
ackit wis jist an auld rippit jacket stappt wi straw, wi a neep fu
1 matches

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Grottie-Buckie and Tirli-Wirli, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997352) Shetland, weans
een hit tagidder wi, ta mak a jacket an a kep fur his muckle freen on page 24
-Wirli rowed da kep inside da jacket an prammed dem in a peerie ma on page 25
e riggit himself up in da new jacket an da kep an aa, an he jiggit on page 28

3 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
An he pickit up his jacket an left. on page 39
"Weel," I said, pittin on my jacket, "Da rüf is no faan in, an w on page 52

2 matches

Ratter, Peter Da Perishin Nort, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
John removed a bottle fae his jacket an took a glaep o water. Sati
1 matches

Ulster

Logan, Liam Thon Ulster Scots Book, (Galdanagh 2014 ISBN: 978-0992881405) Ulster - Dunloy, prose
roosers fray yin suit way the jacket o anither an apparently very on page 44

1 matches

@OrangRuth tweeted
a new ermine lined sheepskin jacket. Thon wan from the 70s will h(2019) search twitter

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