Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

makan	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	6.6	1	10.6	119.2	0	0	0
Number of occurrences	21	2	7	12	0	0	0
Number of authors	11	1	1	9

Occurrences of makan in Corpus

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Central

Hardie, George Lallans 67 - Ane Amang Monie, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central - Hamilton, poetry
wi aathin makan sense? on page 143

1 matches

Hardie, George Lallans 81 - Annie and the New Chairs, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
‘Thare ye go again, Wullie, makan suggestions athoot thinkan th
1 matches

Doric

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
n daft), whether e pleasure o makan a daisy chain wid be worth e on page 7
er as hard as id could go, an makan quite a commotion in e pool a on page 22
wan side an then e ither, an makan quite a conversation o id alt on page 34
Alice a good opportunity for makan her escape: so she set off at on page 40
are: secondly, becase they re makan such a noise inside, no wan c on page 54
Also on pages 70, 114
7 matches

Orkney

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
t tae snush an shaak is heid, makan funny moanan soonds. He stair on page 21

1 matches

Miller, Alison Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Orkney, poetry
By eyght o'clock he's makan his wey hame. on page 42

1 matches

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
tae wak oot, makan hid luk on page 18

1 matches

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
ceen and joost is ivrybuddy's makan fur the door The Big Tall Wif on page 87
Catchan in your throt an makan your heed itch on page 97

2 matches

Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
as hens' teeth. The haet wis makan the tar on the road soft and on page 14

1 matches

Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Dandelions makan their first appearance along on page 16

1 matches

Grieve, Issy Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Makan the bed, and gan daft dittan on page 73

1 matches

Orkney Voices Group Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
makan yir hert a hostage tae fortun on page 123

1 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine Slipan, Sweechan, (harryjosephine.com 2017) Orkney, prose
usfil fir langfirm naraeshun, makan monee differ entreeweis fir d
renist, MacDiarmidait aproch, makan a consistint irthografee an y
tho wi a differ irthografee), makan a “firmil Orcadian” tae m
3 matches