A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

merriment Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words1.5 2 0 0 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences54 0 0 1 0 0
Number of authors5 4 1

Occurrences of merriment in Corpus

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Central

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
scribes the fun, frivolity an merriment o the twelve days that run at on page 77

1 matches

McDowell, Diane Drummond (Ma's Bairns), (Independently Published 2021 ISBN: 979-8592734588) Central, prose
unceremoniously jyned in the merriment. Guid heivens, the lassie lau on page 1

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Gone are the Leaves, (ISIS 2014 ISBN: 978-1445099262) Central, prose
merriment afore the bedding of the brid on page 3

1 matches

Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
tae say, an, jings, thir wis merriment in es eyes. He wint doon tae on page 43

1 matches

Shetland

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
ney fae #WorldCeilidh. Music, merriment and friendship. I love u #Kno(2016) search twitter