A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Intro a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Texts Writers Statistics Top200 Search Compare

Concordance

Enter a word to find all occurrences of, for example ablow

- pre-sorted concord - post-sorted concord - map and chronology - chronogrid - similar spellings - fine-grain concord -

Use in varieties of Scots

mick Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.2 7.6 6 0 0 10.3 0
Number of occurrences2015 4 0 0 1 0
Number of authors13 10 2 1

Occurrences of mick in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
n awey. "Ye're jist takin the mick, noo!" on page 31

1 matches

Lang, Charles nobody remembers the birdman - Good Friday, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, poetry
ll Sharon ever find oot? Will Mick sell the Queen Vic? on page 88

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
een uised tae fowk takkin the mick aboot the 'fit-likery' (the E on page 75
contemporary songs takkin the mick oot o Napoleon Bonaparte, the on page 91

2 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Mick McGahey on page 78
ooray Henrys' heckle 'Gorbals Mick'. on page 152

2 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
Ma cousins, Mick and Phil, are at each other's on page 6

2 matches

Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
'Ah Mick, ye're here,' an e wis smilin on page 45
ed tae tell thim aboot Paddy, Mick an Dunn an the Ghost; they wi on page 46

2 matches

Muir, Glenn Sport!, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
o Sport. Watching the likes o Mick McManus, Jackie Pallo, Johnny
1 matches

Ewen, Allan Pairt twa: Janus leuks aheid, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
this year are Scots Chorus wi Mick West, Scots Sang wi Christine
1 matches

@g_hibby tweeted
@MickD1957 Afternoon Mick... Blue skies and sun here no (2022) twitter link
@MickD1957 Afternoon tae ye Mick... Aw' guid I hope?... (2023) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
eres a blast from the past - mick mills! (2021) twitter link

Doric

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
n wi' Rick an wi' Nick an wi' Mick on page 86
e's pullin ma leg an takin i' Mick, aye on page 93

3 matches

Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Furst Time, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
er kent whin ye wir takin the mick.
1 matches

Southern

@Woodwinecoolers tweeted
uid squeezing that's fir sure Mick (2022) twitter link