A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

pinch Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.3 6.5 7.4 0 0 10.3 9.7
Number of occurrences2113 5 0 0 1 2
Number of authors17 11 3 1 2

Occurrences of pinch in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
ang they hid tae gie it a wee pinch tae shut it up. on page 71
e oot ae court! Suppress him! Pinch him! Aff wae his whiskers!" on page 113

2 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
e take aw these stories wae a pinch ae fuckin salt. Most ae the w on page 10

1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
Then pinch the duvet! on page 49

1 matches

Cunningham, Lucy nothing but a set of eyes for stars - Swedish Fish, (Association for Scottish Literature 2023 ISBN: 978-1906841546) Central, prose
few scones and gave me a wee pinch on the cheek like old ladies on page 38

1 matches

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
d wan ae many roondaboots. Ah pinch yin ae Robert's clean-shaven on page 16

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
our stuff but it'll dae in a pinch.' Then, afore he knew whit wi on page 31

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
ye see, a touch o the sea, a pinch o hertbrak frae a brave and f on page ix

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
inch, Inchmakenneth, launch, pinch, pinchneb, staunch, winch.
1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
e wes a wie loun wi ane enorm pinch barr ower hiz
halp. He stak hiz pinch barr inti the stanes, twycet,
2 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
fowk noo took sic things wi a pinch o saut, an pit them doun no t
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bools, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
get ma baccy oot ma pocket an pinch a small amount between ma thu
1 matches

Doric

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
n, an a thief mith brakk m an pinch it. Bit gaither in for yersel on page 14
n aboot, dinna murther, dinna pinch, dinna tell lees, honour yer on page 110

3 matches

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
ie oot o court! Suppress him! Pinch him! Off wi his whiskers!" on page 111

1 matches

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
s Aye, great! Aiblins hae tae pinch masel bein sic a craiter as a (2021) twitter link

Southern

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
sh-strapped councils feel the pinch, on page 213

1 matches

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
ot o the coort! Suppress him! Pinch him! Aff wi haes whuskers!" on page 115

1 matches

Cromie, Willie Doon tha Wal Raa, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2024 ISBN: 978-1739905620) Ulster - Ballywalter, prose
cht, it wud hae bina hanfa, a pinch, a snuff or a spinfa, or in t
1 matches

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