A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

playan Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.6 0 3 129.2 0 0 0
Number of occurrences150 2 13 0 0 0
Number of authors7 1 6

Occurrences of playan in Corpus

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Doric

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
l in a game o croquet she wis playan against hersel, for iss queer on page 14
All e time they were playan e Queen never left off quarre on page 89

2 matches

Orkney

Miller, Alison Gallows Ha - Bairns Sang, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
for playan wae the fairies. on page 14

1 matches

Norquoy, Greer Gallows Ha - The Weather Dance, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
playan hauntanly. on page 28

1 matches

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Bit I ken ahm cheust playan a game. on page 18
ox numbers, aal set tae start playan the field. on page 42
ight waar than that, They wir playan flyan sassers wi me bonny flo on page 74

3 matches

Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Gangs o lambs playan games on page 65

1 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Crya - playan in the barn, aal the bigger b on page 13

1 matches

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Then came a whitema playan a fiddle on page 90

3 matches

Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Long summers playan bi the burn or the shore on page 42
playan hauntanly. on page 154

2 matches

Parkins, Hazel Lallans 67 - Fower Poems efter Rilke, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Orkney, poetry
he gaed on playan, he lukk'd at her on page 58

1 matches

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