A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

plug Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.3 10.1 7.5 9.9 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences2720 5 1 1 0 0
Number of authors24 17 5 1 1

Occurrences of plug in Corpus

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Central

Crichton, Tam Lallans 84 - Ower the Faem Pairt Twa: Doon the Watter, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
d sum bodie, 'an they ken tae plug their lugs wi wax whan they h on page 54

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Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
ease clutch, pulled the ither plug oot an looked at Dick wi his on page 1

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
tin in the wings tae pull oor plug. Wae jist a few crumbs ae enc on page 22

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
ized a table lamp, yankin the plug oot its socket. Matilda took on page 39

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
plug, yi are nae thug on page 111

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
tae the toilet an flushed the plug behind me lik ah'd jist been on page 18
went intae a toilet where the plug hadnae been pult. Ay naw, she on page 98

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
baundy legs, plug face... ye can aye check her on page 114
ullnae allow thaim tae pu the plug, on page 145

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Steele, Gregor Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
Ye've pulled oot the router plug!" on page 7

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Hubbard, Tom Minoritie Status, (Tapsalteerie 2017) Central - Kirkcaldy, poetry
Ti plug thon slap hale-heidit. on page 11

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Sneddon, Duncan Lallans 83 - Biggin Brigs – Nummer 3: Cornish, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
al wurds lang oot o yaise tae plug the gaps i wir modren languag on page 108

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Beckett, Mavis Duncan Lallans 59 - Auntie Aggie, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
s duin A wis gaun tae pou the plug but their wis nane - jist tw on page 118

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Calderwood, Lynsey Mumbo Jumbo, (Litro magazine 2006) Central, prose
tae the toilet an flushed the plug behind me lik ah’d jist bee
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Mortimer, Cara Bewaur o th tap tap tap, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - North Lanarkshire, weans
bit, ah tell ye! Ah pullt th plug an didnae even gie it anither
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Heather, Alistair The porage revolution: Hou porage cam tae mak Scotland habitable, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
ettlin tae fill a bath wi the plug oot. Survival wis aa that fow
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McKillop, Roger The Builders, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
r at the wall or pull oot the plug. Gin ye canny dae that stan
ins.” Tick. “Pull out the plug.” Tick. “Switch off at th
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Bratchpiece, Neil The Wee Man Ft. Leo - Parliamo Glasgow, (YouTube 2014) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Wae ya go, ya mug, before I plug ye
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@jax6754 tweeted
S ALWAYS carry heidphones tae plug intae yir phone, as I dae ma (2014) search twitter

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
DIY - can paper an chynge a plug. Injoys cookin - disna wint on page 52

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Wilson, Heidi and Isla Then and noo, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Keith, prose
Noo ye can plug in a USB stick or doonload af
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Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
retched the cord so much, the plug had come lowse fae the lobby
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@beast_afc tweeted
der92 @CalumWright2 Aboot tae plug ye in tae gihlhaus (the work (2020) search twitter

@fittiecrooners tweeted
Telt her tae plug the laddie fae upstairs flats(2016) search twitter

Orkney

Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
And the plug hole's choked wae hair on page 71

1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
itched aff da TV, an pooed da plug oot a da waa. on page 52

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