Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

poakit	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	7.1	9.6	1.5	0	0	0	13.3
Number of occurrences	23	19	1	0	0	0	3
Number of authors	6	3	1				2

Occurrences of poakit in Corpus

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Central

Bennett, Peter nobody remembers the birdman - Stovies, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
hauf, puttin it in ma inside poakit afore pickin up the bigger pi on page 9

1 matches

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
n an stickin the other in his poakit. 'I'm Huey and I'll be singin on page 6
ulls a packet ae fags oot her poakit. 'Smoke?' on page 8

2 matches

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
much money ah've goat in mah poakit - a pound - an ah rush oot on page 1

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
taewards him, ah go intae ma poakit an get ma lighter oot, offeri
ah put the lighter back in ma poakit. ‘Here, is that a Cellic sc
2 matches

Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ake that aff an put in in yer poakit if the need arises.
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Sharks, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
a, in fact, an went intae his poakit an pult oot a wad ay notes.
he table an ah put them in ma poakit.’
gied him tae a bundle fae his poakit. “Interest, auld yin. Ye do
3 matches

Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
aw fae a bag he whips oot his poakit an it becomes apparent where
d ten deck ah’ve goat in ma poakit an rest against the waw, the
2 matches

Bennett, Peter Carpe Diem, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
t aff an puttin it back in ma poakit ah reflect oan whether this i
1 matches

Bennett, Peter McShane's Reprieve, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
hone they gave me beeps in ma poakit. A text message:
1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Afore we hud ri telly, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Saltcoats, prose
peny bit burnin' a hole in ma poakit. Bey ri time a gote back wi'
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Wan Goal tae the Good, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
tin it quickly back intae his poakit as Donna an Tracey approach t
Reachin intae ma poakit, ah get ma wallet oot, gien h
2 matches

Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
stick it in ma inside jayket poakit, feelin somethin there as ah
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Stovies, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
hauf, puttin it in ma inside poakit afore pickin up the bigger pi
1 matches

Doric

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
id delve intae yer fabled top poakit n' gie thon giepit baldie hoo(2015) search twitter

Ulster

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
But richtlie in his poakit. on page 39

1 matches

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
In a jeckit poakit, pit! It went aff in tha nich on page 9
his duncher oot o his jecket poakit, an pued it on. He liftit tha on page 17

2 matches