Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

presst	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	2.7	3.5	0	0	0	0	9.7
Number of occurrences	9	7	0	0	0	0	2
Number of authors	6	5					1

Occurrences of presst in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
fir a lang time wi wan finger presst against its foreheid (the wey on page 27

1 matches

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
Howpfu, wi ma dwaums presst in the cauld paum o snaw, on page 20
presst thaim in sae ticht on page 80

2 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
as unblockit. Davie's friends presst forrit. There wis nae sign o on page 89

1 matches

Bolland, John A Chocolate Cowboy, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2008) Central, prose
scheme reflectit back aff the presst low pillow o damp cloud, smot
isoned white wi effluent, the Presst Steel, (Linwood, Hillman, Chr
2 matches

Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
its oreeginal setting – wis presst in tae serr as ethnic labels
1 matches

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
the wye, an Alice's elba wus presst hard agin it, haes attempt di on page 36
o the ither bit. Hir chin wus presst that ticht agin hir fit, that on page 51

2 matches