A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

sarcasm Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.7 4 4.5 9.9 0 0 0
Number of occurrences128 3 1 0 0 0
Number of authors11 7 3 1

Occurrences of sarcasm in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
ae tae be. McGiver's brand ae sarcasm is easily accessible. Even Br on page 59

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
under yir skin, sarcasm pents eis grin on page 69

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
uch better - but less ae the sarcasm or yi'll be out on yir ear. A on page 169

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Aw Aboard! The fecht for the Scots language stairts the day!, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central - Bellshill, blog
e in a cuttin wind o scorn an sarcasm. Good luck applying for a job
1 matches

Donovan, Anne Buddha Da - Chapter 1 Anne Marie, (Canongate 2009 ISBN: 978-1847673459) Central - Glasgow, prose
day he never even noticed the sarcasm.
1 matches

@bigandymccoll tweeted
y "droppin in" suggestion was sarcasm ??. Still, I'll see ma newest (2022) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
lubs financially - a wee bit sarcasm and taking the piss in your r (2021) twitter link
t arse talks down to you with sarcasm in there reply as if your a f (2021) twitter link

Doric

@AMaxwell54 tweeted
north o ih border. It's cryed sarcasm! (2023) twitter link

@Franwella tweeted
nenaylor do i detect a hint o sarcasm?!!(2011) search twitter

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
n aristocratic middle names. *sarcasm alert* (2021) twitter link

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
s by slow packet is pangit wi sarcasm. Whit like is sheu noo i'the on page 71

1 matches

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