A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

scoffed Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.4 3.1 6 0 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences116 4 0 0 0 1
Number of authors10 5 4 1

Occurrences of scoffed 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

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
"Pish!" he scoffed. "Fuck knows what yur smokin on page 99
Aldo scoffed "Ah bet yae she tells yae it' on page 91

2 matches

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
at fodge. This wis because he scoffed three biled chookies slaister on page 2

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
us. The beasts had killed and scoffed him durin the battle. on page 37

1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
an’ ower the evenin’ had scoffed the lot!” A went oan tae ex
1 matches

@fairpechtoot tweeted
ison1741 @MrMcEnaney Actually scoffed at the plate spinning bit! I'(2017) search twitter

Doric

Shearer, Gillian Tales Fae The Doric Side - Guernica, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
ss o the noodles. Aifter ah'd scoffed the lot, ah went ower tae the on page 42

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
scoffed anither flask o tay bit compl
1 matches

@cligeey tweeted
@suzfirst Second Butterie scoffed(2020) search twitter

@Franwella tweeted
Jist scoffed chinese. Awa tae snaffle a bo(2011) search twitter

Ulster

Thompson, Mark The Lost Ness Monster, (clydesburn.blogspot.com 2009) Ulster - Ards Peninsula, poetry
It scoffed thirty weans
1 matches

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