A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

shortbread Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words1.8 2 1.5 0 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences64 1 0 1 0 0
Number of authors5 3 1 1

Occurrences of shortbread in Corpus

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Central

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
sake o the donnal an the bit shortbread on page 112

1 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
2 tonnes Finest British Shortbread on page 48

1 matches

Bremner, Stewart Haud Yer Wheesht?, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
omethin like it yersel, aboot shortbread tins or the like. 'Tartan tat
s aboot? D'ye think tartan an shortbread, as the maist-cited examples,
2 matches

Doric

@fittiecrooners tweeted
cans o'thise jist noo wee ma shortbread!!! ????(2019) search twitter

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
Dey cam wi sherry an shortbread tae her, an da peerie cat sat on page 31

1 matches

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