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Use in varieties of Scots

shrieks Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.8 3.1 3 0 0 10.3 0
Number of occurrences96 2 0 0 1 0
Number of authors7 4 2 1

Occurrences of shrieks in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
his time there wis two totety shrieks, an mair soonds ae broken gle on page 38

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
Aldo shrieks "Ah dinnae gee a fuck!" Then on page 135

1 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
The air filled wi his shrieks an howls! on page 26
Puils o bluid, his deith-shrieks awfa, on page 35

2 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
n sich a Pairris muddle. (She shrieks again)
n sich a Pairris muddle! (She shrieks again)
2 matches

Doric

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
. Iss time air were two peedy shrieks, an more sounds o broken gles on page 36

1 matches

Strachan, Shane Beyond the Sea, (Scottish Book Trust 2023) Doric, prose
She covers her moo as she shrieks wi laughter.
1 matches

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
This time there were twae wee shrieks, an mair soonds o broken gies on page 37

1 matches

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