Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

shrink	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	3.9	3.5	3	0	0	10.3	11.6
Number of occurrences	13	7	2	0	0	1	3
Number of authors	11	6	2			1	2

Occurrences of shrink in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
its tae see if she wis gonnae shrink ony mair: she felt a wee bit on page 13
fan she wis haudin makin her shrink, an she drapped it in a hurry on page 20

2 matches

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
tae see gin she wis gaun tae shrink ony further: she felt a wee b on page 13

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
To shrink into a quivering nervy band on page 31

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
allit sicht, whan bricht hues shrink on page 78

1 matches

Armstrong, Kate Lallans 58 - Herman Und Dorothea, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
wid hae done, but wha doesna shrink frae the spendin on page 43

1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
assie felt her body stert tae shrink. Forby, her legs were raxin o
1 matches

Doric

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
till see if she wis goan till shrink any further: she felt a peedy on page 13

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
“Did yer sack shrink in the wash?” cried Mysie W
1 matches

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
s tae say if she was gaun tae shrink ony further: she was a wee bi on page 13

1 matches

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
s tae see if shae wus gan tae shrink onie mair: shae wus a wee bit on page 13
in that shae had stairtet tae shrink. Is shane is shae wus wee enu on page 40

2 matches

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