A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

shrunk Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.8 3 1.5 9.9 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences96 1 1 0 0 1
Number of authors9 6 1 1 1

Occurrences of shrunk in Corpus

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Central

Calder, Bob Lallans 82 - Ae Legend o Sanct Benedict, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
'I'd shrunk doun til a wee mawk's size on page 52

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
e back tae hissell. Jist sat, shrunk in his chair, sayin nowt. So, on page 1

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Wi your lint-white locks shrunk tae a gow on page 11

1 matches

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
sisters whose names have been shrunk, Tae the size o apprentice ta on page 41

1 matches

Hardie, George Lallans 81 - Annie and the New Chairs, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
‘Mibbies yer legs hae shrunk.’
1 matches

@weenell3 tweeted
ndraToFriends I think they're shrunk in the tumble dryer! Let's fa (2022) twitter link

Doric

@DoricPhrases tweeted
ocot lock? Ma jeans waist has shrunk sin lockdoon!(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
ld man's face. Nearby closses shrunk, on page 30

1 matches

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
r in a hurry, jest afore shae shrunk awa althegither. on page 20

1 matches

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