A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

slams Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.7 5.6 0 9.9 0 0 0
Number of occurrences1211 0 1 0 0 0
Number of authors8 7 1

Occurrences of slams in Corpus

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Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
awa fae the kitchen windae an slams hissell flat against the back on page 1

2 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
tae spontaneously combust. He slams his fist oan tae the table wh on page 75

1 matches

Travers, Martin A Nappie Lassie Blethers tae a Fritter, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, script
Iona. He slams his cutlery doun wi a clatter on page 4

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
She slams the door wi such force it's h on page 2

1 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 58 - Allmairshall, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
as til the bar, his free palm slams down across it to retain it. on page 72

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 149, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
air predecessors', warkshops, slams, maister-clesses an collogues
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Sacrificial Doo, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ar shite masel as the hoardin slams again as he lets it go. ‘Ye
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Sharks, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
it bangs aff the fence as it slams shut. Tam sits bolt upright,
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part one of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
methin tae himsel an promptly slams the windae shut, fuckin off o
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
hind him and the door quickly slams shut behind me. An unexpected
1 matches

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
me man. Sheu skites ootbye an slams the doar, an waits ahint hid, on page 46

1 matches

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