Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

slaps	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	3.7	4.5	1.5	0	0	0	8.9
Number of occurrences	12	9	1	0	0	0	2
Number of authors	11	9	1				1

Occurrences of slaps in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
d, tryin tae growl at us. Eck slaps him across the face. 'Sit doo on page 25

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Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
She sticks her haun oot, slaps it wi the ither yin. on page 1

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
y at aw at aw a bhalaich." Eh slaps ma knee. Eh's a prolific slap on page 3

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
We are aw human, an we aw hae slaps in oor ken. If the'r somethin on page 49

1 matches

Law, John Lallans 56 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
din duin in that depairtment: slaps in the dyke yet, tho the foon on page 4

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Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
kart an pit winnoks in aw the slaps. Thai wes med frae aw the bit
1 matches

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 76 - The Factory, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
time, wi nae fash, ti kep the slaps in about the
1 matches

Bennett, Peter TA Hauf an a Hauf, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
The cauld air slaps ma cleanly shaven face as ah
1 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
ds tae be intae somewan, then slaps thum wi a bill(?) Sakes. #Cor(2020) search twitter

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 75 - The Petrol Tanker, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Doric, prose
bie’s backside aboot thirty slaps, an the loon wis roarin wi py
1 matches

Ulster

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
Tha slaps were owre ma boots. on page 16
burns, or maggin in slabbery slaps. on page 50

2 matches