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Use in varieties of Scots

slept Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words17.8 20 16.6 29.8 11.6 20.7 0
Number of occurrences5739 11 3 2 2 0
Number of authors34 21 9 2 1 2

Occurrences of slept in Corpus

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Central

Robertson, James The Mannie, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
ross the landin wis whaur she slept. She aye had the windae open on page 11

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Robertson, James Precious and the Puggies, (Itchy Coo 2011 ISBN: 978-1845023324) Central, weans
'I slept in yin o the Maen bothies wi on page 9

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Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
ts day an night! Ah've hardly slept a wink in three weeks!" on page 52

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Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
e wha kisst in the stour then slept (Blessit, buirit, the banes.) on page 38

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Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
ooried doon for the nicht and slept like they had never slept afo on page 6

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
deep, deep sleep. Hou lang he slept he cuidnae tell, but he awoke on page 29

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Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
fur hoochmagandie, we'd slept side by side); on page 38

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Cunningham, Lucy nothing but a set of eyes for stars - Swedish Fish, (Association for Scottish Literature 2023 ISBN: 978-1906841546) Central, prose
Da slept on the kitchen floor that nig on page 41

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Clark, Thomas Diary o a Wimpy Wean, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785302145) Central, weans
o the nicht. Says tae me I've slept through the hale simmer, and on page 11

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
ldnae meet their gaze, hudnae slept fir days on page 39

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
The fact he'd slept through the phone wis proof o on page 14
joltin at the thocht o huvin slept in. But when ah looked up at on page 54
athy. By the looks o hur, she slept in. Hur hair is like a burd's on page 113

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Hershaw, William Eemis Stane 1 - The Laverock’s Nest, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
it was this? Hou could he hae slept through a battle? His pals wa on page 17

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Clark, Thomas The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - A Tale o Three Dugs, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
watch the princess while she slept. on page 43
ur tae the princess while she slept. Then she snecked a hole in t on page 45

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Fitt, Matthew The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - A Wee Story Aboot Love, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
r that nicht, while the hoose slept, the toys cam tae life. on page 72

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Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
ae the next ferm hoose. They slept durin the day, mibbi in a fie on page 47

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Clark, Sara Indyref 2: Aulder, Wiser, Kinder, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
wi emotion an askin me hou ah slept at nicht. Ah kent her rage wi
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Heather, Alistair Rin throu the jungle, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
As I slept on the fluir o this auld Chin
us tae tak wi me. Whan I’d slept a guid few oors, I waukent up
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Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
ntae Theseus’s dreams as he slept. “Theseus,” said the drea
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Muir, Glenn David of Seafield, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
though the fishes that Ginger slept wi were in the Union Canal no
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Crawford, Ross Awa in a Dwam, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
ichts, there wis peace. Ailsa slept right through, or at least he
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ade shair that he never again slept onywhaur that he cud be locki
itit there. Oors passed. Bill slept. They waukent him wi a kick.
n hae traivelt for a month an slept in the open - whit hae ye be
n hae traivelt for a month an slept in the open - whit hae ye be
She driftit aff at last, bit slept fitfully, an dreamt o Stephen
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Bennett, Peter Wan Goal tae the Good, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
othin phases him. He probably slept like a log that night efter t
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Facebook link ( 2021) Central
ud grown tae aboot 60 an they slept ootside keepin a luk oot fur

Donovan, Anne Hieroglyphics and Other Stories - All that Glistens, (Canongate 2004 ISBN: 1841955191) Central, prose
it in their bedroom. Ma mammy slept in the bed settee in the livi
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Begg, James A. Lallans 74 - The Killie Fleshers - 1786, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
er’s heid, William Arbuckle slept weel, mebbe ower weel, an it
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@jax6754 tweeted
Slept 99.9999....% today thanks tae(2016) search twitter

@Chazzbat tweeted
Ah slept in fer wirk again the day. Wo(2020) search twitter
Slept the entire day yesterday due (2020) search twitter
ense fatigue an feelin cauld. Slept maist o the day an woke up ra(2020) search twitter

Doric

Robertson, W. F. Tales Fae The Doric Side - Fit Een's Ken?, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
An faar they slept, fowk wid wunner, on page 47

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Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
I'm fair wabbit, I nivir slept i'streen on page 160

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Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 58 - Cyaard, the Tattie Doodle, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
ooty wis inseparable fae him, slept at his heid on the straw in t on page 118

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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
uik colic aince, her da hidna slept atween sheets for fower days
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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
hat his Ma an her brither hid slept thegither.
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Uri, Antonia Naewey tae bide, (Mak Forrit 2018) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
er 2017, mair than 8,000 fowk slept roch on Princes Street Gairde
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Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
gansey I’d knitted file ye slept awa in yer babyseat oot the c
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Devlin, Edwin The School Dentist 1969, (Facebook 2020) Doric, prose
That nicht I niver slept till aboot twa oors afore ech
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@DoricPhrases tweeted
read. It crept upon him as he slept. It approached him as silentl(2018) search twitter

@fittiecrooners tweeted
TV a'day. Stuffed ma chops & slept(2017) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
That slept aal day - and gret aal night on page 27
on Sunday when they thowt I'd slept hid aff. on page 30

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Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
like he hidna slept, an acoustic guit-er on page 22

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Shetland

Watt, Valerie Tochts fae Tushie Truncherface: A Hamefarin hero, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
a press gang. Mony a nicht he slept oot on da hill, in da lea o a
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Watt, Valerie A daander trowe Michaelswood, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
ppened to the little girl who slept with her head under the pillo
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Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
A willingness the crew a' slept on page 32

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Stevenson, Gerda Kilmeny, (Scottish Language Center 2021) Southern - Scottish Borders, prose
shake, but her bed hudna been slept in. I cried oot fur her, aa o
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