A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

slight Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.4 3 4.5 19.9 0 0 0
Number of occurrences116 3 2 0 0 0
Number of authors11 6 3 2

Occurrences of slight in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
that at moments like these, a slight whip ae guilt penetratin the on page 52

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Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
il the flow o aften couthy an slight drama in Scots presented in t on page 37

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
wi um tae len iz that, just a slight upgrade fae ma ain even cheap on page 3

1 matches

Heather, Alistair Bravehert: The truth anent William Wallace (pairt 2), (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
h arranged theirsels doun the slight brae, ready for the fecht.
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@g_hibby tweeted
ning peeps.. It's dry oot.. A slight breeze.. Nothing that will kn (2022) twitter link

@pmcm1355 tweeted
@3d3dave @hewitson10 Slight correction tae "hasn't though (2022) twitter link

Doric

Maitland, Andrew Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Auld Mannie, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
o. Donald seemed tae notice a slight shade o anxiety pass ower the on page 77

1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Tarrarra boomby ae, This is my dying day, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
seemed tae hae stoppit. That slight movement caused even mair pai
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@72redz1903 tweeted
main2011 No, but I do sense a slight rebalancing in attitudes. I k (2022) twitter link

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Keepan thee safe fae hurt or slight. on page 27

1 matches

Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
The film crew - weel a slight exaggeration! - on page 26

1 matches

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