A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

smiley Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3 4 1.5 0 0 0 3.9
Number of occurrences108 1 0 0 0 1
Number of authors8 6 1 1

Occurrences of smiley 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

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
rawin an adds a wiggly curvin smiley mooth. When it's done, he let on page 1

3 matches

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
We're past the smiley part ae the session. Siobhan on page 8

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
At the bottom she'd put a wee smiley face. on page 169

1 matches

Macdonald, Amy Evelynn and Peter, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Ayr, prose
ted at the door by an awfully smiley nurse, who takes Evelynn’s
1 matches

Donovan, Anne Buddha Da - Chapter 1 Anne Marie, (Canongate 2009 ISBN: 978-1847673459) Central - Glasgow, prose
em, they were that cheery and smiley that you couldnae help likin
1 matches

Geddes, Jenny Fling the creepie in January, (McRenegade.Scots 2018) Central, blog
* this wis a smiley face emoticon, bit ah cannae
1 matches

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Tales Fae The Doric Side - Mabel, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
nae sure aboot the x. Delete. Smiley face insteid. on page 97

1 matches

Ulster

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
A thumbs up or wee smiley faces, on page 35

1 matches

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