A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

smithereens Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.4 2 4.4 0 0 0 3.9
Number of occurrences84 3 0 0 0 1
Number of authors8 4 3 1

Occurrences of smithereens in Corpus

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Central

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
he Yanks blawin the warld tae smithereens an Deil tak the hindmaist! On on page 23

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
ang aff and blaw somebody tae smithereens at ony minute. The weans' een on page 144

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McGibbon, Joe Lallans 74 - Draps o Sapie-Bubble, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
smashet tae smithereens it wis.
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
nd his Muse an smashed it tae smithereens.
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Doric

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
an turn on ye an rive ye tae smithereens. Speir an it will be gien tae on page 15

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 83 - Dunnottar, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
nce ti use it. Smashed it tae smithereens. Sae that pit the kybosh on t
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Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
be caad tae smithereens. At first Birly managed fine
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Ulster

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
Tae ding richt doon in smithereens: on page 29

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