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Use in varieties of Scots

sneer Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.8 3.1 0 19.9 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences96 0 2 0 0 1
Number of authors8 5 2 1

Occurrences of sneer 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

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
f thourt a slave, indulge thy sneer. Robert Burns - The Solemn L on page 22

1 matches

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
tae haud aff ilka sneer an taunt an keep them fae yer on page 103

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
'Ay, they aa sneer at me,' he'd say, 'but ah aye on page 106

1 matches

Malgrati, Paul Ayont the Fake and the Leal: Let's Free the Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
o their art. Scots labbyists sneer at poets fir bein ower plasti
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 142, (self-published 2005) Central, newspaper
Europe an aw they can dae is sneer at it"
Europe an aw they can dae is sneer at it. O whit a parcel o
2 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Bit, sneer and miscaal him as you will, on page 77

1 matches

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
territorial sneer on page 147

1 matches

Ulster

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
mester - at them he'd nivir sneer, on page 43

1 matches

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