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Use in varieties of Scots

soak Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.9 5 6 0 5.8 0 4.4
Number of occurrences1610 4 0 1 0 1
Number of authors14 9 3 1 1

Occurrences of soak 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

Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
kin, pittin' in the oats tae soak fur the parritch, or the peas on page 4

2 matches

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
, The vomit seeps through mah soak an ah feel like ahm gonnae be on page 3

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
wi Glenarf their throats did soak on page 113

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 62 - Blue Lift Snaw, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
crack: “...first a bath tae soak him awae, syne...” an she h
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Wi’ burns yer bum tae soak,
1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
t An’ noisily commenced tae soak it That choped the line bey a
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
e contact wae the surface. Ah soak fur a while surveyin ma emaci
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
y geez me the opportunity tae soak in the rich history ae this t
1 matches

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
e's and granddadden's parents soak Scots a th(2020) search twitter

Doric

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
an in Dublin ye will want tae soak up the atmosphere o a live ba on page 8
cafés an restaurants an jist soak it aa up. Owerleukin ye, will on page 17

2 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
i' strips an gein 'em a guid soak on page 131

1 matches

@Franwella tweeted
..maybe ye shud hae a relaxin soak in the tub instead! hee hee(2011) search twitter

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
steep 'soak' ~ steepit on page 73

1 matches

Ulster

Thompson, Mark The Lost Ness Monster, (clydesburn.blogspot.com 2009) Ulster - Ards Peninsula, poetry
That’s a lang time tae soak
1 matches

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