A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

speeds Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.8 2 0 39.7 0 10.3 0
Number of occurrences94 0 4 0 1 0
Number of authors4 2 1 1

Occurrences of speeds in Corpus

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Central

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
in perfect tightness, then it speeds up: "Daggum dum ba daggum dum on page 3

3 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
Violet usually had twa speeds o a mornin, 'Slow' and 'Stap' on page 101

1 matches

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
s or temples or byres - sheu speeds the skiff - or tombs or wark on page 31
an that new speeds tak newer warlds, channels ta on page 38
h, the driv O scows at murder-speeds passan ivry oor. Ithoot defen on page 143

4 matches

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
And speeds oor journey on on page 32

1 matches

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