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Use in varieties of Scots

sticky Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.7 7.2 12.1 9.9 5.8 20.7 8.9
Number of occurrences2814 8 1 1 2 2
Number of authors22 12 5 1 1 2 1

Occurrences of sticky in Corpus

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Central

Love, Rowena M. Lallans 82 - Simmer Strand, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
Sticky wi lauchter, the meenit on page 42

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 85 - D.I.Y. Doctor , (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
cam doon, Maw had the creeshy sticky, sypin splatch o egg-drookit on page 36

1 matches

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
ur we fished fer tadpoles and sticky-backs; on page 47

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
ter, a load o muckle strips o sticky paper. Ah'd hing them aw roon on page 153

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
i yer tongue! Ye'll mak it aw sticky!' on page 93
A undeemous spoot wi broon sticky goor dreeblin oot o it on the on page 139

2 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Shoud by genetic clonin sticky stuff, be richt skelly. on page 75

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
A sticky feelin oan ma hauns makes me on page xiv

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 82 - Nae Guid Ettle, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
n spewed lang, stringy gobs o sticky slaver stretch intae the face on page 18

1 matches

grandeicedcoffees Do You Wanna Touch, (archiveofourown.org 2021) Central, prose
nses, feeling how ma keks are sticky wi ma cum, an ah wince ay wee
1 matches

Bratchpiece, Neil The Wee Man Ft. Leo - Parliamo Glasgow, (YouTube 2014) Central - Glasgow, poetry
ound yer dial like yer eatin' sticky liquorice
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
yae, likes. You could eat yur sticky toffee puddin oaff the fuckin
1 matches

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
fits. Salt and pepper squid, sticky rice, and Thai peanut salad t(2020) search twitter

@johnstone_shane tweeted
t wir covert in stoor or some sticky pattir? Cannae fun it in thi (2020) twitter link

Doric

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
us wi the sticky sense o daein wrang on page 8

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
n syne fell backwyes onte the sticky, beer-stained fleer, groanin on page 16

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
tit, it lyeukit aat bricht an sticky; an syne she heild on: on page 42

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 63 - Shelts, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Doric, prose
doon his legs, the weet, hett sticky piddles sypin inno his socks.
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
rbye, her drawers war damp an sticky, as if something wis leakin o
t wi their derk een glazed an sticky.
an moss, bit anely spreid the sticky clart aa ower hersel. Noo, he
3 matches

Diansangu, Mae Doric, (Scots Hoose 2021) Doric, poetry
it germinates in places sticky
1 matches

Orkney

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Ur sticky toffee, risan steam, on page 116

1 matches

Shetland

Watt, Valerie Froggy smoorikins, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
p tae grab a wirm wi his lang sticky tongue. Da poor wirm wis glae
1 matches

Southern

Tindal, Betty Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
We licked the sticky spurtle, on page 149

1 matches

The Westender Mairchers did oor toon prood, (The Hawick Paper 2007) Southern, newspaper
uin away wi' the pin now. The sticky yins were fa'in off and thame
1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
on on the griddle as Daniel's sticky palms spreid the uneven yoke on page 11
fted the gless an inhaled the sticky residue o port. on page 47

2 matches

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