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Use in varieties of Scots

sting Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.7 3 4.5 0 0 10.3 8.9
Number of occurrences126 3 0 0 1 2
Number of authors12 6 3 1 2

Occurrences of sting 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

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
An the sting o hot tears. on page 17

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
shi canna sting. on page 60

1 matches

Steele, Gregor Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
It packs a muckle sting. on page 16

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Whaur did they sting ye? Is it sair?
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 119, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
The Sting
1 matches

grandeicedcoffees Do You Wanna Touch, (archiveofourown.org 2021) Central, prose
tically jumps. He soothes the sting wi slow, wet kisses which ah
1 matches

Doric

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
An yer bird kin sting on page 120

1 matches

Strachan, Shane Beyond the Sea, (Scottish Book Trust 2023) Doric, prose
irm a wee bit and it taks the sting oot the sair patch a little.
1 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
Jaws, Poseidon Adventure, The Sting... (2020) twitter link

Southern

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
@ThatEricAlper Sting, Jimmy Nail, Alan Shearer, Ro(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Bot sting ain tail ait nir ends on page 17

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Morrison-Smyth, Anne A Furst Readin Book in Ulster Scots, (Evertype 2011) Ulster, weans
“A bee'll sting. Am fur rinnin” The goat ru
1 matches

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