A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

stitch Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.3 5.1 4.5 9.9 0 0 0
Number of occurrences1410 3 1 0 0 0
Number of authors13 9 3 1

Occurrences of stitch in Corpus

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Central

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
forced tae stitch Jude stars ontae their claes, on page 90

1 matches

Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
Ocht, Ah've drappit a stitch, that's whit ye git fur no ta on page 27

1 matches

Harrison, Jean Lallans 59 - BARRY SCHUIL 1928 - 1934, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
wi oor initials done in cross stitch. We did an awfu lot o singin on page 120

1 matches

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
l think o this day, till ilka stitch unpickt wis the unravellin o on page 61

1 matches

Wilde, Jacqueline Jay Valentine Tango, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
You wi no a stitch oan ye
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 117, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
s guid-wife that rins a cross-stitch shop, whiles sets up a staw i
1 matches

Seth-Smith, Niki Chynge o sum kind is comin either wey, but a vote tae leave wad empooer Europe’s faur richt, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
nae end i sicht tae the elite stitch-up an jist want tae shak thin
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@Chazzbat tweeted
tern on it, or did yer mither stitch it hersel? Ah'm no familiar w(2020) search twitter
eant tae ask, how's the cross-stitch comin? Is it finished yet?(2020) search twitter

@raiphsays tweeted
an “George Who?” tryin tae stitch up indyref. Whit are they sca(2020) search twitter

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
m clip oot the shapes an syne stitch them aa thegither fin her een on page 79

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - TROUBLE WI WITTGENSTEIN, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
"Aye," said Chairlie, "ivvry stitch. An in case ye're winnerin, m on page 90

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Johnston, Mary Lallans 81 - A Day at Edinbro Feestival, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric, prose
n, bonny duncers bit scarce a stitch on em. Edinbro’s naa e warm
1 matches

Orkney

Grieve, Issy Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
I tried tae stitch every single hole on page 104

1 matches

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