A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

streak Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.1 3.6 6 9.9 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences137 4 1 0 0 1
Number of authors11 6 3 1 1

Occurrences of streak in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
horses pit thegither. A white streak rinnin doon his neb makkit hi on page 6

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Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
the lang streak o meesery on page 29

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
wah. Yince you've hit a losin streak like the yin ah huv, its hard on page 30

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
as the dawn wis beginnin tae streak the sky. A couple o the Steep on page 110

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Bennett, Peter Coyle Loyal, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
drawin ma eyes tae the lanky streak ay piss, Monty pullin a sword
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Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
The yelly streak is awready developin acroass
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@johnstone_shane tweeted
ye whit ye've goat a 100 day streak ae magic pattir. (2021) twitter link

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
here wis ae great knell, an a streak o lichtenin come doon the lum on page 51

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Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
wi zig-zaggy diamonds like a streak o lichtnin rinnin doon his ba
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@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
erryMacMusic fit like Ye lang streak 'o pish. Word oan the street (2015) search twitter

@Franwella tweeted
ylor oo you have a right evil streak m'ginty!(2011) search twitter

Orkney

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
orn, the landlord his a cruel streak. on page 117

1 matches

Ulster

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Scarce enough tha glories streak, on page 21

1 matches

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