A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

strips Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.7 10.3 1.5 29.8 17.4 10.3 0
Number of occurrences2820 1 3 3 1 0
Number of authors20 13 1 3 2 1

Occurrences of strips in Corpus

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Central

Robertson, James Precious and the Puggies, (Itchy Coo 2011 ISBN: 978-1845023324) Central, weans
that's nae mair than a puckle strips o wire. That's nae use at aw on page 6

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 85 - D.I.Y. Doctor , (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
broon bottle. An cut me fower strips aff that roll o stickin plais on page 36
aboot.' Fatty held oot three strips. Maw streeched thaim intae pl on page 37

2 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
him, as he stuid cuttin braid strips frae some lengths o seck-clai on page 53

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
three pork sausages and three strips o bacon and a puckle fried to on page 53
even better, a load o muckle strips o sticky paper. Ah'd hing the on page 153

2 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
it strips yir identity on page 16

1 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
Fitbaw strips wur banned at the wee school. on page 10

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
o paper and he tore it intae strips, which he used tae merk oot p on page 95
ir them aw intae lang, narrae strips, and tae tie thon strips theg on page 116
nd as Violet tied the clootie strips thegither, wan end tae the ne on page 117

4 matches

Wilson, Rab Lallans 62 - Cormilligan, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, poetry
Noisily strips rowans o their cover,
1 matches

Bolland, John Lallans 71 - Line of Sight – excerpt fae a novel in progress, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
he year. The jeel in February strips heat an moisture fae the skin
ae be secure. It’s aa these strips o hooses hard-fronted on the
2 matches

Philips, Cally Jings, crivens, help ma Boab, it’s independence!, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Turriff, prose
got masel’ intae the comic strips an’ it wisnae lang afore ah
1 matches

Crawford, Ross At Stake, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
lly auld. Ye can tear aff big strips ae the black paint as if itâ€
1 matches

Crawford, Ross At Stake, (productmagazine.co.uk 2022) Central - Stirling, prose
lly auld. Ye can tear aff big strips ae thur paint as if it’s wa
1 matches

@_Erinboyle_ tweeted
adays, street fitbaw is rare. Strips are expensive. Young people a (2021) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
y amateur lads arrive n there strips and leave in them efter the g (2020) twitter link

Doric

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
I'm washin' i' strips an gein 'em a guid soak on page 131

1 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
And then sheu strips me boiler-suit tae pit hid in on page 39

1 matches

Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
addan strips o colour tae sleepan fields on page 112

1 matches

Leonard, Ingrid Northwords Now 43 - Ingrid Leonard, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2022) Orkney, poetry
He's half-done; strips o unspun straa on page 18

1 matches

Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
warm shö happit him aboot wi strips o cloot an shö led him i da on page 79
n's wounds wi wine an dan pat strips o cloot aboot dem. Haein happ on page 116

2 matches

Sutherland, Hazel Biggin Da Dess, (Shetland For Wirds 2004) Shetland, prose
bigg. First, rakin it aa inta strips. First rake fae da edge an in
1 matches

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
It strips the skin and leaves on page 10

1 matches

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