A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

syrup Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.5 4.1 21.1 9.9 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences248 14 1 0 0 1
Number of authors15 5 8 1 1

Occurrences of syrup in Corpus

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Central

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
t's pouring nice, warm golden syrup intae mah ears. Wi these cunt on page 3

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
Ah toomed hauf a tin o Gowden Syrup on the seat o the chair the T on page 99
sat doon on the Gowden Syrup, the sclittery slorp wis pure on page 100
wis me because of the Gowden Syrup hingmy and though ah kent she on page 102

3 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
an warm flowin syrup on page 90

2 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Makkin a muckle o a mickle, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
sprackle o raisins an a drap syrup. If there wis eneuch milk, se
1 matches

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
t in my school days, with his syrup on his heid.(2020) search twitter

Doric

Mitchell, Rhona Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Wye it Wis, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
t breakfast time, wi a suppie syrup. Ae day she said tae Beldie t on page 15

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Bit syrup o' figs is guid, at's true, on page 152
Bit syrup o' figs is guid, at's true, on page 169

2 matches

Johnstone, Ian Tuney Loon's low doon, (The Fraserburgh Herald 2000) Doric, newspaper
s, the affspring, wi a dose o Syrup o Figs every Friday nicht.
en cases than a table spune o Syrup o Figs. Aagh, the thocht o it
Banning guns, ay. Syrup o Figs, weel mebbe I'd hae bi
3 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
SYRUP O FIGS
div you think the label said? SYRUP O
er Jonsar Eck's mishap wi the SYRUP O
3 matches

Bowie, Tyler Stookie, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
a bowl of porridge clarted wi syrup. But fan I looked in the pres
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ear the bodies for the burnin syrup type stuff that continued tae
hin aboot ten feet in flaming syrup. That wiz bad enough as tae h
2 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
g the mix. cooking ile, maple syrup an lemon juice. Shop aat http(2018) search twitter

@fittiecrooners tweeted
e village, Jessie maks a good syrup sponge fit is great dipped in(2016) search twitter

Orkney

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Syrup o Figs on page 46

1 matches

Ulster

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
a tablespoons o Lyle's Gowden Syrup 5. Yin wee tin o Condensed Mi on page 28

1 matches

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