A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

varnish Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words1.8 2 1.5 0 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences64 1 0 1 0 0
Number of authors5 3 1 1

Occurrences of varnish in Corpus

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Central

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
pent it, varnish it, stain it on page 37

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
d a wee bottle o scarlet NAIL VARNISH. 'If the toothpaste doesna cl on page 20
e face cream ... And the nail varnish ...' on page 79

2 matches

Donovan, Anne Buddha Da - Chapter 1 Anne Marie, (Canongate 2009 ISBN: 978-1847673459) Central - Glasgow, prose
e break. Ah need tae get some varnish, that ither stuff wis the wra
1 matches

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
oot twa dizzen colours o nail varnish an plastic dishies o bronzers on page 83

1 matches

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Dodie's Phenomenal Pheesic, (Shetland For Wirds 2008) Shetland, weans
peerie bottle o scarlet NAIL VARNISH. ‘If da teethpaest disna cl
1 matches

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