A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

verge Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.8 3 1.5 0 5.8 10.3 0
Number of occurrences96 1 0 1 1 0
Number of authors8 5 1 1 1

Occurrences of verge in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
um is a long layby wi a grass verge on page 1

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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
on time wis constantly on the verge o panic. As ane o the maist i on page 25

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
tae the school. Ah wis on the verge a silently pissin masel, when on page 169

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Lallans 76 - The Sycamore at Calton, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, poetry
ticed in the verdant roadside verge,
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McClurg, Fernando The Potemkin Pairty, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
ies through the SNP is on the verge o sendin a storm blawin aw th
1 matches

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ons stannin wattenn the grass verge. on page 20

1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
cy tae stop an lay him ipo da verge, lackly a teenage tearaway wi on page 28

1 matches

Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
e gairden, on yon braid gress verge
1 matches

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