A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'criss'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
crissOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.3146
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 18.4 4 1
DUN - Dundee 42.5 4 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of criss in Corpus

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Shetland

Sutherland, Hazel Biggin Da Dess, (Shetland For Wirds 2004) Shetland, prose
on da girse, now lyin dull wi criss-crossed roogs o creamy green
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
w her heid like rinnin bawds, criss crossin a corn park afore the
mp wis lit an the kitchie wis criss-crossed wi shaddas, lowpin li
a saft fite bowster, that wis criss-crossed bi the merks o tacket
3 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ome oot an gied me a packet a criss cause ah went an got a fright on page 144
an then threw away the actual criss. on page 145
everytime yi open a packet a criss or somethin she'll tell yi th on page 147
wi aw the cans a juice an the criss an the mingin egg sandwiches on page 164

4 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
mannie in chairge o the auld Criss-Cross wis aye gangin on aboot on page 47
r bein towed oot tae sea. The Criss-Cross tho had been oot for tw on page 48
Australian mud-loggers on the Criss-Cross did sey there were an a on page 51

4 matches

General Central

Donovan, Anne Hieroglyphics and Other Stories - All that Glistens, (Canongate 2004 ISBN: 1841955191) Central, prose
Blue veins criss-crossed the back of her haun.
1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
s blak. She teuk hir time tae criss-cross the sticks in a grid ow on page 10

1 matches

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