Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'scruff'

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Use in varieties of Scots

scruff	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	3.3	11	11
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A	3.3	1	1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen	10.5	1	1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central	45.9	1	1
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee	21.2	2	2
EDN - Edinburgh	6.2	1	1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire	10.7	1	1
LAL - General Central	2.6	2	2
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)	13.9	1	1
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)
GUL - General Ulster	28.4	1	1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of scruff 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.

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
r, an he wis bein teen bi the scruff o the neck an escortit fae th on page 42

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Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 77 - Anither Time, Anither Place, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
tae think, he had them bi the scruff o their necks. "Got ye, ye we on page 30

1 matches

North East Central

Heather, Alistair Tak tent o the Cabrach, (The Herald 2018) Central, newspaper
eally want tae associate wi a scruff like masel.”
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
e idea that afore us poor wee scruff were gien the richt tae vote on page 32

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
Grab yir life beh thi scruff o thi neck on page 108

1 matches

Edinburgh

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
ah’ve grabbed Craigy by the scruff ae the neck and goat ma sledg
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
e auld man ahint thaim by the scruff o his jaiket. Adam sunk flat on page 59

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General Central

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
hiles Thor grippit him bi the scruff o his neck wi yin michtie hau on page 14

1 matches

Ewen, Allan The “Auld Lang Syne” Paradox, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
e seen tae be spokken by a “scruff ”. Mair recently, the dialec
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Adamson, Donald Bield, (Tapsalteerie 2021) Central - Dumfries, poetry
speak the wey they spoke (the scruff). on page 5

1 matches

General Ulster

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
Sae tak it bae the scruff, on page 55

1 matches