Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'sneak'

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Use in varieties of Scots

sneak	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	7.8	26	17
ORK - Orkney	9.9	1	1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A	26.2	8	4
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen	10.5	1	1
DOR - General Northern	26.6	6	3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	2.6	1	1
WCE - West Central	8.9	2	2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow	20.1	4	3
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central	3.9	3	3
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)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of sneak 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.

Orkney

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
sneak'd a swig fur I loved the tast on page 46

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Harper, Norman Stronach: A Weekly Look at Life in the Fictional North-East Village, (The Press and Journal 2000) Doric, newspaper
decor of the bar in order to sneak glances at Erchie's companion
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
a thochtie fur Jed. Yet he'd sneak aff tae see her on the sly, k
1 matches

Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Furst Time, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
in he spoke aboot choryin. ‘Sneak thievin’ he cawed it an he
ivver, we go up tae the door, sneak in, grab the bag an bugger af
hes at the fit o the drive. A sneak in, grab the bag an rin for i
Bit he aye came back tae the sneak thievin idea. Plottin, planni
n o the front rooms an A’ll sneak oot the back door.
5 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
. He must’ve been trying to sneak out without letting anyone kn
1 matches

Aberdeen

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
o yersel, ye'd sneak a wee questionnaire on page 31

1 matches

General Northern

@72redz1903 tweeted
Park, but lo and behold, Hibs sneak in offer him a better money. (2022) twitter link

@beast_afc tweeted
loons. Think I might try and sneak in for a seat now. #StandFree(2020)

@fittiecrooners tweeted
emy Kyle! Nae chunce, awa tae sneak oot to meet Bert(2016)
g as wife doon in dumps. Will sneak awa fer few nips later when n(2017)
ats ai need! Wis gang tae sneak oot and nip up tae Asda fer s(2020)
ing fae the morn! May try tae sneak in a pint fan I pick up ma te(2020)

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
lk her tae the front door and sneak her the three hunner quid cou on page 84

1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
sleep an ah always tried tae sneak back through the livin room c on page 169

1 matches

Clark, Thomas A Scots Pairlament?, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Bellshill, blog
s. They've even been seen tae sneak their wey in tae the chaumer
1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
e big barn runnin adjacent. A sneak oot tae the beginnin ae the w on page 34
e catch us oot n aboot. We aw sneak oot ae the woods wae our hood on page 48

2 matches

Kennedy, Julie Ma Mum and William Wordsworth, (Howkin Words Press 2024 ISBN: 978-1399988971) Central, prose
en ma dad appears, ah try tae sneak away but the doctor says: 'I' on page 18

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Wi whistles and sneak, on page 154

1 matches

General Central

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
t fly and sleekit cronies tae sneak intae yer bedroom and huckle on page 108

1 matches

McClurg, Fernando Weill, weill, weill, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
suggestit David Coburn micht sneak a saet on the Hielands an Isl
1 matches

@changed_days tweeted
ake macdos account tae try an sneak in, then they told me tae reg (2021) twitter link