Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'stank'

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Use in varieties of Scots

stank	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	11.7	39	26
ORK - Orkney	9.9	1	1
SHD - Shetland	29.1	5	4
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A	26.2	8	1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen	10.5	1	1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	2.4	1	1
WCE - West Central	17.8	4	3
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh	18.6	3	3
GLA - Glasgow	30.7	6	2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central	10.5	8	8
SEA - South East (Borders)	12.1	1	1
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)	58.1	1	1
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 stank 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
rimness, Moan, Canker, Doomy, Stank on page 11

1 matches

Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
you hed a yowe dat fell i da stank taday. Wid you no geng an tak on page 101

1 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
nd Lowrie maain every broo an stank wi da sye, an Merran an Baabi on page 8

1 matches

Jamieson, Robert Alan Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2017) Shetland, poetry
He waakint atill a stank, his moo foo a'ess. on page 21

2 matches

De Luca, Christine Dodie's Phenomenal Pheesic, (Shetland For Wirds 2008) Shetland, weans
caa’ed FLOOERS O NEEPS. Hit stank o aald cheese. In hit gud.
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
eats stukken wi shite, an the stank eneuch tae caa ye ower. She f
ween her legs. Dandy said she stank . Mebbe she did. She raise up
he rubbits warnin feet at the stank o daith fin it entered their
As Meg tipped the stank ower the flooers, the grieve
4 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
e o in her airms an legs. She stank o pish, fag dowps, chaip scen
ruled ilka lochan an burn an stank an ocean ower aa the planet.
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Drumneachie Ferm, (Scottish Poetry Library 2019) Doric, poetry
The ferm wis the stank o girse, o sharn, o violets
.’ Aa the smells: ‘…the stank o girse, o sharn, o violets.�
2 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 85 - The Clash o the Titans, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
for; up the spoot an doon the stank. Gweed kens fit the Prof'll s on page 53

1 matches

(South) East Central

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
The meat wis rank, it fairly stank on page 34

1 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
three quarters o it doon the stank. Then she filled the bottle u on page 53

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
the red scarf an jaiket (wha stank o pish), on page 59

1 matches

Wilson, Rab A Newsin Wi Jack Aitken, (Dictionaries of the Scots Language 2021) Central, poetry
ies a spate’s gang doun the stank ,
1 matches

Kirk Jn, Albert Guid Fences Mak Guid Neibours, (albertkirkjr.com 2022) Central - Aryshire, blog
Howk oot a stank wi an eichty-fit drap
1 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D Taid o that Ilk (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2009) Central, prose
rs, keingfushers, wie grebes, stank hens, aw o’m about aw day l
1 matches

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
drouns them i’ the nearest stank .
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
icont encoonter wi the filthy stank that irrigatit the fundamenta
1 matches

Glasgow

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Than tummles doon a stank on page 55
e auld days are gane doon the stank in the mall. on page 154
howps and yer dreams doon the stank in the mall. on page 157

3 matches

Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
arcey, sittin up noo, takin a stank ay his wine.
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
Ah take another stank ay the lager, watchin the sil
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
�Nice one ar kid. Fancy a wee stank ay vino? Aw the waiy fae Devo
1 matches

General Central

Donati, Colin The Student and the Pawnwife , (Itchy Coo 2003 ISBN: 978-1902927817) Central, prose
e, yin side staundin ower the stank,' the tither frontin Sadovaya on page 136

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 90 - Sally, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
d the stane-dyke o the muckle stank, oxterin yin anither tae see on page 58

1 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
'Yi foul wee stank,' yallit Thor, 'wuld yi mak m on page 14

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Diary o a Wimpy Wean, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785302145) Central, weans
entit. On wan haun, ye've wee stank-dodgers like me that hivnae e on page 3

1 matches

Holton, Brian Lallans 67 - The Nine Sangs: Brian Holton, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
esh ma hair wi ye, see, i the Stank o the Lift on page 25

1 matches

Beckett, Mavis Duncan Lallans 59 - Auntie Aggie, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
d tosie. It wis ower clean an stank o polis an deesinfectant. A w on page 118

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 74 - Flittin In, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
kin Stuil Loch. A braid, deep stank foarmed bi watter pumped up t
1 matches

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South East (Borders)

Purves, David Lallans 67 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Southern - Selkirk, newspaper
wa doun a syver o advisers, a stank o accoontants, a cundie o con on page 5

1 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Thein air ait stank wi sizzlen fleish on page 38

1 matches