A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

darkest Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.8 2.5 4.4 9.9 5.8 10.3 24.2
Number of occurrences165 3 1 1 1 5
Number of authors12 5 2 1 1 1 2

Occurrences of darkest in Corpus

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Central

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
ing mair than hauf ay it, the darkest hings, keep'n the bits that I on page 3

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
on yir darkest nights, on page 21

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Graftin, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
they’d never, even in their darkest moments, dared contemplate th
1 matches

Macdonald, Ileene Fit’s it aa aboot?, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
predicted (especially on that darkest o days on the 19th of Septemb
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
aw and hide under the deepest darkest rock the toon kin offer me. I
1 matches

Doric

Strachan, Shane Tales Fae The Doric Side - Doric Dwams, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
in the darkest o granite on page 31

1 matches

Strachan, Shane DWAMS, (Tapsalteerie 2024 ISBN: 978-1916214880) Doric, poetry
in the darkest o granite if ye jist let it. on page 27

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
cud bring oot the sun on the darkest day. Ye war a gentle giant an on page 20

1 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
His smile lights up the darkest day. on page 38

1 matches

Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
Yea even trowe da darkest on page 29

1 matches

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Thon darkest moments felt in grief on page 7

1 matches

Ulster

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
Brock riz oot: dark nichts o darkest sin. on page 26

1 matches

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Wi darkest heart boss ask oo thee, on page 17
Darkest gloom ait loops aroon, on page 36
Darkest blue thon vivid hue, on page 40
Then charge intil mae darkest nicht. on page 48

4 matches

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