A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

drifted Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.1 1.5 3 9.9 11.6 0 8.9
Number of occurrences103 2 1 2 0 2
Number of authors10 3 2 1 2 2

Occurrences of drifted in Corpus

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Central

Hardie, George Lallans 82 - As The White Swan Passes, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
Ye drifted on page 14

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
drifted too far away. on page 21

1 matches

Connor, Bailey A SCOTS HORROR STORY, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
wee giggles and echos o song drifted doon the stair and landed sof
1 matches

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 90 - Mrs Cadwallader’s Conversion, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
Georgeson an Mrs Cadwallader drifted ashore in a half-inflated din on page 45

1 matches

Shearer, Gillian Skitin Oan Thin Ice, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2019) Doric - Alford, prose
ne day he thocht yon his mind drifted awa. He saw the loch aa happi
1 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
As the days o wir life drifted onwards, We'd still tak a str on page 66

1 matches

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
Blattered an faert dey drifted aest on page 59

1 matches

Ratter, Peter Da Perishin Nort, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
a bolt o dark energy. As life drifted awa fae him, dat sam voice o
1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
rnt intae Newington Avenue an drifted aroon each ruim again in hir on page 49

1 matches

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Mae senses drifted in an oot, on page 50

1 matches

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