A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

floats Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.4 6.5 3 19.9 0 10.3 0
Number of occurrences1813 2 2 0 1 0
Number of authors12 7 2 2 1

Occurrences of floats in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
's just a vengeful ghost that floats aboot the place n sometimes h on page 37
stards, the voice ae an angel floats by n around them. A follow th on page 39
houted as they turn n run. It floats through the windae's new vent on page 60

3 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
!" Aonghas is fulla beans, he floats oot the door an away doon the on page 3

5 matches

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 104 - Stephen, (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, prose
e hink she's oan ma side. She floats ower ma mither's chair an Ah on page 16

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
that floats. on page 90

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
In a laund that floats on a sea o ile and gas. on page 82

1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Mak’ shair it bloody floats!”
1 matches

@raiphsays tweeted
@MrsAstronaut Aw a wish!! *aw floats aboot*(2020) search twitter

Doric

Skinner, Alison C. Tales Fae The Doric Side - The New Leviathan, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
It floats in ivvry ocean on page 85

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
he colour o oranges, wee cork floats, an creels tae nab nippy wee
1 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
e, whar the tang and driftwid floats. on page 37

1 matches

@peediepuss tweeted
@shonamain Whitna dreef o floats! (2021) twitter link

Southern

Purves, David Lallans 73 - Ten Owersettins frae the Chinese, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
an the muin floats alang on page 37

1 matches

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