A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

magnet Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.5 6 4.4 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences1512 3 0 0 0 0
Number of authors9 6 3

Occurrences of magnet in Corpus

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Central

Beekman, Tony Lallans 84 - The Fate o the Philosopher, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
d taewards it lik a pin tae a magnet. 'Naw!' he shouted as he grab on page 48

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
feedin doun a lang line wi a magnet on the end. Nou they wuid fis on page 52

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Whit magnet draws us tae a foreign shore? on page 15
Whit magnet draws us tae a foreign shore? on page 21
Whit magnet draws us tae a foreign shore? on page 22

3 matches

Wilson, Rab Lallans 62 - Cormilligan, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, poetry
Whit magnet draws us tae a foreign shore?
Whit magnet draws us tae a foreign shore?
Whit magnet draws us tae a foreign shore?
3 matches

Bennett, Peter The Sacrificial Doo, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
tract this shit man; a fuckin magnet fur aggro, ah um, know whit a
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ttin oot the noise, flung the magnet tae the man neist him, an tur
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
- laddie seems tae b a babe magnet lol (2020) twitter link
aunMcC4llion an absolute babe magnet btw (2021) twitter link

Doric

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Attracts me jist like a magnet on page 181

1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Tabby Sooker, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
the side o’t like a fridge magnet and screamed oot o ma but the
1 matches

@McGoo1888 tweeted
oe_yer99 Shame it was a Danny magnet....erm it wisnae really (2022) twitter link

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