A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

scratcher Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.6 3.5 5.9 0 0 10.3 0
Number of occurrences127 4 0 0 1 0
Number of authors8 6 1 1

Occurrences of scratcher in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Diary o a Wimpy Wean, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785302145) Central, weans
ecidit he'd raither be in his scratcher than staunin in ma room in hi on page 38

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 58 - The Dumb Jyner, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
this mornin! - in his bluidy scratcher that's whaur! Wadna ken hoo t on page 65

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
ed, angry noo. "Get oot O yir scratcher." on page 8

1 matches

Bolland, John A Chocolate Cowboy, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2008) Central, prose
n ma Dad, he wiz still in ees scratcher. Exhaustit poor sowel.
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part one of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ae be discreet ‘get oot yer scratcher ya fanny!’
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
nosetaylor1 am no long oot ma scratcher m8 n its barry tae c a cheery (2021) twitter link
Moyes1108 get eer erse oot ur scratcher ur bells no wurkin lol (2021) twitter link

Doric

@fittiecrooners tweeted
Edith next door gets oot her scratcher(2016) search twitter
et up at strange oors? oot ma scratcher 5am, pitch black, weet ootsid(2017) search twitter
ight cap at hame & aff tae ma scratcher????(2018) search twitter
ater wee yon auld wooden back scratcher that’s been in the kitchen d(2020) search twitter

Southern

@cammyrudkin tweeted
@hornet_2011 e back ti yir scratcher yit #edeworkintherain #softco(2012) search twitter