Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

shrinkin	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	5.1	6	0	0	0	31	4.8
Number of occurrences	17	12	0	0	0	3	1
Number of authors	9	6				1	1

Occurrences of shrinkin in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
s only aboot two fit high, an shrinkin aw the while: she soon fun oo on page 20
it tae find that she stairtit shrinkin straight away. Soon as she wi on page 40
time tae waste, cause she wis shrinkin rapidly: so she goat horsed i on page 51

4 matches

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
nou aboot twae feet heich, an shrinkin awfy quick: but she shuin fan on page 19
htit tae fin that she stertit shrinkin straucht awa. As shuin as she on page 39

3 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
yella baw in yer room. Then shrinkin awa again. It wid be great. I on page 1

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
docks, steppit forrit fae the shrinkin crowd as the crab scuttlit on on page 94

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
For aw oor problems stert tae shrinkin on page 92

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Scots an the smit: a language unner lockdoun, (Bella Caledonia 2020) Central - Bellshill, blog
in the grund aneath oor feet, shrinkin oor common launds an, thereby
1 matches

Harper, Emma Promoting the Scots Leid, (The Scottish Parliament 2021) Central - Stranraer, government
s the Scots Language Award in shrinkin the attainment gap; encourage
1 matches

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
ickly, jist in time tae avoid shrinkin awa aw th'gither. on page 19
ed tae finnd that she sterted shrinkin richt awa. As sin as she was on page 39
time tae b' lost, as she was shrinkin gie quick: sae she set tae wo on page 50

3 matches

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
e tae loass, baecaas shae wus shrinkin that quick: so shae set tae w on page 51

1 matches