A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

sparkled Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.7 3 1.5 19.9 0 0 0
Number of occurrences96 1 2 0 0 0
Number of authors6 4 1 1

Occurrences of sparkled in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
nny as he hits the deck. He's sparkled but he's awright cos his slee on page 19

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Donovan, Anne Gone are the Leaves, (ISIS 2014 ISBN: 978-1445099262) Central, prose
alked in the forest. Dampness sparkled, specks of watter dreeping do on page 3

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Forrest, Liam Hittin the Toon, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Dunfermline, prose
oup eh lassies wurr layed oot sparkled er the flair, unconscious fae
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Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part two of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
k out. Ah’m oan the canvas, sparkled. ‘I’ll call him later on
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Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
pproachin the poor cunt, lyin sparkled, his eye closed oer, blood pi
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Donovan, Anne Hieroglyphics and Other Stories - All that Glistens, (Canongate 2004 ISBN: 1841955191) Central, prose
covered in glitter, and they sparkled in the daurk. Ah pressed ma f
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Doric

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
lue water simply glistened an sparkled in the sin.
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Orkney

Butler, Vera Gallows Ha - Maggie o Quoys and Bessie o Gyre , (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
ed aboot and, Bessie, the sea sparkled like gless. We lay up on the on page 22

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Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
red aboot an, Bessie, the sea sparkled like gless. We lay up on the on page 76

1 matches

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