A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

tug Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.9 3 7.4 0 0 0 9.7
Number of occurrences136 5 0 0 0 2
Number of authors8 5 2 1

Occurrences of tug in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

McLeish, Alistair Lallans 102 - Eco Cheil, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, poetry
At tug o war we played, "Haw! Creish on page 41

1 matches

Kennedy, Julie Ma Mum and William Wordsworth, (Howkin Words Press 2024 ISBN: 978-1399988971) Central, prose
Nae bother wi the breath noo. Tug her airm tae remind her ah'm on page 10

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 59 - A Day Weel Spent, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
He gied a wee tug abuin his breek knees but set on page 125

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - A Tale o Three Dugs, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
ndel-box, gie the rope a guid tug, aan and I'll ken tae pull ye on page 31

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy A Day Weel Spent, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
He gied a wee tug abuin his breek knees but set
1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Muckle Michty Neep, (self-published 2021) Central, poetry
Tae help us gie yon neep a tug!’
1 matches

Doric

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
s stopped an offered Jonsar a tug. "Och aye I'll be real
tug, the first mornin Broon An Ro
xander Holmes gaed the lead a tug an said. "Noo noo
3 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
rug an tug, the bloomin things jist widn
1 matches

Ritchie, John Fishin in the Findhorn, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
he wis dien here fan I felt a tug on the line. I hid a fish on!
1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
an hir finger tingled at the tug as she cleansed the vernix fr on page 33
A tug deep wi'in hir womb. A face s on page 35

2 matches

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