Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'cracker'

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Use in varieties of Scots

cracker	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	13.3	44	22
ORK - Orkney	19.9	2	2
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A	29.4	9	4
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern	31	7	3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	33.5	13	2
WCE - West Central	22.2	5	3
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh	6.2	1	1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central	2.6	2	2
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)	69.7	5	5
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of cracker 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.

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Then he said, "Wow! Whit a cracker! I could fancy you mesel! on page 36

1 matches

Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
irdly any neck, bit he haed a cracker o a moustache. Mrs Dursley wi
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
“Let’s pull a Xmas cracker an gang hame” quo Skirly.
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
ker Shop. Fas fur a ca o ma cracker? http://t.co/5tBNvZPUOG(2015)
g techniques in World War...a cracker of a tale within these pages.(2018)

@FaeFoggie tweeted
junemcka1 Oh michty me. Fit a cracker. ????(2020)

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
n tae burst oot, an thon is a cracker. A believe it helps bairns ge (2021) twitter link
@glenlivetloon Cracker! Great phrase. Aye, tae me sp (2021) twitter link
Cracker o an onomastics display in Sc (2020) twitter link
t seen it...weel deen loon. A cracker. Hale programme wis brilliant (2020) twitter link
This is a thought provoking cracker in guid Scots brogue https:// (2020) twitter link

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
Eence mair the day is a cracker ,
Here's a day it's jist a cracker .
Day turns oot tae be a richt cracker
Noo this day turns oot jist a cracker ,
4 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
Cracker o a mornin wi warm sinshine,
1 matches

The Mannie Fae Unco The Diary o a Feel at the Skweel, (unco.scot 2021) Doric, prose
g. For playin though it wiz a cracker o a place. It hid big dykes l
1 matches

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
pushed tae seek' a finer Xmas cracker. Ye can butter ma' Jacobs ony(2015)

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Lallans 62 - The Numpty, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
play that gemme. Ah landit a cracker oan her chin then ran doonsta
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
@BonnyriggRose what a cracker this was guys - b oan the ro (2020) twitter link
lights of ur game - it was a cracker btw (2020) twitter link
@Brian_Pacey aye it was a wee cracker too lol (2020) twitter link
fore the lockdown - will b a cracker - best av seen u lads play! (2021) twitter link
sting guys - this game was a cracker n very unlucky tae yous - cr (2020) twitter link
and 7 other occurrences.

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
ister wis, as ah said, a pure cracker. By the age o wan and a hauf on page 5
on at prayers. It wis a pure cracker. When she gaed tae lower hers on page 99
at last she came up wi a pure cracker o an idea, she worked everyth on page 130

3 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
d again. Go Novak! That wis a cracker, he jist pure lobbed it right on page

1 matches

@annieones tweeted
nt144 PPS... the vids still a cracker (bit different) a wis jist ya (2021) twitter link

Edinburgh

Robb, Fraser Lallans 61 - Jimmy Bond, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, weans
And Octopussy wis a cracker. on page 9

1 matches

General Central

@alistairdunn tweeted
t, so much potential tae be a cracker(2014)

@LowEndJardo tweeted
10 Canny see past maps, wit a cracker ae a tune (2021) twitter link

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
Mind you his coupon-hap's s cracker, on page 51

1 matches

Bryden, Hugh Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
total cracker, Magic makker on page 107

1 matches

Evie OOR WULLIE’S SEASON’S GREET, (Largs Writers Group 2015) Central - Largs, prose
wiz perfect. But the real wee cracker wiz The Bairn, that wiz Faith
1 matches

McDonald, Hamish The Girnin Gates - Chapter 12, (Itchy Coo 2003) Central, prose
h've no been goin oot. It's a cracker man in't it? Ah waitit until
1 matches

@StuartPoet tweeted
@HurchinHome @Ulster_Scots A cracker O a vyce! Ane wee wird maks a(2020)