Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'pockets'

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Use in varieties of Scots

pockets	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	6.9	23	18
ORK - Orkney	9.9	1	1
SHD - Shetland	17.4	3	3
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen	10.5	1	1
DOR - General Northern	4.4	1	1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	10.3	4	3
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee	42.5	4	2
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow	35.2	7	5
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central	2.6	2	2
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
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 pockets in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
loor. The ties get stuffed in pockets when the sweat begins tae pou on page 70

1 matches

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
li fun in various forms ithin pockets o on page 60

1 matches

Cumming, John Kirsten, (Shetland For Wirds 2006) Shetland, prose
es seem ta live i der coach's pockets . Lik dey canna tink or act fu
1 matches

Nicholson, Hannah Samhain - Usher in the Dark - Scalloway Castle, (Leopard Arts 2021) Shetland, poetry
Oot o’ dir pockets . His foul naetir
1 matches

Aberdeen

Strachan, Shane DWAMS, (Tapsalteerie 2024 ISBN: 978-1916214880) Doric, poetry
I was pockets o sunshine on page 21

1 matches

General Northern

@fittiecrooners tweeted
Raking aboot deep in ma pockets o'ma troosers the day fer cha(2017)

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
hen. Anyroad, it disnae come. Pockets emptied, shoes aff so's ye ca on page 1

1 matches

McDowell, Diane Drummond (Ma's Bairns), (Independently Published 2021 ISBN: 979-8592734588) Central, prose
ntae the depths o his trooser pockets. on page 1

1 matches

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
@BatesMoira They dinnae sew pockets on yir shroud Moira ????(2020)
Bit ??some ?? The dinnae sew pockets on shrouds ??????(2020)

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
corporation an then intae the pockets o The Trump himsel. on page 89

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
We three fake front pockets on page 66

2 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
w pittin their hands in their pockets, anither thing sic fowk are n on page 85

1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
he's git a thin face n black pockets roon his eyes. It gees yi the on page 7
uid each. We aw rustle in our pockets. Danny swaggers up n pulls a on page 12
ab the fat-end oot wan ae his pockets. The cunt is concentratin on on page 14

3 matches

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
Nae mair pockets fu o rocks on page 42

1 matches

Cunningham, Lucy nothing but a set of eyes for stars - Swedish Fish, (Association for Scottish Literature 2023 ISBN: 978-1906841546) Central, prose
g them whatever we had in oor pockets. We were feeding them loaf-en on page 42

1 matches

Bolland, John A Chocolate Cowboy, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2008) Central, prose
responsibly pockets explainin thit our mum widnae
1 matches

Geraghty, Martin 378, (TheCommonBreath.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
He jiggles the coins in his pockets . Aye…yir right son. Yir a w
1 matches

General Central

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
thae posh restaurants or huv pockets stuffed foo o' tenners jist t on page

1 matches

Ewen, Allan The Blin Man an the Man Wha Couldna See, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
t a practical cagoule wi mair pockets nor he could fill.
1 matches