A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

alloo Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words16.2 7.2 6 9.9 17.4 0 132.8
Number of occurrences5214 4 1 3 0 30
Number of authors25 9 4 1 2 9

Occurrences of alloo in Corpus

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Central

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 85 - D.I.Y. Doctor , (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
ther. Alan'd nae recourse bit alloo hessel tae be draggit alang. on page 36

1 matches

MacKinnon, Ann Lallans 70 - Five Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, poetry
and kept that way, tae alloo us on page 61

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
Wullie Wonka, hae decidit tae alloo five bairns - jist five, min on page 23

1 matches

Dornan, Stephen Eemis Stane 1 - Lees an Crams, or Ossian on the Death of Cuchullin, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, poetry
Ah alloo in tha fecht his strang airm on page 22
ye believe ma oul yarn ye'll alloo on page 23

2 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 74 - Burns an the Dictionar o the Scots Leid, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
e the Scottish Government tae alloo wis tae tak on mair staff and
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
self-drives. She decidit tae alloo hersel tae yaise the salary t
n that the Auld People disnae alloo Uighur miners tae gang back h
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 75, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
der 2000 shuid be chynged tae alloo a question anent the Scots la
ell bi Mey if thay'r gaun tae alloo the fowk o Scotland thair ain
2 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Smeddum o Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
igh-heid-yins’ micht whiles alloo itsel tae be owerset intae En
1 matches

Facebook link ( 2021) Central
cht us as wurna ill stood tae alloo thaim as wur poorly tae lie d

Facebook link ( 2019) Central
Alloo me tae introduce the barber s

Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s Linguistic Landscape - Scots and Gaelic, (Translation Services 24 2022) Central, prose
E’en gin we alloo fur some aspecks tae hae aris
1 matches

Doric

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 77 - Whaur Gadie Rins, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
fae o corn apiece; but A maun alloo, it was nae less a splore tae on page 55

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 77 - Farquhar, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
"A canna alloo that. Sumbody micht get skait on page 99

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
"Ma auntie wad niver alloo yon. Traivellers hae a byordn
1 matches

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
r E Scots Language Awaard dis alloo fer ony dialeck o Scots tae b (2021) twitter link

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Ah'm no tae be alloo'd tae fill his watter dish ag on page 56

1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
s, fur a lang time shü widna alloo a TV set in ower da doorstep. on page 5

1 matches

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
nguage as it is eenoo. Dis'll alloo da documentation an descripti on page 10
a linguistic point o view tae alloo fir Shaetlan tae be kent as a on page 20

2 matches

Ulster

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
Whut A alloo?' on page 16

1 matches

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Alloo at least a day! on page 43

1 matches

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
ae know better." Alice wudnae alloo this wi'oot knowin what age h on page 25
" Alice went on, "that they'd alloo Dinah tae stap in the hoose i on page 34
Alloo mae tae sell yae a couple?" on page 47
a Cheshire-Cat," said Alice. "Alloo mae tae introduce it." on page 85

4 matches

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
tellin hïm, "Tha Laa daesnae alloo ye tae hae hir!" > Herod wud on page 9
ir daein whut tha Laa disnae alloo on tha Sabbath?" on page 78
s an Pharisees, "Daes tha Laa alloo ye tae heal fowk on tha Sabba on page 94
tae cum on aheid, an sayed, "Alloo tha weans tae cum tae me, dï on page 100
worries o thïs life. Dïnnae alloo that day tae faa on yis o a s on page 106

6 matches

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
a ye'r telt - maist o ye wud alloo. on page 11
d maun be throughither A maun alloo it Tae pit ma wee bit thochts on page 31

2 matches

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
* Resources shud bae gien tae alloo the Boord o' Ulster-Scotch'es on page 8
translated intae prattick. We alloo fufillin' the four Rs - on page 16
r demonised ir disparaged wul alloo at they thaimsels ir on page 17
an' we alloo thaim tae bae intherdependent on page 20
an' culture. We alloo forebye at hit wul loose the on page 21
Also on pages 26, 34, 37, 45, 54, 55
13 matches

Ulster Scots Agency Ulster Scots Census, (census.gov.uk 2021) Ulster, government
ae, we hae made this buik tae alloo ye til fill oot yer Hoosehaud
1 matches

Gibson, Darren Oul money, (Ullans Magazine 2013) Ulster, prose
Noo A’ll alloo, as much as A fin aa thaim ou
1 matches

Spence, Laura Tha Thoarn Tree, (Ullans Magazine 2013) Ulster, prose
r an lichtnin masel, A wudnae alloo ’at we’d haed sicna wile
1 matches

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