Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

bones	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	19	21.1	13.6	89.4	0	10.3	4.4
Number of occurrences	61	41	9	9	0	1	1
Number of authors	36	22	7	5		1	1

Occurrences of bones in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
feeneesht the goose, wae the bones an the beak - Like, how did on page 48

1 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
face is gorgeous, high cheek bones n big green eyes. She's git o on page 26
me Capsule swimmin! Skindiana Bones yees ur!' on page 30

2 matches

Cunningham, Lucy nothing but a set of eyes for stars - Swedish Fish, (Association for Scottish Literature 2023 ISBN: 978-1906841546) Central, prose
thing wae no much meat on ma bones. A wisnae scary. A wis mare f on page 37
ame shot lasers that made his bones split or something. Wendy did on page 38

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
t moment tae pick through the bones. Each thoat bringin another f on page 13
bein cawed is the auld bag ae bones seated behind his desk. Ah'm on page 125
h kin almost hear her brittle bones creakin as she turns roond. on page 140
tted oaff tae park his bag ae bones nixt tae the fireplace. on page 151

4 matches

Bryden, Hugh Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
rattlin bones on page 94

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
an warm meh bones up beh thi fire. on page 50

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
Ma sister wis lucky that her bones hadnae set properly an the sh on page 12
she'd her mad skull an cross bones earphones on ower her heid, n on page 169

3 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Aw bones and muscles raxin, on page 138

1 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
n an aw, ah kin feel it in ma bones. on page 53

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
hin skin barely clung tae his bones, bulgin purple and green vein on page 43

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 59 - Terry Fae Brooklyn, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - Aryshire, prose
like a bag o kinnlin, ribs an bones stickin oot ivvery which wey. on page 136

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2020) Central, prose
Ma sister wis lucky that her bones hadnae set properly an the sh
1 matches

Percy, Ely The Family Situation, (The Interpreters House.org 2020) Central, prose
e same an she’d no make any bones aboot it. Ma ma’s like that
1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
MRS BONES Well, me and Mrs Harris wisna
1 matches

Bremner, Stewart Haud Yer Wheesht?, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
awmaist like they were in ma bones. Aye, ye could mibbe acuse me
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 149, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
y man doesn't think about his bones." Aiblins Scots isnae quite h
1 matches

Meikle, William Overheard in a Cemetery, (ABCTales.com 2004) Central - Ayrshire, prose
Ma auld bones are gettin' cauld - ah'd bet
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Sharks, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
chance ah’ll haul the auld bones up there waeoot some sort ay
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Just Another Minute, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ear translucent; her veins an bones’ definition protrudin throu
1 matches

Bennett, Peter TA Hauf an a Hauf, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
y hip. The aulder ye get, yer bones turn tae dust, ah’m tellin
1 matches

Grae, Emma Jimmy and his wee darlin Alexa, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
e face Billy. He wis skin and bones, but he could pull his weicht
1 matches

Stewart, Anna An Alien Feeling, (Scots Hoose 2019) Central, prose
pe whar it couldnae o had any bones. I put my hand oot and felt s
way that means it cannae hae bones, how it feels soft but hard a
2 matches

Crawford, Ross Awa in a Dwam, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
dy, creepin its way intae her bones. She didnae try tae go ootsid
1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
rin’ whit tae dae wi’ the bones.
ith 'e ma een An turnin’ ma bones tae wobully jelly.
2 matches

Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
racin through the marra ay ma bones like electricity, pulsin inta
1 matches

Donovan, Anne Hieroglyphics and Other Stories - All that Glistens, (Canongate 2004 ISBN: 1841955191) Central, prose
�s haun lyin on the bedcover, bones stickn oot and veins showin t
ot through me till ah felt ma bones shiverin and ah heard a voice
s on ma face, feelin ma cheek bones and eyebrows and the soft fle
3 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
is a far cry fae the skin-and bones pup ah foond last year. In fa
1 matches

@g_hibby tweeted
nd it's thon creeps intae yer bones cauld.. :( Anyhoos, advice.. (2023) twitter link

@jax6754 tweeted
ticks an stones may break our bones bur names will never hurt us!(2014) search twitter

@Chazzbat tweeted
fer ma likin. Ah cannae bear bones or skin on ma fish. It hus ta(2020) search twitter

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
DEM BONES on page 15

1 matches

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
dyed in the bones o the country's first people on page 19
far the flesh joins the bones on page 54

2 matches

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
Yit ee finished e goose, wi e bones an e beak - on page 46

1 matches

Diansangu, Mae Puddock Spittins, (Scots Hoose 2021) Doric, poetry
bones
1 matches

Diansangu, Mae Doric, (Scots Hoose 2021) Doric, poetry
wirds peeled aff the bones an wrung fae the
1 matches

Coutts, Pete Belhelvie, (bandcamp 2016) Doric, poetry
And we a crack it broke his bones and pinned him underneath
1 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
summer if were picking the bones oar signings sic as Gallagher (2021) twitter link

@fittiecrooners tweeted
ty me, woke up this morning & bones were creaking awa! Cud barely(2019) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
And a great dish o porkie bones. on page 1
teen there tae warm her achan bones - on page 35
ther fur a flame tae warm his bones on page 44
And I love her owld bones as weel. on page 53
and braak a brace o brittle bones. on page 75

5 matches

Miller, Alison Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, prose
Tae rot wae the bones o eens geen afore on page 89

1 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Bloody Tuaks, Dog Bones, Gorehouse on page 11

1 matches

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
ll stones an owld brittle hip bones try on page 98

1 matches

Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Pickin ower the bones fae last night. on page 127

1 matches

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
ee feeneeshed th goose, wi th bones an th beak on page 47

1 matches

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
yae finisht the goose, wi the bones an the beak - on page 48

1 matches