Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

bowls	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	6.2	6.2	9	0	0	0	8.9
Number of occurrences	20	12	6	0	0	0	2
Number of authors	11	7	3				1

Occurrences of bowls 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

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
urite hings used to be booze, bowls and bingo. Since ah've gave u on page 1
an years ae humphin aboot mah bowls hus gave me the strength ae a on page 11

3 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
irtit rinsin oot the parritch bowls. on page 79
they'd pit the clean parritch bowls awa in the kitchen cupboards, on page 81

2 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 68 - 1841 – The Plouman, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
ck, het parritch intae widden bowls an set them doun afore the me on page 17

1 matches

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 76 - The Factory, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
eukit at me wi een like penny bowls thon first mornin. “Yikes!�
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 149, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
OWER hurried cups o coffee an bowls o soup, fowk sat in cabals in
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Sacrificial Doo, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
We get oot the motor an he bowls oer tae the fence, wrenchin a
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
wae the tea, ‘Another three bowls comin up.’
‘Never mind the other bowls, Pearcey. Ma Granda needs his
2 matches

@alistairdunn tweeted
caz is actually gawn tae play bowls(2013) search twitter

Doric

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 83 - The Umman, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
at picturs o yows in snaa an bowls o skyrie flooers, fan, on a s
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
bowls doon in the burrow an pit twa
Oot cam the bairnies’ bowls, an on gaed Lowpity’s face.
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Drumneachie Ferm, (Scottish Poetry Library 2019) Doric, poetry
The ferm wis parritch bowls, an cream tae poor frae the j
1 matches

@fittiecrooners tweeted
ain! Like watching curling or bowls on the tele fan ye cain nae m(2017) search twitter
ntry wee ma auld pals fae the bowls. I've joined the pensioners t(2017) search twitter

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
afore it disappeart frae the bowls. on page 15
an mairmalade an laid oot twa bowls o wairm porridge on the table on page 60

2 matches