A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

caf Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words10.6 9.3 12.1 49.7 11.6 10.3 0
Number of occurrences3418 8 5 2 1 0
Number of authors26 13 7 3 2 1

Occurrences of caf in Corpus

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Central

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
e county had its ain dockside cafés - places whaur the aver on page 56
t in aw the years she ran yon café there wis nivver a hint o on page 57
ccasionally he sat in her wee café eftir the dennir rush wis on page 61

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
Ah seen her doonstairs in the café bar wi her ma who wis chewi on page 169

1 matches

Docherty, John F. Lallans 81 - Lang Summer Days, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
sh chap. They wir sittin in a café an this man cam up an start on page 76

1 matches

Sangster, Maureen Lallans 73 - Stars, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
An me in the café in Lochgelly, drawin the si on page 56

1 matches

Clark, Sara Your Leid, Oor Leid, Awbody's Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
mascus Drum, a gallus Turkish café. "Dae ye ken hou tae uise a
1 matches

Holton, Brian An Owresetter’s Tale, (Bella Caledonia 2015) Central - Galashiels, blog
1965, staunin outside Joe’s Café in Selkirk Market Place wi
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 149, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
up, fowk sat in cabals in the café bar o the Byre Theatre in S
1 matches

Letford, William Bevel, (Carcanet 2012 ISBN: 978 1 84777 192 6) Central - Stirling, poetry
Café culture
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
haim? He sut doon in a street café an ordert tea. He had tae g
1 matches

Monahan Brown, Ricky Dùn Èideann, (The Scores 2020) Central, prose
iggin cawin itsel the Terrace Café. He suin formed a plan wher
ild somethin like the Terrace Café. Bit this hing wis oan a di
2 matches

Smith, George Electrical Love, (Thi-Wurd 2013) Central, prose
dly any room. Too early for a café. Westy’s never been a tok
1 matches

@jack_capener tweeted
Here, whan's the neist Scots café set tae be? Cidnae gae tae (2018) search twitter

@OliphantWullie tweeted
pas when sitting in my local café tweeting in Scots recently (2022) twitter link

Doric

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
, sic as IDA Zimsen, hae cosy cafés far ye can curl up in a ba on page 12
can sit ootside o wee widden cafés an restaurants an jist soa on page 17

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 83 - Dunnottar, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
coffee in Jack’s Auld Toun Café alang the road fae King’s
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Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 83 - The Umman, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
Sae doon we gaed tae the café; an it wasna lang afore Fer
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
They sat in the hospital café, steerin their coffee thegi
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McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Wullie’s Wife: The Hoaspital Veisit, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
y wir doon the Gairden Centre café. Neixt a nurse cums breezin
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@DoricPhrases tweeted
twaa or mair auld ladies in a caf if ye wint a nice queart coff(2014) search twitter

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
ka1 @aberdeencity Sand dollar café doon e beach(2019) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
We gaed tae the local café and I thowt things could ge on page 43

1 matches

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
the greasy spoon grundhog day café on page 12
as I wis aboot tae oppen the café, on page 22

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Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
and a cup o tea at Charlie's Café. on page 86

1 matches

Shetland

@Julie_Dennison tweeted
ced tea, m8 dis is da Harbour Café dir is 0% chance o an iced (2019) twitter link

@shaetlan_rose tweeted
n soup day at the Peerie Shop Café.(2018) search twitter

Southern

The Westender Ins and oots, (The Hawick Paper 2007) Southern, newspaper
hone no the best? Taddies hed cafés and the bingo and did they
1 matches

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