A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

caps Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.1 6.2 1.5 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences1312 1 0 0 0 0
Number of authors9 8 1

Occurrences of caps in Corpus

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Central

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
e aye sae keen tae doff their caps tae their 'betters' they aren on page 45

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
an he has tae wear steel toe caps tae work, in case anywan stau on page 11
sense that they wear the peak caps or the tracky troosers tucked on page 169

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
t a bench and screwed the wee caps ontae the taps o the tubes o on page 5

2 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
Lacoste trainers and Burberry caps behind Harry. Ah get the fear on page 5

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
and candy floss. Men in flat caps wur shoutin 'Every ticket's a on page 32

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 58 - The Dumb Jyner, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
ae mention medals an Scottish caps galore. on page 65

1 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
tiltin at aa oor steel-caps - on page 35

1 matches

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
e ootside the tent Doffin yer caps tae the men history lent on page 42

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2020) Central, prose
an he has tae wear steel toe caps tae work, in case anywan stau
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
aunin; shifty lookin, basebaw caps an hoods flingin shade oer th
1 matches

Doric

Strachan, Shane Beyond the Sea, (Scottish Book Trust 2023) Doric, prose
y aabody is lined up wi their caps on and you’re trailing aift
1 matches

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