Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

cawd	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	10.6	13.9	10.6	0	0	0	0
Number of occurrences	34	27	7	0	0	0	0
Number of authors	7	6	2

Occurrences of cawd in Corpus

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Central

McGregor, Iain Lallans 85 - Archie Dodds, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
A cawd cannie, an taen Archie's heid on page 25

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 90 - Sally, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
Shuir eneuch it cawd cannie an poud iz oot the sau on page 63

2 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 87 - The Neep Lantern, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Central, prose
e time an the gloaming-faw, A cawd-cannie climin ower the pikit- on page 22

2 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
wi this pure midden ae a boy cawd Colin fae wan E that looks li on page 11
made up this secret language cawd Uglian. Whit we did wis we pi on page 17
intae school wearin whit they cawd Buddha spots on thir noggins; on page 18
n where they pit these things cawd gromits in ma ears. When ah c on page 21
on them. This boy in ma class cawd David Donald, his family are on page 51
Also on pages 61, 153, 154, 163, 169
14 matches

Clark, Thomas Diary o a Wimpy Wean, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785302145) Central, weans
This wan lad cawd Abe Hall got the Cheesy Fingi on page 10

1 matches

Calderwood, Lynsey Lallans 68 - Barlinnie Gradyooits, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
ok in Ingleesh thi noo that's cawd Undur A Cresint Moon. It's de on page 41

1 matches

McCrory, Pat Lallans 57 - Jimsie’s Maw’s Soup, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central - Cowcaddens, poetry
A wee boy fae Barlornock cawd Jimsie, on page 29

1 matches

Calderwood, Lynsey Mumbo Jumbo, (Litro magazine 2006) Central, prose
made up this secret language cawd Uglian. Wit we did wis we pit
n where they pit these things cawd gromits in ma ears. When ah c
2 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2020) Central, prose
wi this pure midden ae a boy cawd Colin fae wan E that looks li
h in his life, an this lassie cawd Harpreet that wears a mad swi
2 matches

@OliphantWullie tweeted
n27 Bein fair tae Yogi.....he cawd it right !!!! (2022) twitter link

Doric

McGregor, Iain Lallans 77 - Farquhar, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
the Friday mornin whan oo nar cawd ilk-ither ower, me rinnin tae on page 99

2 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 78 - Scots Teegars, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric, prose
Mither cawd him 'Mosegi', a Botswanan nem on page 80

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Loch Skeen, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
gress airt, its cawd the ‘Lek’ an thay strunt
1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Wullie’s Wife: The Hoaspital Veisit, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
cawd in afore lang an gied iz a ha
1 matches

Young, Morna The Twa Chrisses, (Scots Language Center 2021) Doric, prose
Ye’ll be seein she’s cawd Chris. Yon quine in the story
There’s nae mony a quine cawd Chris, but it’s a name I li
2 matches