A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

children Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words17.2 22.1 13.6 0 11.6 0 4.4
Number of occurrences5543 9 0 2 0 1
Number of authors35 23 9 2 1

Occurrences of children 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

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
tae yir maw na report tae the Children's Panel every time. Azzy Boy on page 33
me about the safety of their children. I have gone out on a limb fo on page 56

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
the natives. Men, women, and children are smilin and applaudin me. on page 147

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
lly's tae go up in front ae a Children's Panel. It's possible he rea on page 169

1 matches

Allan, Alasdair Scots Language Policy, (Scots Parliament 2015) Central, government
d provide a rich resource for children and young people to learn abo on page 3

2 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
library richt next door, the children could redd up bonnie wee live on page 40
The children sat theirsels doon at the kit on page 71
a vyce aw o a sudden, and the children turnt tae see Mr. Poe, dresse on page 139

3 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
while there are poor starvin children in the world. on page 4
Cathy's children, Gary and Leanne, hur grandso on page 7
n Isla's empty chair. Cathy's children huv mair aboot them than thei on page 11
tch sO many pictures wi three children. on page 32
salary. No one dresses their children in second-hand clothes and fe on page 89

5 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
e o Verse: Poems in Scots for Children, ed. Bette Boyd, NMS Enterpri on page 122

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
ay Me, When Ah Wis Wee: Scots Children's Songs and Rhymes, Ewan McVi on page 129

1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 74 - Burns an the Dictionar o the Scots Leid, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
rgyll in 1929 ‘among school-children entirely superseded by daisy,
1 matches

McAlpine, Joan Meeting of the Parliament, (The Scottish Parliament 2019) Central, government
allery this evening. Susi’s children’s book, “Nip Nebs”, whi
1 matches

Somerville, Shirley-Anne Scots Government Commitments tae Gaelic an Scots an Scots Langages Bill: consultation, (gov.scot 2022 ISBN: 978-1804358313) Central - Holyrood, government
d provide a rich resource for children and young people to learn abo
, valuing the languages which children and young people bring to sch
2 matches

Hardie, George Lallans 76 - Tammy an the Cheese Plant, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
“Are ye sittin comfortably, children?”
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 117, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
e frae its sale gauns tae the Children's Hospice Association, Scotla
1 matches

Philips, Cally Wha's feart o' the library?, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Turriff, prose
in’ an’ in theym days the children’s section (which wis the on
man o’ that age doon in the children’s section. Then ah seen hum
2 matches

Crawford, Ross Awa in a Dwam, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
‘Most children grow out of their penchant fo
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
home of your own - a family, children - ”
1 matches

Alston, Connor THE BLACK-EYED CHILDREN OF SCOTLAND, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
THE BLACK-EYED CHILDREN OF SCOTLAND
airs ‘n’ saw aw these wee children pokin their heids just intae
outside tae try tae scare the children aff ‘n’ get the power bac
upboard hidin there while the children fillt the hoose ‘n’ began
rtit shakin tryin tae tip the children oot. Carol takes her chance
6 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 105, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
P, Shadow Depute Minister for Children and Education.
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 106, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
aid, "We would be denying our children success by allowing them to o
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 76, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
at Scots is the language many children bring to school and advocates
1 matches

@jax6754 tweeted
e, and how your able tae help children and adults ?(2014) search twitter

@fairpechtoot tweeted
ng The Christmasaurus with my children. We thought Brenda was bad th(2018) search twitter

@rattlecans tweeted
s "They are very well behaved children. Exercise is good for them. T (2022) twitter link

@annieones tweeted
e club. ??.... don't do drugs children and nae lumbers wae the covid (2021) twitter link

@LairnScots tweeted
//t.co/ig11YnU7v9 for bairns (children) (2019) twitter link
ir bairns? Click here tae see Children's Books in Scots: https://t.c (2018) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
a voice but you wont move the children of the revolution - quality (2020) twitter link
intersting rules for children and young people forthcoming (2020) twitter link

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 68 - Gordon’s Gairden, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Doric, prose
ppardize the health of my own children for no one," she says. An tha on page 35

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
and with plenty to do for the children." on page 39

1 matches

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
and International Festival of Children's Literature' fit is haud twi on page 12

1 matches

Elphinstone Institute Aiberdeenshire Cooncil – Scots Leid Guidelines, (Aberdeenshire Council 2017) Doric, government
, valuing the languages which children and young people bring to sch
1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
ssus chatterbox's great grand children. She hid been so busy
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to t
1 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - The Bruntie Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
untlands. Even noo, disobeyin children are threatened fae scunnert m
1 matches

Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Furst Time, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
e o ma age A wiz up afore the Children’s Panel an pit on probation
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
aiket in Dubs!” A lot of our children will be “covered in mud” du(2017) search twitter

Shetland

Watt, Valerie Da secret wirld o Santie’s elves, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
and nice list. How have your children been behaving?”
1 matches

De Luca, Christine Smootie gengs ta Lerrick, (SCOTS corpus 2003) Shetland - Bressay, weans
'This is worse than taking my children to the doctors for their inje
1 matches

Ulster

@OrangRuth tweeted
@Enry87758007 @Dynesy10 Them children of Ulster always fill me full(2019) search twitter