A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

clivver Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words12.3 6.4 35.2 9.9 17.4 0 0
Number of occurrences3812 22 1 3 0 0
Number of authors15 4 9 1 1

Occurrences of clivver in Corpus

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Central

McGregor, Iain Lallans 85 - Archie Dodds, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
a rise oot the maisters in a clivver wey? He micht juist be glaiki on page 21

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
Wullie Wonka really the maist clivver chocolate makar in the haill on page 10
Jock, and I kent he awfie wis clivver. . .' on page 11
et, but it turnt oot tae be a clivver fake. The kenspeckle English on page 28
an side o it, prentit by some clivver method m jet-bleck letters, w on page 59
o his movements, like a quick clivver auld squirrel ye whiles see a on page 67
Also on pages 109, 171
8 matches

Scott, Hamish Lallans 75 - Televeision, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
It tuned itsell – the clivver thing! – an gied a picter b
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 174, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
een bi donnert fowk is gien a clivver like innin bi a faimly o twa
whit age ye are, be ane o the clivver anes an mak shuir ye see this
2 matches

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 68 - Gordon’s Gairden, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Doric, prose
wis a richt fine bairn - an clivver an a'. In six months he wis d on page 35

1 matches

McBeath, Lorraine Tales Fae The Doric Side - The New Quine at School, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
I've a new chum, she's clivver and funny on page 54

1 matches

Gray, Kathleen Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Ootlin, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
They hid 3 quines: aa bonnie, clivver an confident. Ma cousins Elle on page 57

1 matches

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
I'm a clivver wee genie - jist tell's fit on page 15

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
. She didna think Elspeth wis clivver nor interestin ony mair - sh on page 29

1 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
att time, tae Jerusalem, some clivver chiels fae oot o the east. An on page 8
airnie grew up stoot an a gey clivver chiel an God's grace wis onno on page 83

7 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 63 - Shelts, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Doric, prose
“Ay, that’s fine. Clivver laddie!” His faither booed
rs wis dubby, hairy, and affa clivver. Neist, his faither drew fae
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
e as bonnie as Minnie, nae as clivver as Minnie, bit nae feel fur a
devaul fur the Bruces war aa clivver, an he'd gotten a place on a
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
en year auld, a swack, broon, clivver wee quinie, she wis dother ta
e pairt wi a kidney. He wis a clivver chiel, auld Pat. Terrorism, m
2 matches

Gauld, Ilene Ilene Gauld - Piper and Poet, (Doric Future 2020) Doric - Keith, weans
Aye, Bob’s Dad wis clivver, widn’t ye say?!
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
reed her ma. “Dr Ewan’s a clivver doctor, isn’t he noo.”
1 matches

@FaeFoggie tweeted
vice fae scientific fowk mair clivver and ken aboot stuff. Aa these(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
e say cheust noo tae Brenna's clivver notions?" The fill Haa is dai on page 86

1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
peerie feet awa ida distance; clivver wis shö an dichtit on page 17
e, tirn: "du's truly no aafil clivver!" on page 96
dis: hit wis da first raelly clivver thing da Keeng wis said da ha on page 120

3 matches

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