Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

closs	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	19.3	1.5	7.5	178.9	209.2	0	0
Number of occurrences	62	3	5	18	36	0	0
Number of authors	20	2	1	7	10

Occurrences of closs in Corpus

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Central

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
an closs oen oor singan on page 67

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
closs whaur the Rid Douglas wes byd
an ettilin ti pouss throu the closs at the
2 matches

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
intil a dwam an dee't in the closs on page 15

5 matches

Orkney

Butler, Vera Gallows Ha - Maggie o Quoys and Bessie o Gyre , (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
I had her closs an rock her back and forth li on page 23

1 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
ld things. Thir haands sweeng closs, touch, twine, pull back, tou on page 62
Fed an Angle colonies is that closs tae claikan sheu jeust ignore on page 74
lt ithe wey o thir grip: ower closs or ower lowse or glydan by wi on page 132
thinks is darnt but lie ower closs tae the skin. Sheu fires: on page 137

5 matches

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
as closs as I could - good enough, I on page 23
Closs by a teenage boy, perched oan on page 30

2 matches

Miller, Alison Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, prose
or German 'ö' wae might get closs tae hid, but that wid be a wh on page 8

2 matches

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
se flags at the top o Frasers Closs and an faerful proggy thistle on page 86

1 matches

Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
I had her closs an rock her back an forth lik on page 77
an I cradle you closs tae me breist. on page 144

2 matches

Orkney Voices Group Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
faer awey, yit closs. on page 93

1 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine An Excerpt From Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Future Fantasy, (The Bottle Imp 2019) Orkney, poetry
Thair hands sweeng closs, touch, twine,
tae be convinceen, closs enof
2 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine WHIT TAE WRITE NOU?, (https://harryjosephine.com/ 2015) Orkney, blog
nguages, especially languages closs tae the globally-dominant Eng
1 matches

@johnkmitchinson tweeted
ybe peculiar to Orkney? Its Closs in Shetland. Off the point a (2020) twitter link

Shetland

Nicholson, Hannah Tales Fae The Doric Side - Smooriken, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Shetland, prose
anidder's waists. I pulled de closs an du tiltit de heid, an wir on page 52

1 matches

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
in a dialect o Scots, hit's a closs freend ta standard English, b on page V
comin da late noo!" shö wis closs ahint him whin shö turned da on page 10
töl. Her shin wis birzed dat closs up alang her fit, at dey wir on page 52
ageen athin da lang haal, an closs bi da peerie gless table. "No on page 77
da Wheen, aa da time haein a closs look at da roses. "Aff wi da on page 82
Also on pages 83, 85, 89, 90, 100, 101, 104, 125
14 matches

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
d fir dee. Come, du'll hae dy closs kin wi dee an wan day dey'll on page 9
dat wants ta ken he's aafil closs. on page 31
Dem dat bide closs ta him want fir naethin. on page 37
m dat ir affil göd dey'll be closs ta da Göd Man. on page 88
believe. Dem dat hed feth wir closs an dey shared aathing. Dey me on page 158

5 matches

Watt, Roseanne Moder Dy, (Polygon 2019 ISBN: 978-1846974878) Shetland, poetry
s island haads its wilt tings closs. Whitivver wye, du seems tae on page 42

1 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
ll hedd wi him. Shü held him closs ta her hert, feelin da waarmn on page 30
aggie telt her. Shü held him closs ower da bed as Jeannie rekkit on page 34

2 matches

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
hetlanders widda haed lang an closs keneen wi spaekers o Middle D on page 15
a Proto-Germanic *bi 'by, at, closs, aroon' at comes fae Proto-In on page 31
uns pit across at entities is closs or far awa idda speech on page 58
oont nouns at haes sum kind o closs relationship tae da spaeker ( on page 62
stüd still AN da dratsi cam closs / Da on page 80
Also on pages 105
8 matches

Ratter, Peter Da Perishin Nort, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
had swung too closs tae da 'Meerie Meggie', and h
1 matches

Priest, Ena Bonxie Geo, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
r da perfect wave tae tak him closs enouch tae grab dat splendid
1 matches

Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
ct, onything at’s obviously closs sib ta English, bit different
1 matches

Facebook link (I Hear Dee 2021) Shetland - Shetland
anguages, or languages at hae closs contact wi een anidder. D'ir

Watt, Valerie A skoit trowe da shops, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
In a scrit, I shot up da closs an intae Klaize. A slick an c
1 matches