A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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coins Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words16.2 10.1 32 9.9 5.8 0 39.8
Number of occurrences5019 20 1 1 0 9
Number of authors26 16 5 1 1 3

Occurrences of coins in Corpus

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Central

Niven, Liz Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central, poetry
She hauns ower coins we dinna ken, on page 6

1 matches

Crichton, Tam Lallans 84 - Ower the Faem Pairt Twa: Doon the Watter, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
A few pokes o gowd an siller coins were in a kist unner ane o th on page 59

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
oney.' He put the wee pile ae coins, coonted exact, oan the plast on page 1

2 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
let years oot then in, siller coins when they flit see in yer Ne' on page 77

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
urke went an stole five pound coins oot Laura McPhee's purse oot on page 133

2 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Until the weans scaitered, o coins they haed nane on page 45

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
mmer an made plural (1 coin/2 coins; 1 stair/2 stairs) the same w on page 27

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
is a used bus ticket an a few coins. Less than a pound. A catch o on page 40

1 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
He saw an armoury o coins, some planked, on page 112

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - A Tale o Three Dugs, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
There were mair gowd coins in the kist than he could cra on page 34

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Economic Theory, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
owed the pound note aboot the coins, an pit the wee paircel in ma
. The same quick lattin faa o coins, but wi a "You keep that," li
2 matches

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - Nuhin is Certain, Except, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
A shoulda kept a haunfae o’ coins tae save masel a fortune. Day
1 matches

Geraghty, Martin 378, (TheCommonBreath.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
He jiggles the coins in his pockets. Aye…yir rig
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Flemings o’ Dalnoid, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
troosers an' tryin' tae catch coins frae aff their noses, (silly
1 matches

Briggs, Susi Atween the lines o Muirland Meg, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, poetry
And broken fer coins she wid never hae seen
1 matches

McMillan, Hugh The Return of the Brownie of Blednoch, (no publisher recorded 2022) Central, poetry
drapping the coins tae tummel doon the law,
1 matches

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 90 - Mrs Cadwallader’s Conversion, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
ti the coonter, pit a puckle coins on it, an said ti the quine, on page 38

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
fee; twa fag-eyns; three poun coins an a hanfu o coppers. He look on page 43

1 matches

Strachan, Shane Northwords Now 43 - Shane Strachan, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2022) Doric, poetry
Listen for pound coins rattlin doon on page 19

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - The Bigger Hoose, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
chiel he telt wis weel up on coins an the like an took a closer on page 109

2 matches

Hutchison, Pat If I Catch Ye I'll Eat Ye, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
n fae the dyke and bashed the coins intae the shape o a musket ba
were there wi a big handfae o coins they'd collected atween thems
2 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
he ither hand he gave her twa coins. “I’m sorry for you losin
d fit happened and showed the coins tae the Laird. He’d been si
o Jessie, noo fin he saw the coins he stood up wi a gasp. He ask
f she’d mind his taking the coins then walked oot and wint back
nd anyhow I don’t have gold coins like those!” He pointed to
11 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
an there wis a rowth o ither coins in the baker’s till. There
pun coins, an reeshlin paper fivers. Th
2 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
I tip oot a poke o coins bit ah'm still short o wan or on page 83

1 matches

Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
wid notice, dey pat a clash o coins i da plaet. Whan naebody wis on page 133

1 matches

Ulster

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Tha Rhymers coins an nits, on page 10

1 matches

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
owed hïm five hunnèr siller coins, an tha ither owed hïm fifti on page 82
leain, he tuk oot twa siller coins an gien thaim tae tha ïnnkee on page 88
ïf a wumman haed ten siller coins an she loast yin o thaim, wud on page 96
oard, yer coin haes made five coins.' An tha kïng sayed, 'A'll g on page 102

4 matches

Gibson, Darren Oul money, (Ullans Magazine 2013) Ulster, prose
p a wee tartan purse fu o oul coins in haes room. A hae mine o ho
e mine o hoakin thru them oul coins, separatin oot tha yins fae f
as much as A fin aa thaim oul coins fascinatin, A’m a kine o gl
liet by tha ten bob note. Tha coins sterted wi a half croon, at s
4 matches

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