A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

cosie Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.9 5.1 15.1 0 0 10.3 4.4
Number of occurrences2210 10 0 0 1 1
Number of authors7 3 2 1 1

Occurrences of cosie in Corpus

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Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
, sittin quiet by hersel in a cosie neuk, devourin wan book efter on page 7
and the name on the yett wis COSIE NEUK. Nosy cook micht huv bee on page 86
said. 'Ye'd never credit how cosie ah can mak it in here.' on page 197
wi Miss Honey. She felt richt cosie wi her, and the twa o them bl on page 224

4 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 74 - Burns an the Dictionar o the Scots Leid, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
erhaps Northern English’ is cosie. The Scottish National Dictio
1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
. He bot bekked hir intil the cosie ruim at wes hiz fend agin the
hae a cosie hidie-holl fur ye. Sae sup ye
thairsells doun on it , maist cosie an cosh, fur the’r naething
ithers. Hiz houss, hiz waarm, cosie,
Thochts o hiz ain cosie houss at Gaitsgill cam ti myn
5 matches

Doric

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
aim! An syne it haps thaim up cosie, ye ken, wi a fite queetin; a on page 12
't ahint her. "Sae I'se be as cosie here as I wes in the aal chaa on page 14

3 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
r dall. Fin yer aa redd up an cosie, I'll bring ye a cuppie o tea
her hett taes frae aneth the cosie sheets ontae the steen caul l
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
Efter a cosie supper fur twa, Miss Vining l
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
her bonnie wee bedroom an her cosie wee bed, an her teds an her d
“Oh it’s that cosie here,” she miewed. “I’l
frien Angus the Adder, an gey cosie they war. Angus
an cosie, an there wis a rowth o ither
4 matches

Southern

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
sum cosie place for ti byde the nicht?
1 matches

Ulster

Bennett, Hazel Tha Near Cut, (Ullans Magazine 2001) Ulster, prose
uld billies thairsels forbye. Cosie, tha fower o thaim bis aye br
1 matches

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