Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

debt	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	14.4	17.5	4.5	0	0	20.7	31
Number of occurrences	46	34	3	0	0	2	7
Number of authors	23	17	3			1	3

Occurrences of debt in Corpus

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Central

Donati, Colin The Student and the Pawnwife , (Itchy Coo 2003 ISBN: 978-1902927817) Central, prose
burnin wi the shame. Sair in debt tae his lanlady, he wis feart on page 133

1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
see in yer Ne'erday wi nae debt but wealth fae yer faimily an on page 77

1 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
wi siller, peyed aff the debt ma faither left, on page 55

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ath, we've accumulated enough debt that our creditors will be ho on page 24
y the five bags tae clear the debt. Still, better tae keep his S on page 181
nd taps oan the envelope "The debt's been peyed, aye. We're cool on page 183

3 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
We'll hae far ower muckle debt tae survive alane on page 145

7 matches

Hubbard, Tom Lallans 59 - Leids and Lieder: Walcome ti Helvetiscots, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
they (1949-) acknowledges her debt ti Kathleen Raine, an Anglo-S on page 5

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
its lugs, a billion pound in debt, on page 13
An the debt we goat intae wisnae real! on page 70
crape up the interest oan his debt afore the on page 120
That debt fir puir Scottish fowk hus ru on page 141

4 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
wis even mair skint an noo in debt. Poor Shuggie lost oot aa on page 29

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
wined o a hame or thirled tae debt or thrift: on page 63

1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 73 - Historical Lexicography and the Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1700, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
they awe a nae insignificant debt tae Jamieson whase scholarly on page 14

2 matches

Watt, George T. Lallans 73 - A Braw Bairn, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
up tae his een in debt, sae whit, on page 59

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 82 - The Cream Cookie, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Midlothian, prose
ken the Clugger's warkin as a debt collector for Joe Swankie, th on page 60

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 75 - Review - The Shorter fiction, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
at the airmie kis o a gammlin debt. In Rotterdam, he wins the ha
1 matches

Smith, Jamie William Playfair: faither o data visualisation, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
Chairt shawin the national debt o England in the echteent cen
in shaws the English national debt in the echteent century. Ane
2 matches

Bennett, Peter The Sacrificial Doo, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
e fur me isnae tae work aff a debt, that’s just so ah don’t
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
�d ran up five grand worth ay debt wae him an wis workin fur him
1 matches

Bennett, Peter McShane's Reprieve, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
uch times that he decides the debt’s paiyed aff.
1 matches

Davidson, Alistair The Mitterand Plan, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
ed i the muivement for global debt justice, seimbolised by the �
1 matches

Briggs, Susi Atween the lines o Muirland Meg, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, poetry
bawd hoose, yet imprisoned wi debt
And debt tae the bawd hoose keeps ye d
2 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
Furgettin this boay’s debt lies wae Danny, and no me. Ah
1 matches

Doric

Gilbert, Jo Tales Fae The Doric Side - A hame is a hame is a hame, is it nae?, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
Aa come fae graft and debt, swingin in atween extremes, on page 34

1 matches

@beast_afc tweeted
re shit, season is over, more debt planned for another go next y(2020) search twitter

@Franwella tweeted
Am jist oot tesco havin spent debt o a wee country!(2011) search twitter

Southern

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
Oan classroom sizes; student debt, on page 212
its lugs, a billion pound in debt, on page 218

2 matches

Ulster

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
Aye were in their debt, on page 33

1 matches

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
e forgien tha yins that's ïn debt tae us. on page 6
shud be soul tae pye bak tha debt. Tha sarvint faad doon on his on page 9
aad ïn tha fowk that wur ïn debt tae hïs boss, an he axt tha on page 97

5 matches

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
Hir debt tae the owl proxide. on page 19

1 matches