A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

dozen Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words11.6 16 1.6 9.9 5.8 10.9 8.8
Number of occurrences3630 1 1 1 1 2
Number of authors25 19 1 1 1 1 2

Occurrences of dozen in Corpus

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Central

Beekman, Tony Lallans 85 - The Belt, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
er wrocht vengeance on hauf a dozen fresh-faced twelve-year-old b on page 42

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
er whit it's aw aboot. Hauf a dozen streets, jist. I like Glen Ba on page 1

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
hoap flair wis littered wae a dozen or so scrunched up bettin sli on page 35
rdin tae ma phone ah've hud a dozen missed calls fae Craig. Aw in on page 175

2 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
"There's a dozen o the Heidie's jugs and gless on page 130

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
rt fer hersel, amang the near dozen fowk at the meetin there wis on page 76

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
whaur the actual kitchen an a dozen tables were laid oot, an a we on page 61
t toff an he had aboot half a dozen yunger lads, maistly toffs th on page 76
houtit. Within meenits hauf a dozen horses were brocht an Martin on page 80

4 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
tried tae get ma da tae buy a dozen red roses fur Valentine's Day on page 111

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
e the air and fire aff hauf a dozen roonds fae ane or anither o t on page 40

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
wi cigarette coupons saves a dozen free range eggs on page 82
"... and get a dozen chew baws on page 98

2 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
that only a dozen folk in the whole year, beari on page 51

1 matches

Adamson, Donald Bield, (Tapsalteerie 2021) Central - Dumfries, poetry
and aroon a dozen mair, on page 27

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
tae the boat but a guid hauf dozen men were caucht and killed by on page 41

1 matches

Heather, Alistair Rin throu the jungle, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
rnamental fishpond. Twa-three dozen deuks paddled aboot in its cl
1 matches

Bennett, Peter McShane's Reprieve, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
or an waws ay the van another dozen times or so afore fuckin the
1 matches

Muir, Glenn The Bruce Triumphant, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, poetry
Those dozen foes lay dead
A dozen corpses at his feet
2 matches

grandeicedcoffees Do You Wanna Touch, (archiveofourown.org 2021) Central, prose
n Connery movie ah’v seen a dozen times, especially after ah re
1 matches

Heather, Alistair Tak tent o the Cabrach, (The Herald 2018) Central, newspaper
nity resource that’ll mak a dozen jobs, an vitally bring in fow
1 matches

Gillespie, Alan Mon the Rovers, (Scottish Book Trust 2021) Central, prose
id's racing away tae the half-dozen German fans in the corner. I
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 5, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
and ah’m shocked tae see a dozen wee Brucies starin back up at
1 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
ravel mug? Ah've bocht hauf a dozen ower the years, an nane o thu(2020) search twitter

@bigandymccoll tweeted
q with the threat by a coupla dozen unionist neanderthals ?? (2022) twitter link
he decent SNP MPs (the hauf a dozen) would follae suit - especia (2022) twitter link

@PeoplesPoet77 tweeted
nnie wee fit goan ten tae the dozen ???? (2022) twitter link

@Sinethugcat tweeted
anged days! Used to be near a dozen support crew, all taking self (2021) twitter link

Doric

@fittiecrooners tweeted
tles o Belgian beer fer £2 a dozen, bookies, paper & a chipper f(2017) search twitter

Orkney

@peediepuss tweeted
e @Uigeach1 Was gifted half a dozen 'Holmy Sheep' mutton chops la (2020) twitter link

Shetland

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
te impressed how even my half dozen rolls came oot #baking #lockd(2020) search twitter

Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
y Laphroaig aff whom he got a dozen honorary bottles a year, an t(2020) search twitter

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
s han. There wur onlie helf a dozen eggs in a bow] an twa slices on page 1

1 matches

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
A dozen months we're sut ait hame, on page 24

1 matches

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