Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

envelope	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	22.5	24.7	21.1	0	17.4	10.3	26.6
Number of occurrences	72	48	14	0	3	1	6
Number of authors	22	10	8		1	1	2

Occurrences of envelope in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
in a broun envelope on page 8

1 matches

Bennett, Peter nobody remembers the birdman - Stovies, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
sand ahd set aside in a broon envelope fae an auld gas bill ah find on page 10
ye are, ah sais, crumplin the envelope intae his haun, claspin it sh on page 11
oabby, oan the wee table, the envelope, wae the money still inside, on page 13

4 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
brawly on Arkless's team. The envelope-fillers, the chappers o doors on page 77

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
im.' I picked up a tatty auld envelope, frayed at the edges, that lo on page 73

2 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ulder and he produces a broon envelope fae it. Ma hert sank upon see on page 116
hing. Slowly peelin the broon envelope open ah feel as if am defusin on page 119
f the wad ae notes in a white envelope and dart back ootside tae the on page 182
m. Then ah slyly pull oot the envelope wae the cash in it fae ma jai on page 183

6 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 58 - Allmairshall, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
receive and unlatch the buff envelope. There is a momentary spang o on page 72

14 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 71 - The Concreit Bouer, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
On the envelope she prentit in capitals: NOT
he back o the paper afore the envelope wes sealed;
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 149, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
bi raxin on a self-addressed envelope, stampit tae the value o 94p
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
face, is sliced open, like an envelope revealin a seldom seen profil
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Guru an Zander, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
e cunt’s mad vibes seem tae envelope the room an they’re aw star
1 matches

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
An envelope ah’ve been meanin tae sort
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ed it intae his haun - a wee envelope. She
- maybes it wis the body the envelope wis for or the address it had
o strinth, she tane back the envelope, tore it, an drappit it on th
He pickit up the envelope, wonnerin whit wis the richt
sin, an there wis the fauldit envelope o seeds that he had brocht fa
5 matches

Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
lf ay the wardrobe. The broon envelope wae the money ah’d gied Tam
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Stovies, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
d ah’d set aside in a broon envelope fae an auld gas bill ah find
are.’ ah sais, crumplin the envelope intae his haun, claspin it sh
s haun again tightly roon the envelope, feelin his bony knuckles aga
oabby, oan the wee table, the envelope, wae the money still inside,
4 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
urns and swipes a thick broon envelope oaff the unit that hus a cine
aboot. By the time he hus the envelope in his hand he simultaneously
ests. Aw dazed and huddin the envelope open.
3 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
to pop their samples into an envelope’’. Before she hastily dis
1 matches

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Tales Fae The Doric Side - Mabel, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
lt a bit o shiny paper fae an envelope. on page 92

1 matches

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
An envelope addressed tae me on page 15

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 81 - Pyntin the Been, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
adin glesses an peerin at the envelope, 'it's fae the Cooncil. They on page 8

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
in ma pooch fur the back o an envelope. I ay cairriet a bittie paper on page 51

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - The Bigger Hoose, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
avish's desk fan she spied an envelope on the fleer. It wisna sealed on page 106

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
in fit I am thinkin." Fin the envelope wis opened Jonsar Eck an the
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
orse hair sent tae them in an envelope wi the time an place o the ce
1 matches

Devlin, Edwin The School Dentist 1969, (Facebook 2020) Doric, prose
handed Mengele a broon sealed envelope, right son said he give this
e the classroom , ah held the envelope up tae ane of the corridor wi
e ah kept lookin at the broon envelope and afore I kent it I was at
ds on her peenie and took the envelope she tore it open read it and
z that’s fit it said in the envelope and so aff we went me and mam
5 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
- hiv a keek aat the michty envelope they sent it in! Fits the D(2018) search twitter

@Franwella tweeted
xt ma as soon as ye open that envelope the morn. Wonder if yer mithe(2011) search twitter

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
da box, an dan noticed a new envelope among da wrappin paper. Shü on page 25
m alang, an haandit Bertie an envelope. 'Dis is just a peerie someth on page 74
in da thin pale blue air mail envelope, wi da boannie stamps ipo him on page 77

3 matches

Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
te you handed over that brown envelope on a Friday to the boss, that(2020) search twitter

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
face Maisie an handed hir an envelope. "I daen ma best fur the boy, on page 8
A large envelope was fillt wi muisic scores an on page 31

2 matches

Ulster Scots Agency Ulster Scots Census, (census.gov.uk 2021) Ulster, government
thin) in tha poast uisein tha envelope we gien ye, or ye can fill
thin) in tha poast uisein tha envelope we gien ye, or ye can fill
poast uisein tha fur-naethin envelope we gien ye.
Gin ye hae loast yer envelope, plaise sen bak til:
4 matches