A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

esther Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words15.6 3.1 0 0 0 0 194.7
Number of occurrences506 0 0 0 0 44
Number of authors4 3 1

Occurrences of esther in Corpus

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Central

Pyper, Hugh S. The Five Scrolls, (Handsel Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1912052790) Central, poetry
es) wi the Fest o Bothies, an Esther wi Purim. on page viii

2 matches

Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
ew up wi, she wis ages wi oor Esther, aw the big folk said she wis on page 46

1 matches

Chalmers, Aimee Lallans 59 - Joukene Poukerie, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Fife, prose
“Esther! Esther Young! Get aff my bike!”
“Thief’! Esther Young’s taen my bike!”
2 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
"I'm Esther," come the croose voice. "Est on page 1
Esther was mair skitterie than hir l on page 2
s as weel fur some," repeated Esther, glencin at the epple tart an on page 3
"Tam," said Esther. "He teuk care o me, Mrs Gour on page 4
Maisie had taen Esther tae be in hir late twenties, on page 5
Also on pages 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
44 matches

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