A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

fabric Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.9 8.2 1.5 9.9 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences1916 1 1 0 0 1
Number of authors17 14 1 1 1

Occurrences of fabric in Corpus

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Central

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
s arse wigglin away under the fabric as it clings tae him in aw th on page 6

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Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
hreid tichtlie wiven inti the fabric o faimlie life. Yon wis her m on page 26

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Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
oot broke. Scratchy smelt the fabric softener in the rumpled duvet on page 1

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Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
becomin lost across the fabric o time on page 32

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Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Wi plenty fabric left for tae mak a flag tae f on page 45

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Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
language is biggit intae the fabric o oor haill culture. Nae lang on page 9

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
s over its mink collar, green fabric and pleated buttons. If naugh on page 54

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Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
The fabric isnae water-ticht.
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 147, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
pretendin tae be checkin the fabric, the lines
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Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part one of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
aze honin in oan the mound ay fabric ah’ve assembled roon masel.
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 174, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
a shaw aboot claes, claith an fabric an set designer Becky Minto h
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
t a gully, an they hackit the fabric free o the lines. Than they r
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grandeicedcoffees Do You Wanna Touch, (archiveofourown.org 2021) Central, prose
ma keks, ah kin feel the wet fabric against th’head. Ah buck up
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Niven, Liz Burnin Whins, (Luath 2004) Central, poetry
t up wi combs, thimbles, goun fabric.
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@Chazzbat tweeted
e wheel manually tae free the fabric, no yank it while the needle'(2020) search twitter
hat's a braw yin tae. Dis the fabric come wi the stitching pattern(2020) search twitter

Doric

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 58 - Cyaard, the Tattie Doodle, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
l, an the sky rippit like the fabric o a hussy's smock an the rain on page 118

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Orkney

@peediepuss tweeted
e the reek o Fulmar spow from fabric. This... https://t.co/G7LJeEu (2020) twitter link

Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
intae oor cultural fabric, fer example libraries, museu on page 672

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