A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Intro a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Texts Writers Statistics Top200 Search Compare

Concordance

Enter a word to find all occurrences of, for example ablow

- pre-sorted concord - post-sorted concord - map and chronology - chronogrid - similar spellings - fine-grain concord -

Use in varieties of Scots

facebook Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words18.1 16 33.6 19.9 17.4 0 0
Number of occurrences5630 21 2 3 0 0
Number of authors29 18 7 2 2

Occurrences of facebook 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

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
ried 'social media', Twitter, Facebook an aw the ithers, Nou, A thit on page 50

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
s the Scots Language Forum on Facebook - whaur fowk will be gled ta on page 49

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
'Leanne started this oan Facebook, and you wurnae slow in likin on page 33
d a picture o ma teachers oan Facebook before bed tonight. Someone a on page 37
efter Leanne attacked us oan Facebook,' ah say. on page 46
post aboot whit happened oan Facebook so everyone knows Isla lied a on page 78
e give the Clan an inevitable Facebook stalk now there's even more w on page 90

7 matches

Steele, Gregor Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
Ye share things ye see on Facebook, on page 17

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Yes Nae Mair, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Bellshill, blog
he same thing wis happenin on Facebook an Twitter, fowk heapin mair
1 matches

Clark, Sara Indyref 2: Aulder, Wiser, Kinder, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
n awkward message exchange on Facebook aboot hou she wis votin. Sad
re-added ma No voting pal on Facebook, for stairters, but the bigge
2 matches

Campbell, Karen Gie it laldy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Glasgow, blog
. It’s how fowk kick aff on Facebook and torment on Twitter, A thi
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Pet-gilante, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, prose
We werenae daft, the likes o Facebook wis ok for finding oot whit t
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Wee Roge Boobs, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
’ Jinty A few years ago oan Facebook. When A reminded her o’ the
1 matches

Geddes, Jenny Fling the creepie in January, (McRenegade.Scots 2018) Central, blog
So, I wis doon aon Facebook the ither day, lookin’ tae
ns. Boy wis ah sorely abused. Facebook. Social media? Aye right. Itâ
2 matches

Puchowski, James Frae Norrowa ower the faem, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
rs moliganterin on Twitter an Facebook that support for the Scots Gr
1 matches

Macdonald, Ileene Fit’s it aa aboot?, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
A hale new media has emerged. Facebook an Twitter played their pairt
1 matches

Wallace, Lorna Tae A Selfie, (lornalouwriting.wordpress.com 2014) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
(Oan takin’ a hunner fur Facebook an’ postin’ when pished).
1 matches

@alistairdunn tweeted
ing articles fae years ago on facebook telling us it's going tae be (2014) search twitter

@jack_capener tweeted
Lug in the nicht at 7pm oan facebook livestream! https://t.co/iucB(2020) search twitter

@jax6754 tweeted
! Me bad forgot tae check yir facebook page!...an there it is! Thank(2014) search twitter
ffBrazier I'm away across tae facebook tae find oot whit yir tryin t(2015) search twitter
ut this video oan "twitter or facebook" as ma brain canae dae "peris(2016) search twitter
e, an please can you post tae facebook so a can watch later oan plee(2016) search twitter

@LairnScots tweeted
d yet? Ye can watch oan their Facebook, Twitter or YouTube. It's oan (2020) twitter link

@ThonJacobite tweeted
ak questions oan this oan his Facebook comedy show next week?!(2021) search twitter
gie Ross tonight oan his wee 'Facebook phone in' if he's delighted a(2021) search twitter

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Ronnie's Facebook Fiasco on page 50
s Stevie typit awa an his new Facebook page cam up on the screen. on page 52
v ye actually get pals on ess Facebook thing" speert Ronnie, leenin on page 54
"Ye hivna bin on aat Facebook fir the last twa days, hiv ye on page 55
less like her Facebook photie. Aye, he thocht, ye re on page 60
Also on pages 62
11 matches

Ritchie, John Fishin in the Findhorn, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
on ma face this is geeing on Facebook and snapchat and to send it t
1 matches

Wilson, Heidi and Isla Then and noo, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Keith, prose
I’ve got facebook, snapchat an Instagram,
1 matches

Uri, Antonia The birds an the bees, (Mak Forrit 2018) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
nae lang ago wrate a post on Facebook, tae remind fowk juist foo im
1 matches

Uri, Antonia Naewey tae bide, (Mak Forrit 2018) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
osands o fowk follaein him on Facebook, an ah ken for a fact that mo
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
Fit wye div twitter an facebook nae hiv a doric translate but(2014) search twitter
ialect and send it to folk on Facebook, Twitter, etc. and enjoy thei(2017) search twitter
ntit Facebuik! #Doric #Broke #Facebook https://t.co/hR3ji80Lpb(2018) search twitter
ower 3 thoosand followers on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram ye can (2020) search twitter

@Franwella tweeted
lor: @Franwella also reply on facebook please, I wrote on your wall;(2012) search twitter

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
@DoricPhrases Dinna dae Facebook onywy. Tein mi aboot a year t(2019) search twitter

Orkney

Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
text, I can email an post on Facebook. on page 135

1 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine The future of Scots, (https://www.opendemocracy.net/ 2015) Orkney, prose
n more Scots is publieshed on Facebook as i aa Scotland's presses to
1 matches

Shetland

@tattooedselkie tweeted
Me Facebook memories ir throwin up variou(2021) search twitter

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
seeing the lungworm photos on Facebook ?? Yesterday he turned a corn(2020) search twitter
have kept my noccers pics on Facebook. Dunna ken if twitter is read(2014) search twitter