Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

films	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	12.2	11.8	18.1	0	11.6	10.3	4.4
Number of occurrences	39	23	12	0	2	1	1
Number of authors	27	16	7		2	1	1

Occurrences of films in Corpus

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Central

Shepherd, J. Barrie Lallans 82 - Glenluce Abbey , (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
frae records, films, ither chaunce encoonters. on page 56

1 matches

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
sittin aboot aw day, watchin films an that; ah need tae get a jo on page 59

2 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
An thon o us whae love wir films will on page 24

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
snae yin ae those Walt Disney films we were makin here. Yae ken t on page 22
They cheesy Disney films set at high school alweys mak on page 185

2 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
it, like the gangsters in the films. on page 26

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
o the day his regularly shown films o sic testes leed tae Pairlia on page 56

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
in, nor did the wireless, nor films, on page 10

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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
hildcare an be bairns' TV and films. Ae thing at sums it aa up, f on page 56

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Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
t should be. Ah like American films. Folk cannae hae ony pleasure on page 46

1 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 71 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
alleries an pictur-hooses, an films is bein baith shawn an made;
1 matches

Clark, Thomas Scots an the smit: a language unner lockdoun, (Bella Caledonia 2020) Central - Bellshill, blog
ed up tae be. Ye mind sílent films? Buster Keaton an that? Man,
1 matches

Donovan, Anne Buddha Da - Chapter 1 Anne Marie, (Canongate 2009 ISBN: 978-1847673459) Central - Glasgow, prose
y wan in the Laurel and Hardy films and starts tae scratch his ea
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ad get the allusions tae auld films. He flickit on past the spoke
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando The USA: Whit happened tae the Guid Guys?, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
om bydit strang. Sustained by films, official propaganda, a culti
Lifes o Ithers” an siclike films set i the dour, grim Communis
2 matches

Facebook link ( 2019) Central
... No the big yins ye see in films ... Thur frae Brazil. Shud ye

@DABArbuckle tweeted
in whackjob fae aw the horror films ever made, ye'd feenish up wa(2020) search twitter

@raiphsays tweeted
Arthur Oh a wul! A luv korean films an a huvnae seen at wan. Bit (2020) search twitter
ly, aw singin carols, watchin films taegevver an a braw dinner :D(2020) search twitter

@LairnScots tweeted
cannae comment oan Star Trek films Ah'm afraid. Ye'll need tae a (2019) twitter link
o ony other iconic lines fae films that should be translatit int (2019) twitter link

Doric

Uri, Antonia North East filmmakker feart for the futur o Doric, (Doric Future 2019) Doric, blog
is warkin on a series o Doric films aboot the cultur o the North
ill tak on the task o creatin films aboot ither local areas sic a
As weel as makin films, Jill has her ain Doric YouTu
3 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
veesitors. Brian hid gien him films o Gracelan an Elvis an dolphi
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Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
Mabel loved tae watch her films on the vhs video. She’d got
baith o them loved Doris Day films an mony’s the nicht they sp
2 matches

Hutchison, Pat Angels Ten, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
o the kind ye see in aal war films. “Michty this wid dee ma fi
1 matches

@AMaxwell54 tweeted
ih Scots leid an' files maks films fur ih TV! (2020) twitter link

@72redz1903 tweeted
@Poorboy_stories Een o those films ye have tae watch, like Jaws, (2020) twitter link

@fittiecrooners tweeted
crap nowadays. Fars a yon gud films(2016) search twitter
Jist like yon Jaws films say - jist as ye thought it (2018) search twitter

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
asel, but loved keekin at the films. https://t.co/TK3olxEp4Z (2020) twitter link

Shetland

@shaetlan_rose tweeted
o looking forward to watching films, sessions with old pals, pick(2019) search twitter

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
@itsJuliaHardy What films yun? (2018) twitter link

Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
Scots channel, paper, exams, films etc. It's whit only language (2020) search twitter

Ulster

Gibson, Darren Oul money, (Ullans Magazine 2013) Ulster, prose
ir naethin bit wurds fae oul films an buiks. Bit tae oniebodie b
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