A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

fourteen Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words14.2 20.2 6.4 9.9 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences4438 4 1 0 0 1
Number of authors17 13 2 1 1

Occurrences of fourteen in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
roops our age. Three ae us ir fourteen n the other three ir fifteen on page 7
ng us anaw, huvin just turned fourteen. Pure perfume boy but a sound on page 8
unt, easy six fit two n aboot fourteen stone. Some ae the elder wans on page 21
iza. The ages range fae us at fourteen n fifteen, right tae eighteen on page 25

4 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ah only managed tae apply fur fourteen joabs this week instead ae th on page 119
coontable fur there only bein fourteen joabs in the area?" on page 126

2 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
teen is twenty-six, twa times fourteen is twentyeicht, twa times fif on page 64
'if ah asked ye tae multiply fourteen by nineteen . . . Naw, that's on page 67
Tak thon sum ye've jist done, fourteen times nineteen...' on page 68
l belloched, "Twa seevens are fourteen! Twa seevens are fourteen! Ah on page 142
unchbull. 'Say twa seevens is fourteen! Get a move on or ah'll stert on page 144

9 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
make up an they looked aboot fourteen. on page 37
when he wis younger. Thir wis fourteen ae them on page 60
fur the trials fur the Under Fourteen', fitba team after school the on page 66
Chapter Fourteen on page 79
t got the maist cards: he got fourteen. Ah knew wan ae them wis fae on page 111
Also on pages 117, 133, 169
10 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Rompin hame at fourteen tae wan o it, on page 3758
Ah worked wi ma faither fir fourteen year, on page 81

2 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
en ye get tae aboot twelve or fourteen, you'll no be able tae see it on page 75

1 matches

Calderwood, Lynsey Lallans 68 - Barlinnie Gradyooits, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
it wisnae until ah wis aboot fourteen that ah fun oot Brij A Weer w on page 41

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
and didna come oot again for fourteen days and fourteen nichts. on page 33

2 matches

Macdonald, Amy Evelynn and Peter, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Ayr, prose
e wi Alzheimer’s, it houses fourteen others an now Evelynn. It’s
1 matches

Handy, Robbie Forked Tongues, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Dunfermline, blog
From de fourteen century –
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
wean Pearcey. Ticket sais yer fourteen.’ an he hauns him the ticke
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
The fourteen passengers sut up again, haud
i the doctor. They were aboot fourteen, Bill guessed. Twins, Wu-Yun
Beatrice guessed thirteen or fourteen.
3 matches

@iainnicol tweeted
@danielhowdon Sorry. Fourteen fecking days.(2020) search twitter

Doric

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
fourteen year auld an he wis giein his
bage won first prize. (It wis fourteen pound)
2 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
on of Kineddart. She was only fourteen at the time but it was much a
’s ransom as there wiz only fourteen o them iver minted. His uncle
2 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
n there, he saa an offer on a fourteen-inch TV. on page 25

1 matches

Ulster

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
It cost fourteen pun an a fiver a week, on page 56

1 matches

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