A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

gay Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words20.9 22.1 27.1 9.9 5.8 10.3 13.3
Number of occurrences6743 18 1 1 1 3
Number of authors25 15 4 1 1 1 3

Occurrences of gay 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

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
the sands ir aw dry, he's as gay as a lark, on page 103

1 matches

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
The gay couple tryin tae haud hauns w on page 36

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
eh hope that eis no gay on page 101

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ead romantic. Ah love aw that Gay Gordons an Dashin White Serge on page 22
she thinks packed lunches are gay because Kelly Marie said they on page 28
t's cause Christmas cards are gay. Ah bought Charlene a ring fu on page 39
ty, she said, It's aw the wee gay folk an the primary punters t on page 50
rsty's a V.L. then ah'm a big gay. Then he on page 71
Also on pages 73, 143, 152, 156, 157, 158, 159, 169
26 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
telt them that the Prince wis gay an wisna needin a wife. Gie h on page 79

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
man' after discoverin he wis gay. on page 26
und high school that Kate wis gay after she got a fail o a pixi on page 28

3 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
our landscapes, so lovely and gay on page 32

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - The Gowden Gate Til Samarkan, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, poetry
e-chynes, wrocht for Lordlins gay. on page 32

1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
sgow, means hair-brained in a gay and flippant way’. Tae finn
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 176, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
ld view nor her sophisticatit gay brither that flittit tae Lond
1 matches

Muir, Glenn The Truth Will Out, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, prose
lly lees, pretending he isnae gay. Naebody wha loves housework
1 matches

Geraghty, Martin 378, (TheCommonBreath.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ke he’s been told to do the Gay Gordons with the girl with th
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Maitland Quarto and Poem 49, (wee-windaes.nls.uk 2021) Central, prose
wimmen’s – no tae mention gay – equality, richts and repr
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Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s Linguistic Landscape - Scots and Gaelic, (Translation Services 24 2022) Central, prose
¦lɪk/] in Scotland - and no GAY-lik [/ˈɡeɪlɪk/], which re
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@alistairdunn tweeted
@Kerrboyd8 ye gay?(2013) search twitter

@PeoplesPoet77 tweeted
@jojodinks79 @star_welsh Nae Gay Gordons fir a wee while gorge (2022) twitter link

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
A nurse tae trade in gay Paree on page 15

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
e kin aye say 'at we're baith gay on page 82
GAY TIPPER on page 101
A'biddy wiz feelin' gay (feelin' gay) on page 118

14 matches

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
en e sands are all dry, he is gay as a lark, on page 100

1 matches

@McGoo1888 tweeted
than the lads...ended up in a gay shop in Zeebrugge...the gay c (2022) twitter link

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
nd twa that turned oot tae be gay. on page 43

1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
up dis fule notion at shü's gay, as dey caa it. I can feel da on page 17

1 matches

Southern

@cammyrudkin tweeted
@hornet_2011 aye gay ali....e want ti gan oot on a(2012) search twitter

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
he sands ir aal dry, hae's es gay es a lark, on page 104

1 matches

Ulster Scots Agency Ulster Scots Census, (census.gov.uk 2021) Ulster, government
Gay or Lesbian
1 matches

@OrangRuth tweeted
agentathcliath Thon Trees-are Gay is gonna try and make Snarlen(2017) search twitter

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