Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

horn	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	19.7	18	25.6	39.7	11.6	20.7	13.3
Number of occurrences	63	35	17	4	2	2	3
Number of authors	42	23	9	4	2	2	3

Occurrences of horn 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

Crichton, Tam Lallans 84 - Ower the Faem Pairt Twa: Doon the Watter, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
a michty blast on his battle horn. on page 58
efer that. Whit ye need is a horn o mead an a lassie. We canna on page 60

2 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
n the receivin end ae the fog horn. His calm is almost unsettlin on page 52

1 matches

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
Then he heard the huntsman's horn on page 11

1 matches

Donaldson, Gordon Lallans 90 - Echty-Echt, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
he petrol. Dagmar, the french-horn player, she was fain eneuch, on page 36

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 70 - A Bannock Day’s Pley for Thrie Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, script
atwein hir lugs but what the horn-spuin pits i the heid. She's on page 48

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
door o the store-hoose wi her horn and aw the animals stairtit t on page 6

1 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
ters - recently pit ta¢ the horn for their beliefs, an hidin n on page 26
Bothwell an were pit tae the horn) he wis nae rebel. He shuid g on page 41

2 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
tt, wis watchin wi his muckle horn at the tap end of the Rainbow on page 14

5 matches

Ross, Derek Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
A horn's blast, a battle cry, sense on page 201

1 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 81 - Fower Australian Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Dollar, poetry
A ship's horn blast skelps his ears. on page 18

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Frae a torrid clime abuin the Horn o Afric shores, on page 135

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
David toots the horn twice, and Maw's face disappe on page 2

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 67 - Clash fae Cauld Hill, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
Haun gruppin a rabbit-horn bowe on page 39

1 matches

Hershaw, William Eemis Stane 1 - The Laverock’s Nest, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
china tea tassie or a warked horn spuin. But the fermer saw whi on page 18

1 matches

White, Ian Nimmo Lallans 73 - Whit credit crunch, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
Lik a horn daft jennie-lang-legs, on page 51

1 matches

Tindal, Betty Lallans 73 - Mither, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
wi the bulbous rubber horn; on page 58

1 matches

Law, John Lallans 56 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
tree. A muckle waa. A cruikit horn. A snake. A flag hung oot. Th on page 4

1 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 63 - Auld plain Scottis, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
ae be awthegither pit tae the horn. Vocabular at’s like tae be
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Whae Were the Pechts, (Dig It Scotland 2023) Central, prose
n old ass and drinking from a horn
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
an they’re off, beepin the horn an bangin the doors an roof a
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Guru an Zander, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
The van’s horn blastin at me brings ma atten
He blasts his horn again an does his ain bit ay
2 matches

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
door o the keep-hoose wi her horn and aa the craiturs begoud he
aed pentit on it a huif and a horn in white. This wis ran up the
o Britain, while the huif and horn proportit the futur Republic
3 matches

DaibhidC Moa an the tynt sun, (archiveofourown.org 2016) Central, prose
the lamp frae the door on the horn o the billie-gait, fillt his
the lamp daeing on the gait's horn?"
2 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
car driver done wis peep the horn in his car tae lol (2021) twitter link
rudolph gees ee a dose oh the horn lol (2020) twitter link

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 85 - The Clash o the Titans, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
hip in a fog, jist blaain his horn an hopin ti Goad there wis na on page 58

1 matches

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
ooches, humps an trunks Wi ae horn, files, or twa There's beasts on page 15

1 matches

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
hi injin's eit wurket thi fog horn, fin er weis fog ov coarse. A on page 5
an fyle fowk weis tooten ther horn's, a laad roart oot, "Chuk et on page 64
view Road, so 'a' press't thi horn, an aat didna wurk, so a wun on page 65

7 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 79 - The Tattiebogle, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
aist he looked at me ower his horn-rimmed glaisses an said: "Tho on page 14

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
g tae tell the Unicorn by his horn. on page 95
ae proggit him throwe wi your horn, ye ken." on page 97

2 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
nsar Eck took the bull be the horn an, went intae
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
Here's tae horn
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat If I Catch Ye I'll Eat Ye, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
e nearly forgot the gunpooder horn in aa the hash but he mind ab
1 matches

Devlin, Edwin The School Dentist 1969, (Facebook 2020) Doric, prose
t ,there was a nurse there wi horn rimmed glasses and a hairy mo
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
g Street lights fa beeped his horn hinmaist nicht aat me fur bid(2017) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Ah'll toot me horn tae mak them jump afore I mow on page 7

1 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
turns ~ an thay see hid black horn brakkan gowd, hulk looman owe on page 25

1 matches

Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
, aal excited. Mr Dursley wis horn mad tae see that a couple o t
1 matches

Harris, Jane Me Laand, (Orkney Heritage Society 2010) Orkney, poetry
Horn mad.
1 matches

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
- Oot biwast da Horn o Papa on page 31

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
blaa'in on da horn. Da shaste is furious. on page 62

1 matches

Southern

Tindal, Betty Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
yon queer twistit horn. on page 155

1 matches

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
ing ma auld man playin French Horn fur Northern Sinfonia durin t(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Wi stealy horn ait dunteth me on page 48

1 matches

Mc Donnell, John Joogins, (no publisher recorded 2020) Ulster, prose
m beck in an gyed Mae a crame horn as weel as tha dandy an beano
1 matches

Stewart, Kenny The Bread Van, (Facebook 2020) Ulster, poetry
The horn would get a little peep peep
1 matches