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

invisible Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words13.7 19 4.5 19.9 5.8 0 4.4
Number of occurrences4437 3 2 1 0 1
Number of authors28 22 3 1 1 1

Occurrences of invisible 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

Robertson, James Naebody'd Seen Him, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
at wis true mibbe he could be invisible, mibbe he on page 18

1 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
e falls.n lies back, wavin an invisible white flag. A turn roon laugh on page 20

1 matches

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
For tae jine the choir invisible. on page 6

1 matches

Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
An thae defaut poseetions mak invisible the underleein assumptions to on page 33

1 matches

Grace, Reyzl Eemis Stane 2 - Late Efternuin in the Hermitage, (Eemis Stane 2023) Central, poetry
daurna titch her, no hen the invisible cordon o the signs, on page 6

1 matches

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
or rattons are invisible on page 20

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
Yince yur in this place that invisible Britain yae only hear whisper on page 123

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
The Invisible Man by H. G. Wells on page 12
strang and it felt as if toty invisible airms wi haunds on them were on page 159
een, and then the millions o invisible airms wi haunds on them were on page 168
ettin hot and millions o toty invisible haunds sterted raxin oot like on page 205
bein scrieved like that by an invisible haund. She drapped Wilfred on on page 214

6 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
INVISIBLE CHOCOLATE BARS FOR SCRANNIN I on page 137

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Thae invisible threids linking Scotland, on page 21

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
tic bein pulled up the wey by invisible haunds. on page 45

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
de, as if he had on a layer o invisible armour. "I've been up aw nich on page 96

1 matches

McDermid, Val The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - The Gowd Breeks, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
. They played at buttonin the invisible buttons and smoothin doon the on page 64

2 matches

Tindal, Betty Lallans 73 - The Scaffie Man’s Tale, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
Ah'm the invisible man. on page 112
h cam aff the drugs an became invisible Ah've been better able tae th on page 113

4 matches

Bolland, John A Chocolate Cowboy, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2008) Central, prose
thon silence o sensation and invisible colour, Ah heard it cross the
1 matches

Wilson, Rab Lallans 62 - Cormilligan, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, poetry
Thae invisible threids linkin Scotland,
1 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 62 - The Wee Tailor in the Haunted Kirkyaird, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, weans
r bluid on’t?” raired the invisible speirer.
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
agin this invisible pane.
1 matches

Clark, Thomas Scots an the smit: a language unner lockdoun, (Bella Caledonia 2020) Central - Bellshill, blog
e pavement, as if joukin some invisible obstruction. Hale hoosehauds
1 matches

Meikle, William Overheard in a Cemetery, (ABCTales.com 2004) Central - Ayrshire, prose
noo, an' ah micht as weel be invisible for a' onybody cares.
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Sharks, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
in the dark, like the bastarn invisible man?’
1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
e Aphrodite stepped ontae her Invisible Clood an dandered doon tae Ea
nta’s forest, an parked her Invisible Clood richt afore Hippomenes.
2 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
d swallaed it. He chased an invisible flech aa ower hissel. She leu
heavy facial hair ... and the invisible things, I wonder - Rh-negati
2 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
a only defence tae combat the invisible enemy. Nixt ah scoop the plat
1 matches

@jack_capener tweeted
Luiks like he's pleyin a wee invisible pianae!(2019) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
nt me in the direction of the invisible man - any midlothian clubs r (2020) twitter link

Doric

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
a see me. I feel as gin I wes invisible, somewye- " on page 16

1 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 58 - Cyaard, the Tattie Doodle, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
sky wis quiet, tinklin wi an invisible power the one minute, then gr on page 118

1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
Wis gyan tae gie the invisible min a bosie bit ah cannae fin(2015) search twitter

Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
bites at the window frames - invisible, on page 3

1 matches

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
rutal future cops, slaves tae invisible on page 26

1 matches

Shetland

Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
the printed words are mostly invisible.’ Ah, bit you see, I cheati
1 matches

Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
a wie at maks oor story neir invisible. Hooiniver thaire's a on page 64

1 matches

Web Analytics