A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Concordance

Use in varieties of Scots

Occurrences of machines in Corpus

Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
eird. Mibbe somethin fae they machines. Johnny, back again, didnae k on page 1

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
wo. Luckily fur me though the machines huv never appealed. Fuck that on page 28
h yae cannae quite blame thum machines or the drugs fur sendin him o on page 35
o looks tae see if any ae the machines are vacant. on page 38
m gontae jump oan yin ae they machines. Speak tae yae later, man." on page 39
e a figure wired up tae these machines. Withoot inspectin any furthe on page 179

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
hat ah wis in that 'fas heart machines an monitors an big high beds on page 151

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Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
The lums stapped warkin, the machines stapped birlin, and fae then on page 19
ted. "Listen! Ye can hear the machines! They're aw birlin again! And on page 20
s were sizzlin, and unco airn machines were clankin and splooterin, on page 100

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Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Perjink, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927565) Central, weans
he air wis fu o sheeny fleein machines shaped like doughnuts that fl on page 8

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Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
in on this job,' he said, 'is machines... mechanical shools. We'll h on page 21
in, and Boonce the uther. The machines were baith bleck. They were c on page 22
is noo a ramstam race on, the machines agin the tods. At the stert, on page 24
Efter aboot an oor, as the machines chacked awa mair and mair ear on page 25
But by dennertime the machines were aye at it and sae were t on page 26
Also on pages 27, 28
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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
kyline, but the flashin games machines wur sommat else. The only int on page 31

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Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
for the lord o machines on page 76

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Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
sie boits. The curmur o enorm machines an fanners
frae hiz captioun, he set the machines seistems ti tak
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Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
ome fae a forrit time in time machines, as some haes suggestit? Or i
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Robertson, Colin Lallans 81 - Wildlaw, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
nse, kis we nou hae sae monie machines an devices an mukkil kennin a
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Marenich, Margaret Lallans 76 - The Factory, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
dunt-dunt-duntin o the ither machines in the
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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 59 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central, newspaper
e better organised. Speakin o machines, lat’s drap the Editorial p
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@raiphsays tweeted
icol Naw! They dinnae use any machines, just a scrapy hing an pittin(2020) search twitter

Doric

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
o the machines. on page 3

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Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
interestit. An, onywye, me an machines nivver agree - they'v myns o on page 51

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Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
ee find a number o bathan-machines in e sea, some bairns diggan on page 20

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Hutchison, Pat The Tabby Sooker, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
d degaussed me in een o their machines tae reverse the magnetic fiel
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Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
wirds aboot washin machines that broke doon. His da lay o
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Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
machines lukkan eftir Lights, an than on page 15
an solder intae machines, missan the clashan, thinkan on page 16
n oors. Sheu lillilus tae her machines, her aald face in ivry gless on page 45

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Grieve, Issy Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
O men and machines trachle and fail on page 113

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Shetland

De Luca, Christine Dodie's Phenomenal Pheesic, (Shetland For Wirds 2008) Shetland, weans
PERWHITE FOR AUTOMATIC WISHIN-MACHINES. DIRT, hit said, ’LL DISAPP
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Southern

@jamie_ginger tweeted
owing oot the top o yin o the machines.chemicals involved so sitting(2012) search twitter

Ulster

Gillen, Charles Whun A’ The Kye Had Names, (Ullans Press 2005) Ulster, poetry
All coorse machines dae al’ that noo, an’ can
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