A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

marriage Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.7 6.2 4.5 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences1512 3 0 0 0 0
Number of authors14 11 3

Occurrences of marriage 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
first acquisition, the first marriage, the on page 18

2 matches

Burnett, Mikey nobody remembers the birdman - It's Ladle, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
us yin day settlin doon tae a marriage and hayin bairns. A period ae on page 34

1 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
bel Weir, the blessed joys of marriage - then endow her with the po on page 43

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
Prepare the royal marriage-bed: Princess Yolanta waits. on page 6

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
erra defineetion o an abusive marriage. on page 102

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
o ma life. Love's blind, but marriage is the eye-opener. Maybe if a on page 51

1 matches

Niven, Liz Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
hochts an obsessions till the marriage strains unner the wecht o it. on page 87

1 matches

Geraghty, Martin The Pusher, (TheCommonBreath.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
an theirs nae longer in it. A marriage deid in the watter.
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
e to marry.” “An arranged marriage?” she sayed, haurdly
1 matches

@bigandymccoll tweeted
a neice re-working her recent marriage in Thailand fer those like me (2022) twitter link

@LowEndJardo tweeted
nniest qoute about his failed marriage n dunkin on him got him on qu (2021) twitter link

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
William Blake: The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
1 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - Beggerey’s Greenhoose, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
believe that the Beggerey’s marriage wis as sound as his fantastic
1 matches

TheChielMeister Oatcakes 'n' Cheese, (youtube.com 2009) Doric, poetry
Thir's a marriage made in heaven with the cheee
1 matches

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