A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

mat Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.8 7.4 6.4 49.7 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences2414 4 5 1 0 0
Number of authors17 10 4 2 1

Occurrences of mat in Corpus

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Central

Robertson, James Precious and the Puggies, (Itchy Coo 2011 ISBN: 978-1845023324) Central, weans
s Precious lay on her sleepin mat, waitin on her faither tae co on page 47
ht, as she lay on her sleepin mat, she gaed ower in her heid wh on page 63
did, sittin up on her sleepin mat, wi her een open on page 64

3 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
e each other on the playgroup mat in the village hall. We've gr on page 7

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
gers dissecting a sodden beer-mat, on page 60

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
wipe yir feet on thi mat afore yi cum in. on page 36

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
pin aboot an playin the dance mat on the play station as if thi on page 150

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
sture, but ah'm no takin som~ mat like that aff a frail, old wu on page 48
Stella Marie, she'll say som. mat. Maybe ah'll say sommat. She' on page 116

2 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
bluid aa ower oor mat, on page 35

1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bools, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
smirks an ambles oer tae the mat full ay confidence. ‘Ah nee
1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 59 - Bellin the Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Ormiston, prose
ws her forrit aff the walcome mat. “You deif?” he spaeks th
pinglin whan ye staun on the mat,” he explains, an she catch
2 matches

@IshbelMcF tweeted
in! A want thon on a welcome mat. #FringeScots https://t.co/gh(2016) search twitter

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
n flat ower the cheers an the mat on page 15

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
o junk mail fanned oot on the mat an wanner fae room te room, p on page 78

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
gry, he wad hae etten a hairy mat, an Snochrie the Snawman’s
1 matches

@fittiecrooners tweeted
My rave scene wis walking the mat doon Union St in 1962 but I k(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
erbox and plopped doon on the mat. on page 9
Scrubs the gutter aff the mat. on page 23
bonny picters and I got a new mat in a sale. on page 58
cover and me bonny brand-new mat! on page 59

4 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Berns sit on a clippie mat afore the sluggish paet fire, on page 117

1 matches

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
d'. Da wird fir maet is still mat ithin on page 103

1 matches

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