Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

muscle	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	9.1	12.9	3	0	0	0	8.9
Number of occurrences	29	25	2	0	0	0	2
Number of authors	18	14	2				2

Occurrences of muscle 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

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
cIntires think he's tryin tae muscle in n they tan him a beaut. Bi on page 9

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Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
Fae Muscle Clauchan, Stanefauld, Craigie on page 11

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
see that Bruce husnae moved a muscle. He's been sat there in the h on page 162
himself though. He's goat his muscle wae him tae. There should be on page 181
s at the back ae the bar. His muscle lappin up the attempts ae pis on page 182
His muscle sniggers. But they're quickly on page 183

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
the knees her cauf-muscle bulged like grapefruits insid on page 106

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
r the whale uisin naethin but muscle pouer tae get at the baist. A on page 40
aft had made him a mountain o muscle an nou it wis aw turnin tae f on page 60

2 matches

Dornan, Stephen Eemis Stane 1 - Lees an Crams, or Ossian on the Death of Cuchullin, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, poetry
Inablow his oxster through muscle an bane on page 22

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
sive shooders were hotchin wi muscle. His een were bleezin yella w on page 8

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McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
an that muscle in her neek on page 40
an tryin tae muscle in. on page 68

2 matches

Donovan, Anne Not Scotland, (Edinburgh International Book Festival 2010) Central - Glasgow, prose
. He was a wee guy, packed wi muscle;
1 matches

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
those steroids ah take fur ma muscle problem huv done me the world
experiencing is the result of muscle and bone inflammation caused
2 matches

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
Earth, cudna thole it. Ivery muscle in her body wis pouin her tow
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McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Sport, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
’ your lungs, he’rt an’ muscle tae train!
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
r an mair painfully intae her muscle. In the en he wis forced tae
juist wintit thaim for thair muscle pooer - which wad certes be
thick-craigit, thick-heided, muscle-bound alpha male. Whan she ca
. Bit quhan they saw aal that muscle comin at thaim,
4 matches

Bennett, Peter Arabian Monkfish (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
ers, a too-tight Judas Priest muscle t-shirt, showin aff a multitu
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
ee that Bruce husnae flexed a muscle. The day’s excitement hus c
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@Chazzbat tweeted
Tightening and relaxing each muscle group? Listening to relaxatio(2020) search twitter

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"At's aa muscle." He punched a han against is on page 20

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
, that hid lost the claddin o muscle and flesh. Noo, he wis aa gir on page 51

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Ulster

King, Angeline Untitled, (twitter 2021) Ulster - Larne, poetry
) Even when ah tore thon calf muscle ah was niver stuck for a yarn
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@Angelinekking tweeted
st night ended in a torn calf muscle. I'm off the feet for 4-6 wee(2020) search twitter