A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

photo Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words25.2 19.1 36.8 29.8 63.9 43.7 4.4
Number of occurrences7836 23 3 11 4 1
Number of authors31 8 13 3 4 2 1

Occurrences of photo in Corpus

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Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
til ah came acroass this auld photo ae me and Craigy. A snap take on page 185
a mugshot than a hert warmin photo. But nonetheless, ma mum seem on page 188

2 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
ade o card. Maw's still got a photo o me grinnin away, Snappy in on page 39

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 56 - In The Classroom, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
e Principal Teacher. Syne the photo-copier had broken doun. He ha on page 37

1 matches

McClurg, Fernando Review: O is for Hoolet, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
o-is-for-hoolet-back-green-photo-by-irene-mcfarlane-lst163575
1 matches

@g_hibby tweeted
uraging him tae show his grub photo's, eat the grub, and say sorr (2023) twitter link

@gordimhor1 tweeted
ke that in Ballachulish, good photo though(2017) search twitter

@jax6754 tweeted
ericcolsen Please tell me you photo-shopped this! A want the curl(2014) search twitter
a tad early tae dae a Crimbo Photo shoot though! Hee hee!? xxx(2015) search twitter
ffBrazier @ollyofficial Fabby photo J! One day a might get tae me(2015) search twitter
ni You tae! Here's a peaceful photo a took and played bout with o(2017) search twitter
Playin aboot wi ma photo's today! Enjoy and happy week(2017) search twitter
and 1 other occurrences.

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
tonLoon @JakeSnakeDDT crackin photo guys (2020) twitter link
cGuire @BBCTravelScot amazing photo and always such a magical mom (2021) twitter link
pod @jslovechild guid tae c a photo of willie again - defo a big (2021) twitter link
@cjb1943 crackin photo m8 - caw canny n keep safe - (2020) twitter link
@CP_Sport cracking photo - all the best wee man (2020) twitter link
and 18 other occurrences.

Doric

Goodall, Phyllis J. Lallans 59 - Last May a Braw Wooer, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, newspaper
t they gid's the paper wi the photo! I could hardly believe sic a on page 94

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
terneen. Jonsar Eck wid tak a photo, bit the sin wis ahin a
auld glory an Jonsar got his photo. He wis happy an pleased
2 matches

Gray, Kath Lallans 63 - Aikey Brae Fair – 1962, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
We forgot tae ging back for e photo o the monkey, Can we ging e m
1 matches

Ritchie, John Fishin in the Findhorn, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
gave it tae ma didie to tak a photo. A lifted it up and it was qu
t being my second ane a got a photo with it a didna bother pickin
2 matches

Harvey, Lewis Crash, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
jist wish a could hiv takin a photo o thon wifie’s fizzog! It w
1 matches

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
every time she gings near the photo o ma Dydie in the livin room.
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
vver saw her glance up at the photo on the waa o twa bonny laddie
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
e piece abeen the Aga tae the photo o her father an mither’s wa
sigh and looked at the ither photo showin a bonny lassie in her
wiz far mair critical o this photo, though, thinkin that the las
wiz a service record. The wee photo at the left hand side showed
4 matches

Hutchison, Pat Angels Ten, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
she got gye upset. She teen a photo fae her handbag an showed it
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
ittie at Victoria Park, grand photo but Twitter winnae let me sha(2016) search twitter
e gie oot a present an take a photo. https://t.co/gNJHVmsfYe(2017) search twitter
he latest pet portrait from a photo by Mrs Doric Phrases. The can(2018) search twitter
Ah wis gyan tae share this photo wi ye until ma naughty wifie (2019) search twitter

@72redz1903 tweeted
RosenYes : At the moment that photo of No 10 was taken, I was in (2021) twitter link

@daleser23 tweeted
ater047 i just tweeted u that photo aboot 10 minutes ago(2013) search twitter

@Franwella tweeted
@aimeeannenaylor eh fit photo??(2013) search twitter

@fittiecrooners tweeted
'll just hae a pint, fuck the photo!(2016) search twitter

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
erÂ’s green. Robert Fergusson Photo: JF https://t.co/BESm5ABfAs (2020) twitter link

Orkney

Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Knitting, books a photo? on page 44

1 matches

Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
I Graduation photo - God wis that me? on page 43

1 matches

@peediepuss tweeted
k8sbd @kirstyyfranklin Post a photo o a Bonxie wae a random seabi(2020) search twitter

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
er. Inside da first ane wis a photo o her an Robert, an Sarah, wi on page 24
cidentally" spilt egg ower da photo o da cooncillor i da Shetland on page 25
¼ said, as shü kissed Toby's photo, "bit noo I hae ta look eftir on page 28
foo lang I sat, lookin at da photo fae my haandbag, wi da taers on page 58
d ta my dochter, as I pat her photo gently back in my bag. Dan I on page 59

5 matches

De Luca, Christine Lallans 58 - seiven poems bi Christine de Luca, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
I see instead a photo o a man at wöre his lear lic on page 19

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
is bön set fur da photo. Yet I see your knees on page 100

1 matches

@tattooedselkie tweeted
Forgot dat I took dis photo o da sun settin ower Aberdeen(2021) search twitter

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
@johncrieffy getting da cover photo :-) #britishwildlife #Shetlan(2017) search twitter
@ShetlandWild my best photo o wir encounter wi da orca. N(2017) search twitter
arjoleinR @CloudAppSoc lovely photo o noctilucent clouds in Shetl(2020) search twitter

Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
ae maitter o fack, wei hed ae photo o Tammy, (whae walkit wi the
or. A think ma muther gaed at photo tae Yid Nichol, fur his keepi
2 matches

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
seery_o Sorry forget to put a photo in, whit an eejit of me! ?? h(2020) search twitter
tae ken and see that powerful photo? ???? https://t.co/FgaSGQGwRu(2020) search twitter

Ulster

@Angelinekking tweeted
ould ye no get a mair daicent photo o yersel wi yer book than tho(2020) search twitter