A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

pict Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.7 4.1 1.5 0 0 0 26.6
Number of occurrences158 1 0 0 0 6
Number of authors8 4 1 3

Occurrences of pict in Corpus

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Central

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
s. Bit Sigurd didna trust the Pict sae he tuik eichtie men, twa on page 14

2 matches

Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
' ve can see some richt bonny pict'res as weel. The bairns'll la on page 6
warked there, an' look at the pict'res in them. They showed ye a on page 10
wi wool while He wis oot? Ony pict'res ye see o' Him, He's jist on page 12

4 matches

Douglas, Ashley Whae Were the Pechts, (Dig It Scotland 2023) Central, prose
‘Pict’ comes fae the Roman nemme
1 matches

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
rianR199 @19Mcculley She’s a pict tae ???(2020) search twitter

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
elt wi a chiel on his back. A Pict, fowk said he wis. Foo it cam
1 matches

Ulster

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
In pictér-hoose, boys! bak-raa sate! on page 2
Brave pictér-maps ye hae iz drew, on page 21

2 matches

Ni Chuilin, Caral Roadin furtae Bring Forrits an Graith tha ULSTER-SCOTCH Leid, Heirskip an Cultur, (Mannystrie o Fowkgates, Airts an Aisedom 2015) Ulster, government
haes an ootlat throch leevin pictèrs an fillums. Tha USSF mint on page 38
5.8 Figger 3 gies a pictèr o tha trokin atween tha Ro on page 57

2 matches

Ulster Scots Agency Ulster Scots Census, (census.gov.uk 2021) Ulster, government
t iverie 10 yeir an gies us a pictèr o aa tha fowk an hoosehaud
t iverie 10 yeir an gies us a pictèr o aa tha fowk an hoosehaud
2 matches

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