Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

refer	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	11.5	14.9	1.5	9.9	23.2	20.7	0
Number of occurrences	37	29	1	1	4	2	0
Number of authors	22	17	1	1	1	2

Occurrences of refer 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

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
Thay refer tae 1985 as "The Aulden Days" on page 35

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
specifick terminologies that refer tae Dundonians an Aiberdonian on page 50

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
Heggy decidet no tae refer me tae the heidy. Instead, be on page 169

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
And I refer dear lieges on page 31

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
le English: Scholars of Scots refer to the language of the period on page 15

2 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 61 - Glesca dialeck i the modren warld, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
self-deprecatin tendency tae refer tae Scots as slang was gey wi on page 9

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 56 - Cauld Kail Fae Embro, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
on Scotland's Parliament did refer to 'our cultural heritage'. T on page 121

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Higgs, Jo The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols, (berfrois 2022) Central - Edinburgh, prose
w the fancy ways Evans’ wid refer to his but ah willni. Ye’ll
by now that Nichols wid just refer to a hoose. Mibbe if pressure
ciously shiny meat cleaver ah refer to. Ah need it in ma possessi
3 matches

Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
ive intendit the document tae refer tae aw leids uised in Scotlan
1 matches

Robertson, Colin Lallans 81 - Wildlaw, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
rth Pachamama and Nicaraguans refer to her as Tonantzin.
1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
irheid, used by extension tae refer tae the fowk at bide there. T
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
"I do not refer to your Scots 'moose', of cou
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Whae Were the Pechts, (Dig It Scotland 2023) Central, prose
hich has lang been thocht tae refer tae the prattick o tattooin o
sles. Sinsyne, it has cam tae refer tae a group o fowk whae bidit
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 149, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
e in Scots sayin that when we refer tae the Mither Tung, "There's
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 117, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
ver heard sic impudence! I'll refer to him there, wha is an orra
1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit The Embra Greement, (Scots Language Centre 2012) Central, government
RA, the Scots Government will refer the
1 matches

Mackintosh, Henrietta A Tale o Twa Leids: Gaelic, Scots an smoorin wi luve, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
un an humour, she gaes on tae refer tae a ‘Scottish dialectal r
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 86, (self-published 2001) Central, newspaper
hin we dinna? They dinna e'en refer tae Scots at aw but invent an
1 matches

Smirnov, Kuzma , (Facebook 2015) Central, prose
is, thaim in Belarus (A dinna refer til Ukraine, 'cause ower the
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s Linguistic Landscape - Scots and Gaelic, (Translation Services 24 2022) Central, prose
that thir leids yaise fur tae refer tae theirsels - their endony
r, Scots speikers stertit tae refer tae their leid as Scottis ins
anither Scots endonym fur tae refer tae Scots, although it is mai
as noo nairraed in meanin tae refer anely tae north-east Scots.
4 matches

@IshbelMcF tweeted
roups. Mibbe 'deif person' to refer to a specific person who cann(2019) search twitter

@LairnScots tweeted
@Chazzbat Ah hink folk refer tae them as tattie-howkin or (2019) twitter link

Doric

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
, bonnie an brankie, seem tae refer tae buskit up finery. (2021) twitter link

Orkney

Hall, Simon W. Tae thee, or no tae thee?, (Brisk Northerly 2020) Orkney, blog
and Willa Muir continued tae refer tae one anither in their Orkn
1 matches

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
øsed insteid o nouns an dey refer tae bodies or things. Maist l on page 51
whaar hit doesna refer tae onythin in parteeclar. Fi on page 56
r it is emty an doesna really refer tae onythin). Dis isna fun on on page 85
rthaand øsed bi sum fokk tae refer tae da native on page 101

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Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
it hou Kate Tamson yaised tae refer tae J.D.Williams Mail Order C
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@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
roon Plook as in spot which I refer tae spot on git it? ????(2020) search twitter