A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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romance Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words12.2 12.9 10.6 29.8 11.6 0 8.9
Number of occurrences3925 7 3 2 0 2
Number of authors24 14 5 1 2 2

Occurrences of romance in Corpus

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Central

Robson, Frances Lallans 85 - What Kind Of Scots?, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, poetry
romance an rebellion aw thegither. on page 9

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
Eichteen-nineteen: the new romance? Nae lunatic at the tiller, on page 12

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
"Aye, True Romance in the four 'o cloack at, Kem on page 39
an that hoarse ae yours, True Romance." In light ae the fact ah wis on page 41
Deer Hunter. Oor hoarse, True Romance, hus started the race well an on page 42

3 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
r first thocht wis tae pick a romance written fur quinies at schuil on page 9

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
We nae chance o any romance on page 71

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom Lallans 59 - Leids and Lieder: Walcome ti Helvetiscots, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
h, as its name suggests, is a Romance-based leid; ti an ootsider it on page 5

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
us-wingit craturs o Victorian romance; they are weel-kennt fer bein on page 29
Days in Athens, a philosophic romance that showit her colours. In i on page 124

2 matches

Matheson, Ann Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
arner) in the canon. Houever, romance an moralisin anecdote mak up on page 90

1 matches

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
Does yer thochts no turn tae romance? Does the drink no mak ye fri on page 43

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
· Romance
Romance
2 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Deid Come Nevermas, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
haed haen a muckle infusion o Romance vocabular efter the Norman in
1 matches

Donovan, Anne Not Scotland, (Edinburgh International Book Festival 2010) Central - Glasgow, prose
is haund. ‘Aw, nice tae see romance isnae deid.’
1 matches

Smith, Jamie Effeirin tae the formal: Laitinate lendwirds in Scots, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
the naitur o Latinate (or ‘Romance’) lendwirds in Scots, wirds
cots speaker, consíders thir Romance wirds tae be English, or at l
I’v leukit up the skaired Romance lendwirds we’r speakin aboo
like Scots haes eneuch direct Romance lendwirds for us no tae hae t
4 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth For the fat romantics, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
e restaurants ‘designit fir romance’ their tables set wi cloots
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Sharks, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
let it be said, there’s nae romance tae be found in lyin oan yer
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 176, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
that the buik's no wantin for romance. It's a story whaur love shaw
1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
Romance is deid
lorist Thur’s some that say romance is deid Bit them thit says th
2 matches

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
That romance is far fae deid on page 15

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
in himsel as a sidden swall o romance bubbled up inside him. "Wi ma on page 18

1 matches

Thom, Bill The Quait Chiel, (Tapsalteerie 2013 ISBN: 9780992663100) Doric - Banff, poetry
Thi look o ye's like young romance, on page 20

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
ROMANCE
1 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
Weel the romance lested a lang time. (A lot la
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
he fire an read a buik, a wee romance, tae while awa the oors.
1 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
and starry and I fancied some romance. on page 29
r barren croft or hin a great romance. on page 35
when he set his mind on a new romance, on page 77

3 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
y," Brian joined in, "Dir nae romance crubbit up shooder tae shoode on page 38

1 matches

Watt, Valerie A daander trowe Michaelswood, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
en Muttontief interrupted wir romance.
1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
uneventful, the onlie hint o romance a fleetin yin efter the weddi on page 24

1 matches

Bennett, Hazel Tha Near Cut, (Ullans Magazine 2001) Ulster, prose
nlicht nicht. A hae a souch o romance. Wull we gae fer a rin,” se
1 matches

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