Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

sails	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	12.2	12.3	6	39.7	29.1	10.3	4.4
Number of occurrences	39	24	4	4	5	1	1
Number of authors	25	16	2	2	3	1	1

Occurrences of sails 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

Wilson, Rab Lallans 82 - The Gowden Boat, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
The sails are happit wide, she glowers on page 15

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
. That'd pit some wind in his sails.' on page 1

1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
whae sails for Canada. on page 56

1 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
Ma mither mendit nets an sails. Ah ne'er kenned ma faither, on page 11
bench we laddies culd rax the sails fast gin Skaldie gied the wur on page 14

3 matches

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
eh? Ye'd huv the wind in yer sails an' afore ye kent it, ye'd be on page

1 matches

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
far he resembles the graceful sails o a colourful barque on page 43

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
sun (nor Hell?). He rides and sails Ti Scotland incognito, on page 9
An the ship that sails fir aye, that kens nae herbou on page 41

2 matches

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
a basebaw bat. The tangerine sails through the air towards me, i on page 174

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
Says thi guy wha sails thi boat on page 90
whar shi sets ir sails. on page 120

2 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
o the pinnace. Nou the extra sails were gey unwieldy an the boat on page 92

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
As it's filling sails depairt frae the strand, on page 19

1 matches

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
the sails wir saft as satin on page 32

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 67 - Andra’s Sang, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
Our graith in skelbs, our sails in duds, on page 50

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Lallans 62 - Cormilligan, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, poetry
As its fillin sails depairt frae the strand,
1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
The sails o the Athenian ship were blec
ed his faither tae chynge the sails tae white if he killt the Min
nge the colour o his ship’s sails; an his faither, miskennin by
3 matches

Muir, Glenn Lion Rampant, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
ention tuik the wind oot thir sails big time. Dave managed tae gr
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
an that tane the win oot his sails. Bit Bill filed the experienc
1 matches

@bigandymccoll tweeted
n the wind oot the movement's sails. Luckily we've Alex/Kenny/Nea (2022) twitter link

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Aneth Doric's sails. on page 6

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ie looks doon her nose as she sails on by, grippin onte her Marks on page 43

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - Dother o the Sea, (Itchy Coo 2020) Doric, weans
kreiched. The win wheeped the sails and rived them tae bitties. T on page 115

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
le tugs back an fore like twa sails, in time tae the music. At th
1 matches

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
The widden worm sails trou the Hoose's waas. No wi on page 59
ot, an notheen more. The yole sails oot the dock wi ferfil quiet. on page 118
asks fer ower much. Whan Inga sails an Øyvind prays, teddert tae on page 152

3 matches

Hershaw, William Seivin Verses for GMB, (Scottish Poetry Library 2015) Orkney, poetry
whiles Magnus sails his saundstane ark
1 matches

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
On da first day der sails wis rived, on page 59
Ee April day dey lowered der sails on page 60

2 matches

Sinclair, Lise Juist laek Maunna, (Shetland For Wirds 2010) Shetland, poetry
Der sails dark on da silver gaet
1 matches

Williamson, Christie Continuous at sea defence, (damagnifyingless.wordpress.com 2015) Shetland, poetry
s a Mark II nuclear submarine sails?
1 matches

Sinclair, Lise Fauld up da Feddoms, (Shetland For Wirds 2006) Shetland, poetry
t da wind clear his ert an da sails fill
1 matches

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
fairest wind which fills her sails on page 32

1 matches

Ulster

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
Their chaps like benselled sails. on page 32

1 matches