Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

shoart	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	12.8	13.4	0	0	0	0	66.4
Number of occurrences	41	26	0	0	0	0	15
Number of authors	12	4					8

Occurrences of shoart 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

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
, but again, the wee man faws shoart. He'll learn, he'll see. Ah w on page 18
d ae us. Which is tae come up shoart. It's the price ae bein the u on page 21
oat invited through makin the shoart list fur a playwritin competi on page 47
ht tae. And as it happens wur shoart ae a boay n aw." on page 66
ll see she's wearin that same shoart black skirt fae the last time on page 72
Also on pages 73, 111, 138, 168, 174, 175, 176, 178, 187
15 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
an yir lyrics ir nuthin shoart on page 46
Em nivir shoart o things ti say on page 92

2 matches

Muir, Glenn Lion Rampant, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
nie way, tae cut a lang story shoart, he muffed his stalk and got
1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
Shoart chinged
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
likes. It will never make the shoart list fur the maist glamorous
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
alkin, and, like massel, seem shoart oan time. The rest though are
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
th and bravery. He wis nuttin shoart ae a fuckin hero. Ah mean, gr
A shoart time later ah finally arrive
rough sae much awready in his shoart life that it wid almost be cr
3 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
t ma rare turn ae gid luck is shoart lived. As ah’m greeted wae
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
wis bullshit until theday. A shoart while later ah find massel si
1 matches

Ulster

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Tha Boney Boys in shoart breeks then on page 10
Thon shoart dash betwixt tha twa on page 32

3 matches

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
an whin hae had finisht haes shoart speech, they aal gowlt. on page 28
the pup stairtet a earrant o shoart charges at the stick, rinnin on page 42
at the Caterpillar makin sae shoart remarks, an shae pullt hirsel on page 45
he hedgehogs: an in a pooerfu shoart time the Queen wus in a fit o on page 83

4 matches

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
Hir shoart skirt, hir blondie hatr, on page 19

1 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
a Boord o Ulstèr-Scotch haes shoart syne foondit tha Ulstèr-Scot on page 10
n tha coorse o lairnin in tha shoart til mïddlin tack afore tha e on page 27

2 matches

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
veesion can bae the enemy o' shoart tim' ection ir tie the hans o on page 22
s an' thon maun bae saen es a shoart tim' (five yeir) plen tae bri on page 68

2 matches

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
Shoart nor Sweet on page 21

1 matches

Reynolds, Charlie Krisamas time is draa’in near, (Ullans Speakers Association 2011) Ulster - Coleraine, prose
that wusnae tha case efter a shoart time becaase aff coorse aul S
1 matches

Ulster Scots Agency Ulster Scots Census, (census.gov.uk 2021) Ulster, government
Gie shoart wittins anent whut ye dae (da
1 matches