A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

shoe Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words17.8 18.6 9.6 29.8 29.1 0 26.5
Number of occurrences5535 6 3 5 0 6
Number of authors23 12 3 3 2 3

Occurrences of shoe 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

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
ke a pup that's chewed a guid shoe or piddled the flair, Tom sid on page 1

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
Grupped up the shoe wi wink and nudge on page 8
hase fit belanged inside that shoe? on page 9

3 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
Yur no worth the shit oan ma shoe." on page 135
r an hour cos she's loast her shoe". on page 137

3 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
d. This guy in the Start Rite shoe shop, he fittet her wi the wr on page 12
I MUST ACT MY AGE AND NOT MY SHOE SIZE on page 34
somethin that slipped aff her shoe. Kirsty, she said, It's aw th on page 50
l noo an a size thirteen in a shoe. Check that wan ower there, s on page 169

7 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
had a neb through the box wi shoe-cleanin graith - brushes and on page 24
r-skoosh and shavin-cream and shoe-polish are aw fine and weel a on page 26
ordie said. "Did we hae broon shoe-polish on oor leet?' on page 84
for dugs and yin tin o broon shoe-polish!' on page 85

6 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
red trooser leg and his black shoe, that Coont Olaf had a pictur on page 25
somethin ye'd scrape aff yer shoe. Mr. Poe hadnae wantit tae gi on page 127

2 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
'd found oan the bottom o hur shoe. She wis the biggest fish in on page 9
il the piss soaks through hur shoe. Aunty Sandra looks down angr on page 33
, paper bag in wan haun and a shoe that looked like ir hud been on page 56

3 matches

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
One, Two, Buckle My Shoe on page 34

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
nor a stane in her shoe on page 7

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 167, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
up an said somethin aboot ma shoe. A speirt him tae repeat it.
1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2020) Central, prose
. This guy in the Start Right shoe shop, he fittet her wi the wr
ttet her wi the wrang size ae shoe an she endet up wi her toes a
after us cause he’d fun wan shoe at the top ae Ard Road an the
3 matches

Holton, Brian Lallans 71 - O Niver ti Dree Corruption Mair, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
r, but wis mair like a wuiden shoe-box kin o shape. Still an on,
1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
bitch wi’ hauf a loafer The shoe belanged tae wan o’ ma neeb
1 matches

Smith, George Electrical Love, (Thi-Wurd 2013) Central, prose
girl, wae the heavy patterned shoe. Thinks Ah’m awh ready in l
1 matches

@billykayscot tweeted
joke. Whit wis the favourite shoe polish colour o the Three Mus(2020) search twitter

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 77 - Anither Time, Anither Place, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
he ensemble. Ane o them had a shoe that wis oot at the tae. on page 30

1 matches

Thom, Bill The Quait Chiel, (Tapsalteerie 2013 ISBN: 9780992663100) Doric - Banff, poetry
Or here's een here, on my aul shoe!" on page 9

1 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 58 - Cyaard, the Tattie Doodle, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
he first concerns a travellin shoe-salesman by the name o Sidney on page 118

4 matches

Orkney

Miller, Alison Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, prose
rottle you queek wae yir aown shoe-laece on page 89

1 matches

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
a stone in ids shoe on page 143

1 matches

@peediepuss tweeted
messing aboot, Aye I'll be a shoe-in at the monastery next time(2020) search twitter

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
ey cam in wi da battered blue shoe box. on page 76
Shü took oot da shoe box again, an rummaged troo d on page 77

2 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
wi his ain horse-shoe mark whaar on page 92

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Dodie's Phenomenal Pheesic, (Shetland For Wirds 2008) Shetland, weans
Dodie hunsed trowe da box wi shoe-cleanin gaer – brushes an t
e wrocht oot, wid be wi BROON SHOE-POLISH. Da muckle tinny he wa
2 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
bell an goul-plated porcelain shoe. A wumman rockin a banjo. A w on page 1

1 matches

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
An watter filled up mae leeft shoe on page 46
They scuttled roon aboot mae shoe on page 47

2 matches

Ullans Speakers Association Nursery Rhymes for Weans, (Ulster-Scots Agency 2008 ISBN: 978-0955791697) Ulster, weans
Yin shoe aff an yin shoe oan on page 21
Wha leeved in a shoe on page 22

3 matches

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