A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

sized Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words9.4 9 11.2 19.9 17.4 0 0
Number of occurrences2917 7 2 3 0 0
Number of authors24 14 6 1 3

Occurrences of sized in Corpus

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Central

Cairns, Pauline Lallans 83 - Boeuf Bourguignon, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
ewin steak chappit intil bite sized cubes an rummelt aboot in sea on page 68

1 matches

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
Wha fand a fair sized dod o meat on page 16

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
That's hou they sized him up, This New, Refreshing on page 22

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ancy hoose and a fitbaw pitch sized gairden tae go wae it. It's d on page 157
est and dearest pal. A family sized bag ae Monster Munch. on page 91

2 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
wisnae much mair than a fair-sized claes press and there wis wan on page 180

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
fae alow the sheet cam a fair-sized crab! on page 94

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
rose, an she got him a normal-sized card an a white rose; an even on page 109
havin just killed a dinosaur sized bee. Now if you cel like comp on page 123
fur the price ae three normal sized wans. Aw that musta made yir on page 169

3 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
y were nae bigger than medium-sized dollies - had stapped whit t on page 78

1 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
just a wee, middlin-sized basket, yet average, muckle k on page 78

1 matches

Smith, Elaine C. The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - A Totally Princessy Princess, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central - Glasgow, weans
ad fae buy a new bed - queen-sized - wi a nae-pea guarantee. on page 14

1 matches

Bates, Gregor The Death Dance, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - East Dunbartonshire, weans
I quickly picked up a decent sized boulder from the pebbly, ston
1 matches

Heather, Alistair Whaur we cam fae: the Pechts, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
at they war totty wee bairnie-sized fowk. Dinnae you believe it.
1 matches

@fairpechtoot tweeted
a 'Naebody speaks like that' sized hole? https://t.co/o33OqM9yvj(2020) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
self service m8 - n a decent sized boot in eer motor is awe u ne (2021) twitter link

Doric

Maitland, Andrew Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Auld Mannie, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
ds them, they turnit roon and sized up the new loon in their mids on page 74
, tattered blue jeans an ower-sized jaiket, Blair couldna imagine on page 76

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
vals; brichtly-coloured, life-sized cartoon characters; 'hole-in- on page 38

1 matches

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
try a cheese fondue (a share-sized pot o het meltit cheese wi lo on page 6

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 63 - Shelts, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Doric, prose
lang, low table, wi ae bairn-sized seat drawn up tae it, and a b
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Angels Ten, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
even tae showin her the fist sized scar in my side. But fin I te
1 matches

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
bairn jist brocht in a proper sized een! https://t.co/mAXssA9lxq (2020) twitter link

Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
intae breath-sized mind. on page 15
through the skull-sized window, compete on page 25

2 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
me left ta mak wan raesonable-sized body!" on page 14

1 matches

Sutherland, Hazel Biggin Da Dess, (Shetland For Wirds 2004) Shetland, prose
n. Each peerie park is a bite-sized junk; just manageable wi Gran
1 matches

Ratter, Peter Da Perishin Nort, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
smacked da port side wi a ham-sized nev, causin flakes o roost ta
1 matches

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