Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Concordance

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Use in varieties of Scots

small	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	23.7	21.6	21.1	59.6	46.5	20.7	17.7
Number of occurrences	76	42	14	6	8	2	4
Number of authors	45	19	11	6	4	1	4

Occurrences of small 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
umped oantae a till. He wis a small guy wae prickly black hair an on page 31
Suttin that probably coast a small fortune and wis nae doot tail on page 48
gulars who are huddled in the small sheltered smokin area. And so on page 71
s offerin me an E. He takes a small yelly tablet fae his jean poa on page 79
xperience suttin that in some small wey resembled an identity. Th on page 89
Also on pages 138, 151, 159, 160
9 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
shi maks them look so small. on page 14

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
h them, Ah've no got time fur small chat. Ah wis-in the kitchen e on page 169

2 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
And Kings and Queens, sae small on page 55

1 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
jail. Ah dae ma best tae make small before the bell. on page 9

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
'A small glass o red wine,' ah reply. on page 9
ful Life. She wis proud o hur small connection tae Hollywood, eve on page 87

2 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
First War of Independence (a small bit o it)'. The war stairtit on page 27

1 matches

Robertson, Colin Lallans 73 - Auld Scots law, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
e amounts o securitie war: sa small as thay have not gevin ony te on page 24

1 matches

Hodgson, Brent Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
all of a sudden we were in a small room on page 91

1 matches

Higgs, Jo The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols, (berfrois 2022) Central - Edinburgh, prose
bar that which wiz medium or small. He wid never dance around a
1 matches

Donovan, Anne Not Scotland, (Edinburgh International Book Festival 2010) Central - Glasgow, prose
by. Woods in autumn colours, small-holdins, wee villages wi
1 matches

Macdonald, Amy Evelynn and Peter, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Ayr, prose
Ah did; Ah coudnae even dae a small thing like spend a night wi m
o me. There is one relatively small two storey building; the rest
2 matches

Bennett, Peter The Sacrificial Doo, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
n wee white feathers fill the small space as a squint ma eyes tae
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Guru an Zander, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
n polo shirts oan, a size too small, bein the preference.
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ay pleasure, ah won’t lie. Small victories an that. ‘Is it a
centre ay whit remains ay the small crowd flailin his airms aboot
2 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bools, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
accy oot ma pocket an pinch a small amount between ma thumb an fo
1 matches

Bennett, Peter McShane's Reprieve, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ty. That wis follied up wae a small European tour that generated
1 matches

Bennett, Peter TA Hauf an a Hauf, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
r, we immediately arrive in a small vestibule where there ur two
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Pet-gilante, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, prose
ut an unlikely murder victim. Small time burglar Jake McAloon’s
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
me in universal usage. It was small. Compact, as was the current
1 matches

Philips, Cally Gonnae No Dae That, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Turriff, prose
ee, tae puir, tae stupit. Tae small minded, tae aspirational an�
1 matches

Crawford, Ross Awa in a Dwam, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
Soon, a small knowe raised fae the grasslan
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
. “And if there is any very small risk of ... evidence, well, w
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ae segments, however large or small. Back then, it seems like yer
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 76, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
Forgaitherin o Scottish Small Scale Braidcasters
THE Scottish Small Scale Braidcasters Associe is
2 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
k oor tae me. ‘’Extract a small stool sample and pop it into
orth acroass the busy road. A small part ae me cannae help but wi
2 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
uildin and make ma wey up the small flight ae stairs. And wae eac
1 matches

@bigandymccoll tweeted
ho - mibbe he feels he's too small a fry tae stand up tae the le (2022) twitter link

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
ew Will your estate be big or small? I hinna an estate at all Jus on page 15

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ating there's no need to make small talk with people you're not i on page 36

1 matches

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Montrose, prose
is legacy isna spent. As Mike Small skrieves: The significance of on page 125

1 matches

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 73 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric, prose
is legacy isna spent. As Mike Small skrieves: The significance of
1 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - Beggerey’s Greenhoose, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
immoral – but ye kin mak a small donation tae charity. An it�
1 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - The Bruntie Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
claim hid been focused on too small a target, for wis the Beast n
1 matches

Ritchie, John Fishin in the Findhorn, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
tale saffties and the size of small gobstoppers. I was richt gled
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ting anyone know. There’s a small tunnel that leads out to the
1 matches

Irvine, Owen Eldritch Story, (The Gaudie 2018) Doric - Banff, weans
ir. Some fowk say they hear a small loon greetin or see a tall th
1 matches

@beast_afc tweeted
phone to mock the stadium as small time. Off ye trott back doon (2020) search twitter

@JoanHenry7 tweeted
to be Scottish. Thankful for small mercies. (2023) twitter link

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
kent as Kinochers. There is a small hill, Knock heid. In 1620 the (2020) twitter link
s (k pronounced) because of a small (2020) twitter link

@JamesAmcvean tweeted
kney Nice one - the libdems (Small L) will hae plenty time on th (2021) twitter link

Orkney

Tait, Ruth Gallows Ha - Watchan Eyes, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
They started biggan a small hoose high up oan the hillsid on page 9

1 matches

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
duties they wir varied, some small an some quite big, on page 76

1 matches

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
When, intae wir small world thoo cam on page 27

1 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
ught the planetary winds. How small the station seems in the corn on page 111

1 matches

Hall, Simon W. Tame Hogmanay, (Brisk Northerly 2017) Orkney, blog
�� the length o a parish or a small isle. A neebor tells me that
1 matches

@peediepuss tweeted
groups. As a dialect word for small, peerie would be the commonly (2021) twitter link

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
he frying pan for their three small trouts, and the huge mushroom on page 9
es of it being successful are small, and suddenly there is so muc on page 25

2 matches

Tait, John M Lallans 58 - Sheltie Prattle an da Blue Lowe (a Pantomime) , (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, prose
bit of a flat ... give her a small allowance, she shouldn't be v on page 35

1 matches

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
-(e)r: peerier 'small'; roonder 'rounder' on page 44
peerie 'small' ~ peerier ~ peeriest on page 51
peerie mootie (StE 'tiny' no "small very") on page 100

3 matches

Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
l rules of grammar, possess a small vocabulary, are unwritten, an
1 matches

Facebook link (Wir Midder Tongue 2016) Shetland
eaning - she would share the small amount available, I wonder wh

Southern

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
g of the power from the these small countries rather than EU (rat (2021) twitter link
im at SJP! Cannae believe hoo small he is, yet oan the pitch, he (2020) search twitter

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
the pain in his een. She felt small an tired an wanted tae cowp i on page 52

1 matches

Logan, Liam Thon Ulster Scots Book, (Galdanagh 2014 ISBN: 978-0992881405) Ulster - Dunloy, prose
bad it wud gae ye the nyirps; small insignificant persons, object on page 33

1 matches

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
I stuck a small piece in mae pocket on page 46

1 matches

@fairfaaye tweeted
o on. Or parking the car in a small space, "thon's a tight yin" #(2020) search twitter