A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

springs Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words10 10.1 8 19.9 11.6 10.9 8.8
Number of occurrences3119 5 2 2 1 2
Number of authors19 9 4 2 2 1 1

Occurrences of springs in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Intae the Snaw, (Gatehouse Press 2015 ISBN: 978-0992857370) Central, poetry
Ah leukt awa, an twinty springs haed passt. on page 15

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
ll her till some fancy lawyer springs the suit, dae a deal. Nae dan on page 1

2 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
Then, tae ma surprise, he springs some gid news oan me fur yinc on page 126
Aldo springs up fae his seat "Who?!" on page 133
Dougie instantly springs up fae his seat. Lookin absol on page 179

3 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
l airts, an onethin else that springs tae mind. Nowadays a great mo on page 50

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
'bonnie' but sic a statement springs oot thair personal likes. Doo on page 11
eetional spellings o Soothron springs oot a mak o Middle Inglis. on page 63

2 matches

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
In a glisk, as if springs had been spangit in their leg on page 54

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
oor Clessical word chronology springs. Here in Scotland in the days
ldest wrutten fernyears first springs. An aboot AD 500 the monk Dio
ade fae ice an rock. Its name springs fae the Roman Ceres that wis
3 matches

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - The Stert ae World War III?, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
n ma phone suddenly PINGS and springs tae life lik a hauf-deid dug
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Appin Murderer, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Then o’ a sudden, up springs a young laddie, wha’d been
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Flemings o’ Dalnoid, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
An' frae it springs kindness,
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
The aulder dour pussed wuman springs fae her seat. Evidently, sheâ
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
€™â€™ ah squeal. Tae which he springs up fae the flair in what kin
1 matches

@rattlecans tweeted
new beds and suites wi modern springs and stuffing? No even her con (2022) twitter link

Doric

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
ht nae be the first city that springs tae mind fan pickin far tae g on page 13

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
es far awa es ivver. Bit hope springs eternal an is best mate, Stev on page 35

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
Be the looks o things Springs on it's wye.
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
o cars an vans an twistit bed springs. It howled an soughed ben the
1 matches

Uri, Antonia Flooery achievement for the Scots Government, (The National 2019) Doric, newspaper
stles or heather is fit first springs tae mynd. Sae it’s anely ri
1 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
And hope, in the hert, springs eternal - the search fur a m on page 43

1 matches

Facebook link (Orkney Reevlers 2017) Orkney
an activity – jist whitivir springs tae mind (no pun intended)!

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
Whaar springs sab dey wösh da sonsi faces on page 36

1 matches

Sutherland, Hazel Biggin Da Dess, (Shetland For Wirds 2004) Shetland, prose
he's ready ta pounce. Oot he springs, peltin up da rig. Dan, more
1 matches

Southern

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
Deep doun anaith the Yallae Springs,
1 matches

Ulster

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
r it wus, nuts nor baults nor springs nor thingymababs. on page 11

2 matches

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