A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

statue Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words10 11.3 7.5 9.9 0 20.7 8.9
Number of occurrences3222 5 1 0 2 2
Number of authors21 13 4 1 2 1

Occurrences of statue in Corpus

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Central

Niven, Liz Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central, poetry
lik a stane statue on page 9

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 82 - Joco Geordie, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
aias lik the Robert Fergusson Statue. Gordon Wright, a fere o bait on page 10

3 matches

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
Anither statue, haly muild on page 32

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
el commemoratit by the bonnie statue in the High Street an likely on page 80

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
e. Wan o them hus a beautiful statue o the Virgin Mary oan it and on page 112
far side o ma bed next tae ma statue o Saint Anthony. When ah reac on page 118
corner o ma eye, ah swatch ma statue o Saint Jude. The patron sain on page 119

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Bennett, Peter Just Another Minute, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
A statue ay Queen Victoria, sittin oan
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 119, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
The Handsellin o Sir Jimmy's Statue bi oor Stravaigin Reporter
[NOTE: image here of the statue in original]
dsellin o the £40,000 bronze statue o Sir Jimmy Shand, sculpted b
the model uised for makin the statue) It staunds on the plinth com
4 matches

Philips, Cally Wha's feart o' the library?, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Turriff, prose
here wis this huge big golden statue, like a Buddha or somehing, a
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
A solid tragic statue,
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ae hospital corridors lik the statue o a goddess surroondit be wor
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando The USA: Whit happened tae the Guid Guys?, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
ricae’s myths. Liberty (the statue is ane the wurld’s best-ken
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 125, (self-published 2004) Central, newspaper
aed its inside re-biggit, the statue wis gien tae the Sikorsky Mus
1 matches

@fairpechtoot tweeted
h' :-) The 'Oor Wai o Spikin' statue fae last year's bucket trail (2017) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
r that stands like a gormless statue oan the touchline - gee eers (2020) twitter link

Doric

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
sity biggin is a bronze globe statue caad the 'Sphere Within Spher on page 7
ally, in the early 1600s, the statue o the wee lad was uised tae d on page 13

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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
ft o their pew, wis the steen statue o a bishop, lyin on his back,
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
The constable stood like a statue lookin at Mabel. “Go on min
1 matches

@fittiecrooners tweeted
ddenAberdeen maybe stick up a statue while yer at with them wearin(2016) search twitter

Orkney

Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
ess. It was sittan still as a statue, its eyes fixed unblinkanly o
1 matches

Southern

Neill, Willie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern, poetry
staunin ablo the statue the Doonhamers bigest on page 144

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@StuartPoet tweeted
y got her richtfu mindin an a statue doon in Lahndan? Same as noo.(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
amang thaim ir the statue o' Robert Burns oan display t on page 51

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