Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

twin	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	14.7	14.9	4.5	39.7	34.9	31	8.9
Number of occurrences	47	29	3	4	6	3	2
Number of authors	26	17	3	1	2	2	1

Occurrences of twin 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

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
where Childhood's dreams are twin't In Mem'ry's mystic baun, on page 6

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
wer at the red lichts oan the twin masts ae the Blackhill transm on page 1

1 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
last o the gimmers drappt her twin lambs, Bess Beg gied birth me on page 55

1 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
aa ma howp in their twin licht smoorit noo, on page 40
Men condemn twin bairns tae die in clay on page 66

2 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
assie that wis pushin two wee twin boys in a double buggy an the on page 58
the spirit ae Charlene's deid twin. Ah didnae even know Charlene on page 105
tter watch or Charlene's deid twin'll come back an haunt yi. Fri on page 106

5 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
That her and her twin gat crockt than crackt on page 68
Twin bairnies, yelpin, no singin l on page 70

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
coensume me richt tae ye, thi twin git o christ, on page 66

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Ma hechle's twin asteer in his gret ee. on page 44
Ilk ane mak twa, ilk twin re-twins, divides; on page 47

2 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 61 - Twa poems, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Lothian, poetry
Ma hechle's twin asteer in his gret ee. on page 59

1 matches

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
The auld Ya Ya, skin a twin tae the olive trees she moves on page 23

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
n mony weys Mairs is oor deid twin an ane that we hae mony trade
1 matches

Scott, Hamish Lallans 75 - Televeision, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
re dang wi planes an syne its twin
1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Kintrae livin, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
We loʼed their hoose wi its twin reeks o ile lamps an oor uncl
1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Than an nou — poverty, makkin dae, an leukin oot for ilk ither, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
aimily o thirteen bairns. Her twin wis deid at sax months fae wh
1 matches

Holton, Brian An Owresetter’s Tale, (Bella Caledonia 2015) Central - Galashiels, blog
1th July in 1949, the furst o twin brothers, in the Cottage Hosp
o Hassan and Hussein, fursten twin and saicont twin, sae Norman
and saicont twin, sae Norman becam Gambo, the
3 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 176, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
y, big brither Patrick an wee twin sisters, Mona an Rona, an she
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
as Wu-Yun, the mair talkative twin - pit his hauns on his hips
er nor usual. Spickin tae the twin boys aboot the rw, seein the
2 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
t through ma act. That fuckin twin telepathy?’’
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
n at ony matches - it wis ma twin brother lol (2020) twitter link

Doric

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
ves on. She wis a Motoguzzi V Twin 500cc, a eest tae offen tak t on page 60

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
o'is mither an faither an the twin brithers fa'd bin loast it bi on page 77

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - The Bigger Hoose, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
t that could be the identical twin o the Big Hoose - only it wi on page 104

1 matches

Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Twin against twin, twa sides o wan on page 3
O yer Grandfither's twin on page 8

4 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
dd ta tak on tae bring up her twin bridders, Alec an George. Dey on page 4
se at da sam time. Him an his twin bridder wis shared ane anidde on page 60
r wi fower a wir yowes an dir twin lambs i da back o a van. 'Can on page 73
ter, an Mootie, an dey aa hae twin moorit lambs. Bit what ir you on page 74

5 matches

Ratter, Peter Da Perishin Nort, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
auld ewes. Athin meenits, da twin lumms o da 'Meerie Meggie' sp
1 matches

Southern

Tindal, Betty Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
an only twin tracks doon ma cheeks on page 155
Her older-twin cam thro an a' on page 158

2 matches

@StuartPoet tweeted
r than cousins or neighbours. Twin but not iden(2020) search twitter

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
ult on a tweed skirt an cream twin set, claes no quite wairm ene on page 18
ed wi cod liver oil intae hir twin brithers' mooths. She wud smi on page 28

2 matches