Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

wears	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	16.5	13.4	33.2	29.8	11.6	0	0
Number of occurrences	53	26	22	3	2	0	0
Number of authors	20	13	3	3	1

Occurrences of wears in Corpus

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Central

Donati, Colin The Student and the Pawnwife , (Itchy Coo 2003 ISBN: 978-1902927817) Central, prose
but no this cleesher! Naebody wears the like, it can be seen a mi on page 135

1 matches

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
uses. An he wears this nice tuxedo, aw ye shoul on page 2

1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
air an mair blythe as the oor wears on. By fower o'clock, I will on page 69

1 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
ves, regardless ae season. He wears a thick silver chain, at leas on page 8
astard, drives a Mercedes and wears square-lookin suits, usually on page 37

3 matches

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
ma mum's next-door neighbour, wears a heavy black dress and a sym on page 1

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
wears a mad swimmin cap cause it's on page 12
religion tae cut it - an she wears the mad swimmin cap tae save on page 14
right. A bit weird though. He wears a Donald Duck tie an supports on page 34
Nearly evrubdy in school wears stuff that says Tregijo. Yica on page 51
e who's a pure mad hippy that wears aw the weird tie dyed clothes on page 125
Also on pages 127, 169
8 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
tensions like the wans Leanne wears, and as much as ah want tae l on page 85

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
The tall wife o drams wears winterlang on page 4

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 57 - Twa Auld Men, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
hristopher's medallion he aye wears round his neck. on page 136

1 matches

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
The warld wears a kilt, on page 3

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2020) Central, prose
his lassie cawd Harpreet that wears a mad swimmin cap cause it’
1 matches

Percy, Ely The Family Situation, (The Interpreters House.org 2020) Central, prose
is Burbury cap that he always wears tae school.Ah said tae Karen,
1 matches

Calderwood, Lynsey Cantsmell, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2020) Central, prose
millions a dandruff anaw: he wears the same black jumper tae sch
1 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 71 - The Concreit Bouer, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
“Naebody wears hats nou, but o course ye’v
1 matches

Grae, Emma Billy's Ghost Dug, (liarsleague.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
inbow, bats fur eyebroos, and wears tichtly-fitted clothes the Gr
1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
She wears a pinted hat an’ she rides
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
‘’He wears his hert oan his sleeve’’
1 matches

Doric

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
An i'mannie nivir wears a mac on page 126
ort haired quine fa sometimes wears it twice as lang on page 179
He wears checkit breeks on page 180
She wears an aul McGreegor tartan kilt on page 189

4 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
Frost sticks in as the day wears bye.
Win strengthens as the day wears awa.
Win dis rise as the day wears bye.
As the day wears on turns bonny an bricht.
Thunner plumps as the day wears on,
8 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
tarts tae blaw sna as the day wears in.
Lichtsome rain as the day wears bye,
Licht shoor o rain as the day wears awa.
Dis rain as the day wears bye.
En as the day wears on withoot a doot,
7 matches

@fittiecrooners tweeted
e buys me a new pair o sheen, wears it doon tae bar & some bleezi(2016) search twitter
y day we yon affa outfits she wears! https://t.co/S836wCjXf2(2018) search twitter
tight git winna pit it up but wears aboot 4 jumpers instead! Cann(2019) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
And sheu aalways wears baggy jumpers - Tae hide her on page 53

1 matches

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
The sky wears ids culurs weel on page 118

1 matches

Leonard, Ingrid Northwords Now 43 - Ingrid Leonard, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2022) Orkney, poetry
Time wears on. Gret nephews an nieces on page 18

1 matches

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2017) Shetland, poetry
Fae da Skord, Weisdale wears a hap o haar on page 33

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
in her burkha, wears her hijab ta scöl. on page 98

1 matches