A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

windy Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words11.2 10.8 9 29.8 29.1 0 4.4
Number of occurrences3621 6 3 5 0 1
Number of authors24 11 6 3 3 1

Occurrences of windy in Corpus

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Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ah somehow made ma wey up the windy stairs. Eventually reachin ma on page 188

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
up jist richt, cauld, wet an windy ap nae maitter hou ye dresst, on page 64

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
eautiful day but it wis quite windy cause ah remember afterwards on page 163

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
While on the windy poonds the rain on page 88
Whan the inside o ma windy wis haar, aw rimed, on page 115
And growth gaes past the windy pane on page 121

3 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
t Scots spellings an 'iz' an 'windy' isna. on page 19

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
An windy piers. Whit can it be
the nicht is weet an windy,
2 matches

Mc Rae, Thomas The Neep Lantern, (Lowdown-L 2009) Central - Central, prose
It aye seemed tae be richt windy oan Guysin’ Nicht; aye, anâ
an’ doon the road intae the windy dark. We gaed oan oor wey gle
2 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Three days in October, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
t juist the day efter, on the windy tree-lined road atween Pitloc
1 matches

@g_hibby tweeted
ime Mark.. But been too wet / windy / cauld, tae dae the noo.. (2023) twitter link
orning tae ye peeps.. Dry and windy.. Ah said dry and windy the d (2023) twitter link
coat this, it's a bit wet and windy oot there.. :( Dinnae bother (2022) twitter link
orning peeps... Wet cauld and windy oot there... That's it.. Shut (2022) twitter link

@jax6754 tweeted
u and yir fam fae a cauld and windy Scotland! #KeepinFocusedAndPo(2014) search twitter
gggggggssssss fae a rainy and windy Scotland. xxx(2015) search twitter
uck! And safe journey as very windy and terential rain oot here i(2015) search twitter

@OliphantWullie tweeted
@Gordaidh An too windy !!! (2022) twitter link

Doric

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
Dull, damp, windy, says mannie on the T V,
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Devlin, Edwin The School Dentist 1969, (Facebook 2020) Doric, prose
pe up tae ane of the corridor windy’s tae see if I could see an
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@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
e yer tupee Donaldo, it's gie windy in Aiberdeen!(2015) search twitter

@DoricPhrases tweeted
wye tae the tap an didnae see Windy Miller! https://t.co/v0jldTsK(2018) search twitter

@cligeey tweeted
@muddy_40 It wis a Roch windy light shoory day the coos wer(2020) search twitter

@_DawnLeslie tweeted
rd Scottish summer day oot: a windy but bonny walk along the beac(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
a seekness pills and eyed the windy sky. on page 20

1 matches

Hall, Simon W. Crackan the troughs, (Brisk Northerly 2021) Orkney, blog
notheen but relentless, weet, windy, soothwesterly waathir. Ye wa
1 matches

@peediepuss tweeted
lR74 Aye it's wild. Yin wis a windy sky! Better off bidin hame on (2020) twitter link

Shetland

Watt, Valerie A daander trowe Michaelswood, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
Da windy path trowe da trees den got s
1 matches

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
ed 3 miles away? It's a wet n windy night. https://t.co/wzROQhl3R(2020) search twitter
It's windy enough to force snurts oot yo(2013) search twitter
Da wind is windy daday(2013) search twitter

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
Hits a peerie bit windy here enenoo and da cats gone (2019) twitter link

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
ntion o demons unearthed on a windy, hallowed nicht. on page 9

1 matches

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