Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

wireless	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	17.5	12.3	15.1	19.9	34.9	0	62
Number of occurrences	56	24	10	2	6	0	14
Number of authors	30	14	8	2	4		2

Occurrences of wireless 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

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
set's lik' a wan o' thae auld wireless sets - ye huv tae twiddle ye on page

2 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
lance fer them, mainly on the wireless, an cin mind weel the first t on page 47

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
aff storytellin, nor did the wireless, nor films, on page 10

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Whaur the wireless lives, on page 97

1 matches

Steele, Gregor Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
Smairt wireless heidphones that didnae cost m on page 23

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 167, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
an fitba commentators on the wireless or the telly is juist aboot t
1 matches

McAlpine, Joan Meeting of the Parliament, (The Scottish Parliament 2019) Central, government
haim days. I suppose we had a wireless, but I dinna remember listeni
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS nummer 109, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
arteeclar no on the tellie or wireless.
1 matches

Paisley, Janet Lallans 62 - The Numpty, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
, in the kitchen. She hid the wireless oan. A man wis speakin.
er road oot fin she heard the wireless.
2 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
e, in the 1890’s, the first wireless graith wis upmakkit. Baith Ni
vin forby, tried pratticks wi wireless radio at the stert o the 1900
2 matches

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 76 - The Factory, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
wis nae birr an touk frae the wireless, juist a wee
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 176, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
ics. She haes written for the wireless an the stage an aw an haes be
kenspeckle career in theatre, wireless an television. Amang his mony
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 175, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
ondent is ettlin tae record a wireless interview wi Phil that he bel
go o auld farrant words like 'wireless', 'go chair' an indeed 'fende
2 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Afore we hud ri telly, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Saltcoats, prose
tae ri racin' results oan ri wireless.”
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
Turnin the wireless oan, ah scroll through the st
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 101, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
d bein braidcast bi the TV an wireless wisna the Scotland that he wi
1 matches

@OliphantWullie tweeted
o the replay listenin tae the wireless. RIP Jackie. Anither legend o (2022) twitter link

@DABArbuckle tweeted
in it. Just heard it oan the wireless(2020) search twitter

@ThonJacobite tweeted
omantic sang jist cam oan the wireless in the car and ma wife said: (2021) twitter link

Doric

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
in an buzzing, cummen fae thi wireless receever's. Aifter awthin che on page 5

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
oadin, doonloadin, formattin, wireless internet connection, USB port on page 50

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 75 - The Petrol Tanker, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Doric, prose
is in aa the papers an on the wireless an aa. There wis ae nicht Ait
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 63 - Shelts, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Doric, prose
gaed back tae bide inside the wireless. He hidna kent they could exi
1 matches

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
n Welsh Quine Spikkin oan the wireless a' day wi the golden dulcet t(2015) search twitter

@FaeFoggie tweeted
unin' in. Canna beat i' local wireless. Wunner fa will be coverin yo(2020) search twitter

@cligeey tweeted
nix45Blog @Ismcgr Ats nae the wireless battery though(2020) search twitter
tch aff yon Kaye Adams on the wireless greet whine moan ??(2020) search twitter
arly Abidy interviewed on the wireless starts their reply with So. A(2020) search twitter

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
s fit Sara Cox is playin on e wireless? Lugs are bleedin??(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
"Hid's that parrot aff the wireless - or yer mither in disguise. on page 56

1 matches

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
The bekalite wireless under the bade, on page 45

1 matches

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
da wireless soonds i da hamely but end, on page 30

1 matches

Cumming, John Da Whillie, (Shetland For Wirds 2010) Shetland, prose
dy. We tried dis felloo on da wireless, bit if he heard wis, he wisn
1 matches

@Julie_Dennison tweeted
in fir election spikkin on da wireless https://t.co/fhm7MLqYpt (2021) twitter link

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
S and SIC spokespersons on da wireless. I think a few in Orkney are (2020) search twitter
Forecast on da wireless for Saturday night "it'll soo(2014) search twitter
ard tae hearin dy voice on da wireless ??(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
* Theday's model o' community wireless licencin' bes the maist apt a on page 10
wireless an' visual programmes oan soc on page 30
forderin wi' in tradeetional wireless an' tellyveesion, forderin in on page 54
Ulster-Scots braidcastin oan wireless, tellyveesion an aa ither med on page 55
* In terms o' commonity wireless the penel alloos at theday's on page 56

8 matches

@the_gellick tweeted
locked forenent my lum wi the wireless on @bbcradioulster for tae he (2015) twitter link
Wee sang on the wireless: kin o thing youngsters would (2014) twitter link
fae oor clachan wheek up the wireless whan yin o their sangs comes (2015) twitter link
n o #ulsterscots wurds on the wireless sic as thrawn, an dyke (meani (2014) twitter link
at Windsor or clocked by the wireless for tae see can #GAWA no get (2015) twitter link
and 1 other occurrences.