A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'artist'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
artistOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus9.73120
ORK - Orkney 29.8 3 1
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 29.4 9 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 11.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.7 3 3
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 5.4 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 10.7 8 5
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of artist 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.

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
iean a smuthick, no seean the artist's teum leuk. "The yellows and on page 111
em: colour an paitren ayont a artist's mare. Helix, heid, matrix, on page 156

3 matches

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Lallans 58 - seiven poems bi Christine de Luca, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
th pipeline an paet-bank; rap artist an skald. on page 19

1 matches

Ratter, Peter Da Perishin Nort, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
littered da horizon, as if an artist haed taen a tin o blue paint
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"The feels thocht Ah wis an artist," leuch Morrice, "an Ah didna on page 43

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
s launch," Ah said. "She's an artist wifie Ah met oan a nicht oot. on page 28
"Is at the artist wifie ower ere?" speered Mugg on page 29
ure ye are, Ah thocht, es the artist's een driftit t'a place ahin on page 30
intins an layin aff aboot the artist: "This painting is amazing - on page 32

5 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
Ma dother an buik cover artist Abi exhibiting installation W(2017)
from only £40 Aberdeenshire artist Karla https://t.co/P6Ikkpq2cR(2017)

@FaeFoggie tweeted
ty. Their loon wis a smashin' artist. Canna mine yons name tho. I'(2019)

Aberdeen

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
Even then, yer artist's temperament on page 30

1 matches

General Northern

Shearer, Gillian Tales Fae The Doric Side - Guernica, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
e. Ye cuidnae mak oot fit the artist wis tryin tae say. on page 40

1 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
great album, very interesting artist (2020) twitter link

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
Whase art ootlives the artist. Mynd: He yet may prove your on page 5

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
ive hissel as an 'Adventurer, Artist, Poet and Wit', the alairm be on page 121

1 matches

Handy, Robbie Forked Tongues, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Dunfermline, blog
an interview wi the dancehall artist Elephant Man, whose Jamaican
1 matches

Edinburgh

McPartlin, John Lallans 76 - The Gied Ower Gairden, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, poetry
wi artist’s een an hauns an exile’s
1 matches

Glasgow

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
auchin a bit, pissin, like an artist's picter on page 115

1 matches

General Central

Robertson, James The Mannie, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
'She's a teacher. Oh, and an artist. Or mibbe she's an artist fir on page 10

2 matches

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
A'm the bloody artist, mate, 'm no the silent muse, on page 26

1 matches

McCabe, Mary Lallans 73 - Tap Table, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
e an auncient gushet whaur an artist tries his haun. on page 117

1 matches

Falconer, Gavin Lallans 63 - Richt Scots an Pithy Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
llegianers in Portrait of the Artist. Mair aften nor no, this happ
1 matches

@LairnScots tweeted
Artist @stewartbremner has a wheen o (2020) twitter link
ners o Scunners' resource, by artist @_annamorozova is here: https (2020) twitter link
e can buy it directly fae the artist @SSSScomic here: https://t (2020) twitter link

South West (Galloway)

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - Nuhin is Certain, Except, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
o’ North Macedonia (or the artist formerly known as the Former
1 matches

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