Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'cord'

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Use in varieties of Scots

cord	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	5.6	18	14
ORK - Orkney	9.9	1	1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A	13.1	4	2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen	23.7	2	1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	5.1	2	1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh	6.3	1	1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire	13.1	1	1
LAL - General Central	6.7	5	5
SEA - South East (Borders)	12.5	1	1
SWE - South West (Galloway)
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)	32.8	1	1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of cord 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

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
fragile cord. on page 18

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
undertaker maanies aa teen a cord, wi young Walter stannin it t on page 76
a han te the shimmerin silver cord at hid appeart atween imsel a on page 78

3 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
a decision, he went tae a big cord aside the fire and pulled doo
1 matches

Aberdeen

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
realised that I stretched the cord so much, the plug had come lo
he lavvie and pulled the reid cord in the toilet. Immediately th
2 matches

(South) East Central

Grubb, Adrian Bungee, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Kirkcaldy, prose
os a wis the lightest and the cord a used wis awready pit on. A
Ma feet were then pit in the cord . A walked tae the edge.
2 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
he side o her haun the sacrit cord , the nerve that cairries the
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
the like o't, as she tied the cord, dried an swaddlt the wee wru on page 71

1 matches

General Central

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
nd that it's time tae cut the cord. on page 79

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
ormented her" struck a strang cord wi us, an haes done sae intae on page 58

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
a husband wis gaun'ae cut the cord wi a puckin Stanley knife!' on page xvi

1 matches

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
the cord frae Janet's dressin-goon on page 52

1 matches

Jarvie, Gordon Lallans 74 - Ballad o an Irish student, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
tae mend his siller cord .
1 matches

South East (Borders)

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
lowse the ticht cord o the years
1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
reached fur the tassel o the cord. on page 32

1 matches