Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'virus'

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Use in varieties of Scots

virus	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	18.1	58	25
ORK - Orkney	19.9	2	2
SHD - Shetland	5.8	1	1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)	35.2	1	1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A	19.6	6	2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen	11.9	1	1
DOR - General Northern	26.6	6	3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	17.9	7	4
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow	119.4	22	2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central	12	9	6
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)
GUL - General Ulster	28.1	2	2
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of virus in Corpus

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Orkney

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
bliddy virus. on page 88

1 matches

Orkney Voices Group Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
the virus shifts. on page 93

1 matches

Shetland

Watt, Valerie A faersome feerie, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
“You hae a virus , Mr. Truncherfaece. Gargle wi
1 matches

North Northern B (Caithness)

@JamesAmcvean tweeted
yer family are safe fae this virus...my wife is part of SNHS MTU(2021)

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
timmer up antibodies the Aids virus hid dichtit oot. Aince that w
agley wi a supposed computer virus . The virus hooseaiver, hidna
. The virus hooseaiver, hidna wirmed its
t wis telt aboot the computer virus that hid pit paid tae aa reco
uer: an inflood o data frae a virus , say, cud bring doon the hale
5 matches

Gauld, Ilene Ilene Gauld - Piper and Poet, (Doric Future 2020) Doric - Keith, weans
them twice a week afore this virus kicked off. Athing has been c
1 matches

Aberdeen

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
I didna manage tae dodge that virus on the Princess of the Seas f
1 matches

General Northern

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
and gie ma grunny the karoona virus ken.(2020)

@beast_afc tweeted
second loon is spreading the virus lik a muck spreader gang doon(2020)

@fittiecrooners tweeted
muckle much aboot this corona virus till noo ?? bit fan it means (2020)
I said tae him, shows me his virus test results! ???? https://t.(2020)
nae got this blooming corona virus! Blooming pain in the arse it(2020)

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ie, even a new symptom ae the virus itself. Fuck knows, likes. Bu on page 56
e bad enough it turns oot the virus is maire racist than the fuck on page 139
ess hus plummeted cos ae this virus. Ah've loast a lotae fuckin m on page 142

3 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
O findin vaccines for the virus .
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Boris Johnstone, (colinburnett.co.uk 2021) Central - East Central, prose
be, even a new symptom ae the virus itself. Fuck knows, likes. Bu
1 matches

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
boss tae have a word with the virus, see if it fancies a game of (2020)

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
ixtures its mental imo - the virus is runnin riot - would a del (2020) twitter link

Glasgow

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
at germ, it's no a germ but a virus on page 131
A virus is a deidly branch o somethin on page 132
No a virus but sheer on page 133
Too mony wi oor virus lurkin drookit in the rain, o on page 136
O the Virus, and fu as rhubard pie on page 137

7 matches

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
“You mean the Corona Beer Virus ...”
be goners if the Corona Beer Virus takes ower.”
health since. The Corona Beer Virus is gaun’ae be nae exception
ain, and noo this Corona Beer Virus is in toon, ah cannae face go
ah’ve tae lie low till this virus hing is ower.”
15 matches

General Central

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
A hink A've caught a virus, an it's chaingin aw ma code, on page 52

1 matches

Steele, Gregor Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
When ye wear yir virus mask." on page 27

1 matches

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
e gang fast tae Burghead(ery) virus-wyse an the wyseheid o the FM(2020)
mibbes affa nae weel an wi a virus kennt tae be unco roch. Wha f(2020)
nae fechtin tae owercome thi virus. Ye hauna ony shame ava.(2020)

@Angela1Sinclair tweeted
ny no dae that. Its clarty, virus or no. https://t.co/xLyEITnuN(2020)

@DABArbuckle tweeted
still no shair that the covid virus will respond tae us wavin a w(2020)

@raiphsays tweeted
ullie, jus gonnae no? Its a virus. I wulnae jus take a wee day (2020)

South East (Borders)

@officialAliRed tweeted
gonnae dae? Shoot the fucking virus? ??????? https://t.co/xaDfP6x(2020)

General Ulster

Robinson, Philip Tae a Virus, (no publisher recorded 2020) Ulster, poetry
Tae a Virus
1 matches

@the_gellick tweeted
e feared o man nor baist, nor virus! https://t.co/DrF2L59CcV (2020) twitter link