A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

ayrshire Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words30.9 31.9 3 0 5.8 310.1 17.7
Number of occurrences9962 2 0 1 30 4
Number of authors33 26 2 1 3 2

Occurrences of ayrshire in Corpus

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Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 76 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
plie murned, is the ferr-kent Ayrshire makar, Willie Neill. He dee'd on page 3

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McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
en. We've been Huns an Roses. Ayrshire's original and best loyalist on page 4
access tae the finest prop in Ayrshire. Hink it'll be mair ae a case on page 17

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Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
Ma bidie-in's an Ayrshire poet on page 48
ere bi, the Nith this drift o Ayrshire sits on page 50
Ayrshire tae Antrim, Dungannon tae Fet on page 77

3 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
rou the Stewartry an up intae Ayrshire. getherin mair an mair volunt on page 26
her as a congregation on this Ayrshire hillside, tae be fed, repleni on page 35
frae the barren uplans o Ayrshire had settled intae guid fertil on page 66

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
dren warld. Aiberdeenshire an Ayrshire, Borders and Dundonian are bu on page 63

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
een sent fae his hame ower in Ayrshire tae bide wi an auntie at on page 22
e toun that very day back tae Ayrshire. An fae then on his road wis on page 24

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Docherty, John F. Lallans 81 - Lang Summer Days, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
uite posh even tho he cam fae Ayrshire. Anywey, ma mammy alwis stuck on page 76

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Harrison, Jean Lallans 59 - BARRY SCHUIL 1928 - 1934, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
Dalry, in the Burns country o Ayrshire, tae live on Barry Camp in An on page 120

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Kay, Billy Lallans 78 - Thochts on the bonnie broukit bairn at hame an abroad, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
finnd optimistic comes fae my Ayrshire backgrund as a wean an the kn on page 6
the like o Wast Fife an Sooth Ayrshire. There, bein oot the wey plus on page 7

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Begg, James A. Lallans 68 - 1841 – The Plouman, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
"Ayrshire'll dae fine!" Craig wrote dou on page 17

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Watt, George T. Lallans 73 - Wir we that young!, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
hungert coarners o Ayrshire, on page 48

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Philip, George Lallans 56 - Scotsoun Thereanent, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
frae Lothian, the tither frae Ayrshire. The wordies on the screen sc on page 46

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Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
hooders, two young boayes fae Ayrshire. on page 47

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 168, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
Aiberdeen an is bydin noo in Ayrshire but her nor-east backgrund in
1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 74 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
es been peyed til’m here in Ayrshire, an aw across the kintra, for
t in the acteivities o thrang Ayrshire fermers (ma awn auld graundfa
2 matches

Thom, Williamina Lallans 75 - Oor Tibby Pagan, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, weans
weel-kent howff in Muirkirk, Ayrshire, wi a wheen gentlemen callers
1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 74 - Burns an the Dictionar o the Scots Leid, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
led by Burns. Ithers are fae Ayrshire, ane in J. D Brown’s Ballad
1 matches

Neill, Josie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009) Central - Galloway, poetry
JOSEPHINE NEILL an Ayrshire lassie born an bred, nou leev
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Wilson, Rab Lallans 76 - The Sycamore at Calton, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, poetry
Anchort firm in this rich Ayrshire sile,
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Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
in Gawston in the auld airt o Ayrshire cried Kyle, I stey in a coonc
ae the snell bite o the cauld Ayrshire air. Nae maitter hou skeigh y
readin books aboot Ayrshire an its history. I hae ane o t
this, an it's cried Ayrshire Nights’ Entertaimnems. We n
Schuils whaur Ayrshire weans, bidin in ane o the ear
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Malgrati, Paul Ayont the Fake and the Leal: Let's Free the Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
ne Scots. Tak Burns: he mixes Ayrshire dialect wi Doric an English -
1 matches

Hodgart, John A Catalogue o Sair Neglect, (Bella Calledonia 2016) Central - North Ayrshire, blog
ans stert back at the schuil, Ayrshire dominie John Hodgart, in the
vel, such as Brian Murray’s Ayrshire Scotlit workin group, an the
2 matches

Young, Clive Creative Scotland an the sowl o Scots, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
d (such as Glaswegian, Doric, Ayrshire, Shetland and Lallans)”.
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 75, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
le tae ken noo juist whit the Ayrshire bard meant when he screivit w
1 matches

Wilson, Rab A centre of undeemous excellence fir Scots leid, (The National 2017) Central, newspaper
5, belangs tae Kilmaurnock in Ayrshire an haes aye been prood o his
ic a fash tae uptak Brown’s Ayrshire Scots. Brown said forby, that
2 matches

Facebook link ( 2016) Central
ur he wis an landed him on an Ayrshire moorland in the future, a yea
ae the wee toun o Sanquhar in Ayrshire an fixes a declaration on the
ewatter he headed for Sorn in Ayrshire an lodged at Meadowhead Farm

Haddow, Kris Ronnie's Story, (words.krishaddow.com 2011) Central, prose
Aunty Marion’s hoose on the Ayrshire coast. A loved it there. She
1 matches

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
yersel, mibbes warkin wi thon Ayrshire loon, bi able tae pu igether (2020) search twitter

@billykayscot tweeted
bruised aipples. Bein a guid Ayrshire Covenanter, I can noo sit dou(2020) search twitter
rshire Thanks Kirsteen. As ma Ayrshire guidbrither said yestreen, “(2020) search twitter
r wis in yiss ilka day in the Ayrshire Scots o the 1950s, sae I stil(2020) search twitter
ken that gin ye stick wi guid Ayrshire fowk, ye cannae gae wrang! ht(2020) search twitter
wston, c1956 aye, an bein fae Ayrshire kye, it wis gey thick an crea(2020) search twitter
and 4 other occurrences.

@DABArbuckle tweeted
e fae 2015 where a laddie fae Ayrshire wis charged wae hamesucken. J(2020) search twitter

@fairpechtoot tweeted
age Heard this word yaised in Ayrshire. Warned tae stey awa fae sand(2017) search twitter

@LairnScots tweeted
the 39.9% o the folk in East Ayrshire that speak #Scots https://t.c (2020) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
sson big time by the kings of ayrshire - loved it lol (2020) twitter link

Doric

Murdoch, Steve Schrödinger’s Leid?, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Doric - St Andrews, blog
laves in Fife, the Borders an Ayrshire.
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@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
udmoo @KrisSoutar is that yer Ayrshire bacon?(2015) search twitter

Shetland

Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
s be some form of distinctive Ayrshire speech, Caithnessian usage, L
1 matches

Southern

Neill, Willie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern, poetry
NEILL wis born in Prestwick, Ayrshire. Eftir a wheen years in the R on page 127

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Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
LSON wis born in New Cumnock, Ayrshire. Eftir an engineering apprent on page 205

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@StuartPoet tweeted
uk An in guid braid Nithsdale/Ayrshire Scots forby! Braw ta(2020) search twitter
tslanguage Born and brocht up Ayrshire, been in Gallowa the past 8 y(2020) search twitter
e bit @scotslanguage from the Ayrshire FM of Scotland @NicolaSturgeo(2020) search twitter
rly 20thC Policeman Poet from Ayrshire Matthew Anderson and even mor(2020) search twitter
A wee verse fae oot the Ayrshire mairs up by Muirkirk. A wheen(2020) search twitter
and 23 other occurrences.

Ulster

Dornan, Stephen The Widenin Sheuch, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Ulster, blog
odded in jail for treason. An Ayrshire Laird caaed Hugh Montgomery,
el eneuch; hooaniver, anither Ayrshire man, James Hamilton, nebbed i
magg in wi airmies an the twa Ayrshire men, Montgomery an Hamilton,
3 matches

Gillen, Charles Fifty Nine, (Ullans Press 2005) Ulster, poetry
Rid Roan, Blue Roan Ayrshire
1 matches

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