A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Concordance

Use in varieties of Scots

Occurrences of beauty in Corpus

Central

McHardy, Stuart Lallans 82 - The Banes o Alba, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
harsh clad wi stane stairk beauty on page 32

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McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
y. God either gies ye brains, beauty or gallusness. An he sorted m on page 16
other hawn, only goat beauty an her wee empty heid is joos on page 17

2 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 83 - Phantasmagoria, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
the brawest form o female beauty. on page 70

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Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
The buildin we're in is a beauty. Elder cunts hud ripped aw th on page 3
fir JP. He skuds Danny wae a beauty ae a right, but he's a big cu on page 19
dy. Paul Allen gets whacked a beauty aff Big Kenzie n laid oot on on page 46

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Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
"For shairly yin that has sic beauty on page 14

1 matches

MacKinnon, Ann Lallans 70 - Five Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, poetry
Nae real beauty, on page 61

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Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
xhibitit unner wis Willingdon Beauty) wis that weel thocht 0 on th on page 6

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Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
fir lowsed an fruitfu beauty when it on page 38

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Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
'n then try'n appreciate the beauty. on page 3

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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250242) Central, prose
'She's a beauty, even noo.' on page 7

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Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
he skraiched. 'Hooch, aye! Ya beauty! on page 9

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Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
Your insolent beauty challenges the spring on page 32

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
hat their dain tae admire her beauty. Her long legs alain seem as on page 79
Aw ae a sudden ah see this beauty ae lassie walkin taewards us. on page 154
chore until ah foond this beauty hidden awey in some dusty loo on page 186

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
, 'Fiona hus the same frozent beauty as an iceberg, but unlike the on page 3
in deeply, gaed tae phone the beauty parlour. on page 59
huv tae say, wisnae a thing o beauty or a joy forever. She'd a con on page 77

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Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
temporary beauty on page 175
tae pit beauty in men's een on page 177

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
ins o her soup. Tho nae great beauty she had a man an three braw b on page 57

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
Go the Gers! Yas ya beauty! Rangers wur beatin Hearts th on page

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Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
tae last me ma haill life. Ya beauty. Gaun masel!''' on page 39
oot a yowl o excitement. "Ya beauty! It's chuddie? she skraiched. on page 106
'Ya beauty? shouted Mike Teeveeheid. 'Th on page 137
a jigsaw puzzle), and, haw ya beauty! the photograph kythes on the on page 144
strecht up like a rocket! 'Ya beauty!' shouted Granda Jock. Chairl on page 163

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
s!? he murmurs, takkin in its beauty, on page 57

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Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
in her voice at last. 'Haw ya beauty, here I cam!' on page 46

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Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Niverendin livin beauty. on page 133

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Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
'Ya beauty!' he skelloched, lowpin up in on page 51
'Ya beauty? shouted Brock. on page 64

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Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
"Ya beauty!" Violet said. "Whit a belter on page 38

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Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Preserved ma beauty, drounin me yince mair on page 7

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Armstrong, Kate Lallans 58 - Herman Und Dorothea, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
Thae fowk wid delyt in the beauty o licht glintin aff o the she on page 43

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Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
"Nae mair trauchles? Ya beauty," said Hercules, skelpin the on page 57

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McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
is beauty. Ah hae a chaunce on page 41
t wi the ruinage o a things o beauty follit bi three hunnert years on page 45
ken, luik! - haes beauty on page 61

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Holton, Brian Lallans 67 - The Nine Sangs: Brian Holton, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
convoyin the beauty, ay, ti the suddron shore on page 28

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Douglas, Sheila Lallans 67 - William Motherwell (1797 - 1836), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
e! The merry summer months of Beauty, Song and Flowers; on page 69

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Hershaw, William Lallans 73 - Proverbs o Hell, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
Fushion is the stuff o beauty. on page 81

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Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
yed efter the Roman goddess o beauty an love. The Latin word Venus
1 matches

Higgs, Jo The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols, (berfrois 2022) Central - Edinburgh, prose
umerous sources that it’s a beauty of a hing. N that’s just wh
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
An plant for beauty or for smell.
yer beauty brocht ye nocht but ill,
2 matches

Clark, Thomas Radge Against the Machine: Deid Wirds, Deid Warlds, an Why Scots Maitters, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Bellshill, blog
Weel, beauty provoketh thieves sooner than
1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Three days in October, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
e struck by the unsurpassable beauty o mither naitur hersel. Muckl
ain awe-inspirin cathedrals! Beauty wioot price. Whit a joy!
2 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth The killin fields!, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
the sun. Tae see sic gledsome beauty in aw its glory is aye a sich
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Sharks, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
green, appreciatin the subtle beauty in a cloud strewn, ash grey s
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Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
tised by its sheer, audacious beauty, ah staun fur a few minutes i
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Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
golden eagle; the enrapturin beauty an grandeur ay a sunkissed mo
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 176, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
he bushes grat for their lost beauty". The novel taks in consaits
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Donovan, Anne Buddha Da - Chapter 1 Anne Marie, (Canongate 2009 ISBN: 978-1847673459) Central - Glasgow, prose
'Well, no, it's no exactly a beauty competition. It's mair . . .
on. It's mair . . . spiritual beauty.'
'Spiritual beauty?' The wifie looked at the lam
3 matches

McKillop, Roger The Flemings o’ Dalnoid, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
Wi' beauty an' love.
Wha cherished it's beauty.
2 matches

Capener, Jack This laund wis wrocht for you an me, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central - Edinburgh, blog
ar efter celebratit for their beauty. Thon’s tae say, the wey we
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
’m as guid a judge o female beauty as ony man. She’s experienc
eadies held up as the ideal o beauty, especially male beauty. The
, especially male beauty. The hairless modren male. Th
3 matches

Mackintosh, Henrietta A Tale o Twa Leids: Gaelic, Scots an smoorin wi luve, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
cs… imbued with passion and beauty, even before you glance upon
ns utterin words o passion an beauty, nivver mind whit they mean?
2 matches

Briggs, Susi My Yellow Yorlin, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, poetry
Beauty’s a curse and at it’s wor
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Duncan, Robert The Oor-Wulliefication o Scots?, (autumnvoices.co.uk 2022) Central, blog
ble in the DSL – a Scots wi beauty and dignitie, no open tae moc
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@fourmenterian tweeted
Oh ya beauty @falkirkbairns #COYB tee-he'd(2015) search twitter
@martin_compston Oh ya wee beauty!(2020) search twitter

@OliphantWullie tweeted
1964 wi CENTRAL HEATIN !!! Ya beauty !!! (2022) twitter link
..... kin he ?????? Ya ###### beauty !!! Then he slid right oer ta (2022) twitter link

@LairnScots tweeted
e @SusiBriggs1 an explore the beauty o Scots - wi a wee bit o mus (2019) twitter link

Doric

Philip, George Tales Fae The Doric Side - Winter, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
Lang spikes o beauty jeelt an sherp wi threit, on page 80

1 matches

Strachan, Shane DWAMS, (Tapsalteerie 2024 ISBN: 978-1916214880) Doric, poetry
a Sleeping Beauty transformit on page 21

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
s duty eence a month an aa ma beauty therapies, ere's jist nae enu on page 36
Beauty's Bit Skin Deep on page 79
nar show o public affection. "Beauty's bit skin deep - grimness g on page 85

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
harsh, bare scenery bit wi a beauty in its bleakness. Wi'd played on page 21

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Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
d tae mirror Norway's natural beauty, the opera hoose offers a pla on page 16
on for the Beast's castle in 'Beauty and the Beast'. The fruity li on page 17

2 matches

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
tae aff limits beauty. on page 8

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Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
enjoyin the fresh air an the beauty o the chyngin seasons. on page 17
wi enjoyed: Ah see the bleak beauty o the Buchan fairmlan rollin on page 48

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 79 - The Tattiebogle, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
throw the sleeves - on this beauty the ae airm wis stracht, but on page 13

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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
sunken chikks an her wracked beauty: na, gin she'd bin bonnie ain
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Murdoch, Steve Lallans 63 - Poacher, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
in variously “ya dancer, ya beauty” tae hisel ower an ower. Sl
1 matches

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 59 - Raymond Vettese : nineteen poems, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Montrose, poetry
nor beauty’s dwine.
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Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ower the Moray Firth but the beauty that used tae mean so much ta
nny but she couldna feel that beauty onymair. Aathing she loved wi
g teen fae her, even the very beauty o her beloved Moray Firth.
3 matches

Lawrie, Alistair Caw, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2020) Doric - Stonehaven, prose
Pure dead magic so it wis. A beauty. Ah couldnae hae did it bette
1 matches

Young, Morna The Twa Chrisses, (Scots Language Center 2021) Doric, prose
lmost you'd cry for that, the beauty of it and the sweetness of th
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@DoricPhrases tweeted
e 15% off Short Breaks, Spa & Beauty booked before 29th See https:(2017) search twitter
ma back gairden, ah lo'e the beauty o netter. https://t.co/cfeXi3(2019) search twitter

@FaeFoggie tweeted
mguy Look at yons eens. Fit a beauty. X(2019) search twitter
a bitty o rasp jam. Bit ats i beauty o yon Mystical Buttery/Rowie.(2019) search twitter

@72redz1903 tweeted
@jonsnowC4 That’s the beauty Jon, it WILL be a choice - w (2020) twitter link

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
more as fire, praeched wershy beauty. on page 21

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Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
wis a place o beauty and serenity in this mad worl on page 26

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Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Bit wae a beauty none the less on page 118

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Hall, Simon W. Lamborghini: Cult o the Bull, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, blog
glitteran objects o exquisite beauty an precision.
1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
oss's saft fur. "Shü's sic a beauty, please Jenny, can shü sleep on page 48
rist Board brochure. Na, it's beauty is mair understated. You hae on page 91

2 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
f you could but bottle aa dis beauty, on page 34
writin o beauty 'sae hushed on page 64

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De Luca, Christine St Ninian's Isle, (Shetland For Wirds 2002) Shetland, poetry
wi beauty; air laced wi saat an honey.
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@helenmoncrieff tweeted
of a grump until this peerie beauty appeared ?? I think I felt a (2020) search twitter
mes I get so mesmerised by da beauty o all o dis I nearly forget t(2019) search twitter
I pass this peerie patch o beauty on the way to my folks. Just (2020) search twitter

Southern

Ulster

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Primrose beauty ain tha spring on page 28
Natural beauty is yer claithe'n on page 32

3 matches

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
At the beauty we can see. on page 41

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@MarkThompStuff tweeted
different places. That's the beauty of 'Hame'. All 9 episodes *no(2020) search twitter