A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

bubble Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words12.7 14.7 10.5 29.8 5.8 0 4.4
Number of occurrences4129 7 3 1 0 1
Number of authors29 18 7 2 1 1

Occurrences of bubble in Corpus

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Central

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
miliar faces ay the band. The bubble ay equally limited musicians on page 3

6 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250242) Central, prose
in hur hair blows a pink gum bubble. , on page 7

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
re wis mair fun at watchin it bubble wi yer spit than actually dri on page 71

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
s who offer me a shoulder tae bubble oan. It is on page 78
the real Aldo wis startin tae bubble up tae the surface. on page 106

2 matches

Bryden, Hugh Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
it's aa bin cursed, the bubble's burst. on page 108

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
ot it. The London hoose-price bubble that is wrackin the economy a on page 113

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
livin in this bubble yi dinna need ti deal we on page 19
celled amoeba an eh live in a bubble on page 65
El burst yir bubble on page 74

4 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
e blew a big pink Hubba Bubba bubble an then cracked it really lou on page 29

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
An spat at baudrons in a bubble's lowp, on page 22

1 matches

Sneddon, Duncan Lallans 83 - Biggin Brigs – Nummer 3: Cornish, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
hobby o a nummer o fowk in a bubble. Wir language deserves mair. on page 109

1 matches

McGibbon, Joe Lallans 74 - Draps o Sapie-Bubble, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
Draps o Sapie-Bubble
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Clyde Built, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
croassed, wae wan ay they big bubble jaykets oan like the bloody M
1 matches

Bennett, Peter McShane's Reprieve, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
off back tae his middle-class bubble where he’ll moralise wae ot
1 matches

Philips, Cally Jings, crivens, help ma Boab, it’s independence!, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Turriff, prose
books an we took that dot com bubble by the neck an we moved wi’
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
tter. There wis naethin bit a bubble-thin membrane haudin it thegi
1 matches

Puchowski, James Frae Norrowa ower the faem, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
t frae ootwi oor Aye Alliance bubble.
1 matches

@billykayscot tweeted
ritics though live in an Indy bubble and havenae(2020) search twitter

@DABArbuckle tweeted
ed condom wae a talking spunk bubble(2020) search twitter
for the ither members of yer bubble(2020) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
istancin swally in ma ain wee bubble lo (2020) twitter link

Doric

Gilbert, Jo Tales Fae The Doric Side - Snog, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
fur noo, we wis safe in a wee bubble, an we could be oorsels, an a on page 53

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
le slippit an she stairtit te bubble an greet in earnest. on page 77

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 83 - Dunnottar, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
t. Onythin ti burst Munro’s bubble.) But na, he widna win. Aa ni
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
ckle glaiss reef like a giant bubble. He left her sittin readin ma
1 matches

Kerr, Oliwia, Sarah and Amber Fiona and the Ring, (Scots Hoose 2017) Doric, weans
alang the road and started to bubble. But then she spied something
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
om that did it, she began tae bubble an greet.
1 matches

@beast_afc tweeted
's bin a covid breech tae the bubble. Evacuate the stadium. https:(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
in the shared speech bubble o Orcadian - on page 25
auma tongue, blackened speech bubble on page 27

2 matches

Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
a good bit you could pop the bubble and water wid shoot oot. Lukk on page 14

1 matches

Shetland

Nicholson, Hannah Tales Fae The Doric Side - Smooriken, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Shetland, prose
anoo, we wir safe in a peerie bubble, an we could be wirsels, an I on page 52

1 matches

Ulster

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
Lukkin tae the bubble o a big name oo, on page 51

1 matches

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