A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

calling Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.6 4.1 6 0 5.8 0 8.9
Number of occurrences158 4 0 1 0 2
Number of authors15 8 4 1 2

Occurrences of calling in Corpus

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Central

Cunningham, Lucy nothing but a set of eyes for stars - Swedish Fish, (Association for Scottish Literature 2023 ISBN: 978-1906841546) Central, prose
aboot ma da. They were always calling him mad. Saying things that w on page 39

1 matches

Higgs, Jo The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols, (berfrois 2022) Central - Edinburgh, prose
€˜Tool!’ he blasted. ‘Yer calling yer best pal a fucking tool.
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
. . the pipes, the pipes are calling!’ Pearcey joins in.
1 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 74 - The Killie Fleshers - 1786, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
ghter. Jessie and William are calling her Margaret after her Grandm
1 matches

@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
isnae being disabalist, i wis calling him a fking bam ??(2020) search twitter

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
annae pronounce Carl and kept calling him Carol. By the way Carol, (2020) search twitter

@weenell3 tweeted
10 @linda_kinnon He's forever calling a plumber oot tae unblock his (2022) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
rder for saturday - lithgaes calling - what a way tae bounce back (2020) twitter link

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Calling all you lonely singletons: wh on page 36

1 matches

Young, Morna The Twa Chrisses, (Scots Language Center 2021) Doric, prose
€™t you think English is your calling?
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
Ah really maun stop calling the yoke button on the washin(2020) search twitter

@McGoo1888 tweeted
sorted..but ahv nae idea how calling someone Jock or Scouse can be (2021) twitter link

Shetland

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
Calling oot tae #Shetland #Shetlander(2020) search twitter

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
ir. "The pipes, the pipes are calling." on page 11

1 matches

@OrangRuth tweeted
rd meant. I thought they were calling me an arse assist.(2019) search twitter

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