Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

canvas	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	11.1	11.1	13.5	0	11.6	20.7	4.4
Number of occurrences	36	22	9	0	2	2	1
Number of authors	28	17	6		2	2	1

Occurrences of canvas in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Robertson, James The Mannie, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
s, the faintest echoes on the canvas. And if whit she'd paintit wi on page 10

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Curran, Doug Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
an happit ower wi canvas. on page 15

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Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
how it wis done. They'd a big canvas bag that tied up at the mooth on page 111

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Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
Ah'm envious o that blank canvas - on page 66

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Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
t they did. They had a muckle canvas seck, that tied at the mooth on page 44

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Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
and canvas stacked at the waas; the day, on page 95

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Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
er image wid bleed through ma canvas, an charcoal wid smudge oan y on page 77

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Mackintosh, Jim The Banes o the Turas, (Tippermuir 2022 ISBN: 978-1913836313) Central, poetry
mstress wyvin threids oan the canvas o her bairnheid ~ a tapestry on page 7

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Weavin a faur mair magical canvas, on page 61
pleesuir than gif paintit oan canvas. on page 106

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Sprott, Gavin Lallans 73 - Banes, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
And theikit on this knittit canvas on page 75

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Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
dmittedly entirely unsuitable canvas trainers as ah edge further u
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Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part two of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
cal knock out. Ah’m oan the canvas, sparkled. ‘I’ll call him
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 175, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
ht hiv swapped his slab for a canvas, makin his name in the Airt w
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Muir, Glenn Al Fresco, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
tea cloth and placed in a big canvas shopping bag alang wi twa the
er gear wis put back in their canvas bag. We wearily climbed the s
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Lehane, Matt Cubismo Part II, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
skarts on canvas indeed
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
intin at twa muckle trucks wi canvas-covert bodies. “Makin sicca
oot fae ablow the canvas. Bit maistly the black tents
sed afore an a blaud o singed canvas blawn aff the larry. Iskander
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Durie, Nick The Best o the Baith o Thaim, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
on tae say, haein seen aw the canvas data fae aw the Better Thegit
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McDonald, Hamish The Girnin Gates - Chapter 12, (Itchy Coo 2003) Central, prose
ung ower ees shooder, an auld canvas gadget wae GPO stamped oan it
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Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
lours an a fyow portraits oan canvas at defied description. on page 29
ggie peered it a great muckle canvas o a nyaakit maanie fa wis mis on page 30

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Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
I wiz on i' canvas needin help on page 99

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Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
id wis done. They hed a beeg canvas bag, wheech tied up at e moot on page 109

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Murdoch, Steve Lallans 63 - Poacher, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
trugglin tae get a haud o the canvas package, howpin it would ay b
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Hutchison, Pat The Stones That Turned, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
r he wiz on cairryin a bolt o canvas hid given fae ablow him. His
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@DoricPhrases tweeted
whilk cost anely £50 an the canvas is riggit tae hing on the own(2017) search twitter
oto by Mrs Doric Phrases. The canvas is ready to hang on the wall (2018) search twitter
rases usin acrylic pint ontae canvas fur anely £60 an riggit tae (2018) search twitter

Shetland

Sinclair, James Makkin Hame, (Shetland For Wirds 2018) Shetland, poetry
reducin canvas an haevin up da rackie on da
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Ratter, Peter Da Perishin Nort, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
hit aa ower dir clean, white canvas.
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Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
t was done. They hae a muckle canvas bag, which tied up at th moot on page 112

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Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
seiin at the canvas hood o the car wis doon it th
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Ulster

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Na freish canvas en yer heidin'. on page 28

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