A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

classic Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words15.2 21 6 19.9 0 10.3 4.4
Number of occurrences4941 4 2 0 1 1
Number of authors30 22 4 2 1 1

Occurrences of classic in Corpus

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Central

Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
strength o Scots owresettin o classic drama fir the modren stage en on page 37
cLellan an Kemp wis creatin a classic drama fir a period - the see on page 38
ocht o Antigone. A wirked the classic themes anew, leavin it in per on page 40

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Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
st a da. He walked oot on us, classic da move, see yeese later. So on page 12

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
the boays voice sais: "That's classic Callum." Said voice is Henry on page 58
wed Chasing It. It's a fuckin classic. Anywey, he's constantly gitt on page 117

2 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
n picked on. The bams here? A classic case of the hunter becoming t on page 47

1 matches

Kay, Billy Lallans 78 - Thochts on the bonnie broukit bairn at hame an abroad, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
nt makin. Mary's repone wes a classic....'Naebody. I just mix it an on page 11

1 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 61 - Glesca dialeck i the modren warld, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
Mines wasnae a classic sociolinguistic darg - that on page 9

1 matches

Holton, Brian Lallans 67 - The Nine Sangs: Brian Holton, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
haill o Chu Ci in the Penguin Classic "Songs of the South". on page 33

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McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 67 - review, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
Serving Twa Maisters: Five Classic Plays in Scots Translation, e on page 109

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Wilson, Rab Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
(binna in sic warks as Zola's classic Germinal mebbies, or Orwell's on page 133

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Corbett, John Lallans 70 - Owersettins o Modren Drama intae Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
drama by pittin a fremmit ‘classic’ intae the hamely tung
Anither classic play owerset intae a mixter-m
a faur, faur cry frae the ‘Classic Scots’ or ‘Stage Lallans
3 matches

Campbell, Karen Gie it laldy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Glasgow, blog
that’s awright then. It’s classic, so it’s allowed. Or is it
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 147, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
urn intae whit is noo a Scots classic. She spake o the importance o
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Guru an Zander, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
He’s yer classic fuckin nouveau riche local bo
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Bennett, Peter McShane's Reprieve, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
or ay fine wines, a dealer ay classic cars or a pedlar ay Peruvian
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 114, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
didnae juist publish a modern classic, but he pit Glesca on tae the
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 175, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
laed this year wi anither RLS classic cried the 'Unco Case o Dr Jek
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 174, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
el in this style foondit on a classic wark o fiction haes been acco
This link wi a weel kent classic an modern praisentation is an
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Muir, Glenn Al Fresco, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
a “cut and shut” but no a classic vertical yin.
1 matches

Capener, Jack This laund wis wrocht for you an me, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central - Edinburgh, blog
ak an airgument that it’s a classic case o NIMBYism – o privile
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
gel wi swan wings in the auld classic film, Barbarella - the oreeg
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 106, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
eacher Cooncil. Shawin aw the classic symptoms o a monolingual, cre
1 matches

Lochhead, Liz Ashet, (Dictionaries of the Scots Language 2021) Central, poetry
dish or platter? Which is the classic ashet?
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Wilson, Rab A centre of undeemous excellence fir Scots leid, (The National 2017) Central, newspaper
duin in owersettin mony braw classic weans’ buiks an stories int
1 matches

@Cobradile94 tweeted
Rossies Classic DOS Development Blog #8 – Th(2020) search twitter

@ionafyfe tweeted
ted a wee cover o a Tom Waits classic with me on the piano over on (2020) search twitter

@OliphantWullie tweeted
BjCruickshank Alan Titchmarsh Classic FM Seturday asked, "How many (2022) twitter link

@DABArbuckle tweeted
@ionafyfe Switch tae Classic FM.(2020) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
crackin night watchin awe the classic rangers auld firm games - it (2021) twitter link
@edinburghpaper 5 tiers is a classic folks - fgs lol - no commen (2020) twitter link
brocklebank fae hb fash wis a classic m8 - feckin luved it! (2021) twitter link
ed them oot the scottish in a classic encounter - a (2020) twitter link
g that yin up - aye it wis a classic oan and aff the pitch - a st (2020) twitter link
and 2 other occurrences.

Doric

@beast_afc tweeted
n to make it inither clangers classic game coster https://t.co/lREE(2020) search twitter

@Franwella tweeted
Jist had a Classic Magnum ....... yummage(2012) search twitter

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
he Scottish Quest Allstars. A classic!(2019) search twitter

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
s nae affa engaged at schuil. Classic first line! Ootcomes achieved (2020) twitter link

Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
whar the classic feigned-deefniss bully forepl on page 7

1 matches

Hall, Simon W. Haggis tasting notes, and whisky pairings, (Brisk Northerly 2019) Orkney, blog
s you tasting notes tae three classic haggises o the north.
1 matches

Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
gelinekking A west o Scotland classic!(2020) search twitter

Ulster

@MarkThompStuff tweeted
@StuartPoet One of my da’s classic questions is “hae ye iver se(2020) search twitter