A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

doll Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words14.8 16.2 4.5 49.7 11.6 0 26.6
Number of occurrences4832 3 5 2 0 6
Number of authors29 19 2 3 1 4

Occurrences of doll 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

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
ig, ye know, it's a right wee doll." An she stairtit thinkin abo on page 62
Noo jist hink aboot it first, doll: she's only a wean!" on page 80
n, who wis jist passin, "Haw, doll-face! D'ye think ye kin gie t on page 84

3 matches

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
. 'They daidle ower a raggity doll an it comes gey important tae on page 75

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
Black would be easy. A wee doll. A needle. She could blund hi on page 1

2 matches

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
Awright, doll, you're looking braw, I hope on page 26

1 matches

Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
ur aw the world like a broken doll. That's whan Ah cud jist drap on page 15

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
hat wee it looked mair like a doll's hoose than a human dwellin. on page 177

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
a drink there doll, ken this eh've been lookin on page 100
Hey there doll, fancy comin back ti meh pad on page 101

3 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
climbin in. A'd gone up Glen Doll wi Tam Walker an Doad Anderso on page 72

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
the hoose an get it, will ye, doll?" on page 29

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
nd Donald gettin hur a wooden doll's hoose fur Christmas. on page xv
ts lap like a ventriloquist's doll. The sign above it read 'Laug on page 32
d Mammy gat ye that porcelain doll.' on page 76

3 matches

Corbett, John Lallans 70 - Owersettins o Modren Drama intae Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
an Ibsen? Whit wid a Scots A Doll’s House luik like?’ (The
1 matches

Clark, Sara Indyref 2: Aulder, Wiser, Kinder, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
had happened. It's a Russian doll o a question, an it's yin tha
1 matches

Sutherland, Hope Twa sisters, een room, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Buckie, prose
ng the game up n naming ivery doll wee hid. In eventually fan it
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 175, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
s still refers tae weemin as 'doll', 'sweetheart', 'babe' or 'su
1 matches

Crawford, Ross Awa in a Dwam, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
‘Me neither, baby doll. But dinnae ye worry, we’ll
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Coyle Loyal, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
opens the windae, ‘AWRIGHT DOLL, YOU COMIN UP FUR A PARTY?’
1 matches

@Angela1Sinclair tweeted
@linda8h @Jab64000 Ah no doll. Ach, am gonny hae anither gl(2020) search twitter

@ThonJacobite tweeted
ke somebody has made a voodoo doll o' ye and is stabbin it?" "Na (2021) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
@andyhunter987 what a doll brother - aye ad b oan tae h (2020) twitter link
ssie is mature - shees a wee doll likes lol (2021) twitter link
not sure what planet your on doll - but your post is nonsense (2020) twitter link
ye n vicki peach is sum juicy doll tae likes - laddie seems tae (2020) twitter link
t cook wont cook - shees sum doll likes! (2020) twitter link
and 2 other occurrences.

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
fair age mebbe even as aul as Doll, hersel. Bit he hid te admit on page 60

1 matches

@Franwella tweeted
@aimeeannenaylor typo aimee doll, you clearly mean sashay ;)(2011) search twitter
I wudna doll, yer bits might fa oot!(2012) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
ve fall foul o "Nana's peedie doll" on page 14
id's lyan there like a peedie doll - and hid's fur as muckle us on page 60

2 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
a rag doll an a widden boat thir only to on page 117

1 matches

Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
A cat ina doll's pram waeran doll's claes on page 42

2 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
haddin up da leg o a plastic doll. on page 27
d a lookit eftir him, I hae a doll's bottle, an I wid a fed him, on page 30

2 matches

Ulster

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
" said Davie, lukkin at a oul doll leppin aboot on tha dance-fla on page 24

1 matches

King, Angeline Untitled, (twitter 2021) Ulster - Larne, poetry
et to speak tae some buddy or doll ah know. (Och sure, ye know m
1 matches

@Angelinekking tweeted
t shirt'll dae me!" "Thon wee doll's as broad as she's lang." "W(2020) search twitter

@OrangRuth tweeted
ere I'll give thon Belarusian doll that used to be in Tipp every(2020) search twitter
line @FineGael Was thon Hanna doll nat sitting beside wee Jeffre(2019) search twitter
ger on ever!! Apart from thon doll in Deacon Blue.(2020) search twitter

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