A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

ds Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.2 1 3 0 58.1 0 13.3
Number of occurrences172 2 0 10 0 3
Number of authors10 2 1 4 3

Occurrences of ds in Corpus

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Central

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
An forgí us á úr il díds, as wí ín forgí ðém ðat
1 matches

@billykayscot tweeted
awston in the 1950s. The Nine Ds: “Daft Davie Dunn, Doon Daur(2020) search twitter

Doric

Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
e a richt pair o plunkers the DS and the constable wint tae th
’. “Oh jesus!” said the DS. “Go get the big boys doon
2 matches

Shetland

Watt, Roseanne Moder Dy, (Polygon 2019 ISBN: 978-1846974878) Shetland, poetry
I hae no time fir dy wilt göds. My boughs sanna be gallows h on page 26

1 matches

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
Twartree bøds in Rønnies Voe. on page 24

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
Wi a view ta da böds, an oot on page 28
s is da only life ithin da böds; on page 33
Twa böds lie rummelled, vod: der whit' on page 36
ta röf der huntin böds wi coupit boats, on page 48

5 matches

Facebook link (I Hear Dee 2021) Shetland - Shetland
Twartree bøds in Rønnies Voe.
A few bøds in Rønnies Voe.

@Julie_Dennison tweeted
DSi in 2009, an I still tink DS cartridges ir peerie so I wil (2020) twitter link

Ulster

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
wun an tha waves dae as he bïds thaim!" on page 83

1 matches

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
ae dae wi it - noo gie her a DS or a Wii an it's a different on page 30

1 matches

Fenton, James The Lade, (Ullans Magazine 2001) Ulster, prose
an sweeties (whun we had oany Ds or Es) wae wer twarthy copper
1 matches

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