A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

female Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words24.3 32.9 9 29.8 5.8 10.3 13.3
Number of occurrences7864 6 3 1 1 3
Number of authors31 18 6 3 1 1 2

Occurrences of female in Corpus

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Central

McPartlin, John Lallans 83 - Phantasmagoria, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
the brawest form o female beauty. on page 70

1 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
i ir gettin scooped up by the female teachers, the Florence Nighti on page 46

1 matches

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
tae fin fresh new female talent on page 22

1 matches

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
Who triumphs over female fraility!' on page 37

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
the voice comes in though. A female, familiar voice, which isnae on page 81
d eighty instead ae the usual female twelve. That's no right, ah c on page 119

2 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
The Trunchbull, this michty female giant, stood there in her gre on page 155
furious female giant and said, dead calm, 'A on page 162

2 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
'They're leein,' cried a female vyce fae the door. 'Drag the on page 98

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
The federated female flute players union, pedlars on page 110

1 matches

Travers, Martin A Nappie Lassie Blethers tae a Fritter, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, script
s abuin tae bes played bi wan female actor. Apairt frae the twa-th on page 1

1 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
on til the specific deeferent female addressees o Sorley MacLean's on page 95

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
on ilka representative o the female sex he can, includin his nour on page 142

1 matches

Hodgson, Brent Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
yall females an thae Scottish female curlers wha wun gowd at the W on page 91

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
d frae be-in an extremelie ‘female’, til a stranglie ‘male
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Whae Were the Pechts, (Dig It Scotland 2023) Central, prose
ne sculptures. Fur exemple, a female figure, wi lang hair and a mu
1 matches

Geraghty, Martin A Bad Sport, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
e. The windae iz lowered an a female leans oot. ‘Did you get my
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
eid. Triple flexion. Only the female body can dae it. He realised
wird folder. Somethin vocal, female an wae wis whit he wintit. So
. An Ah’m as guid a judge o female beauty as ony man. She’s ex
“He canna hear his female ancestors,” a wumman explai
ampant male tae the envelopin female in a braith ...
5 matches

Douglas, Ashley Fur maist o history, anonymous wis a wumman, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, prose
Oor female poet sets oot a wheen biblica
The female voice is makkit explicit at m
e poet and ventriloquises the female voice”.
inine persona does not entail female authorship”.
ral voice anent absence fae a female lover, which micht be tholed
13 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Maitland Quarto and Poem 49, (wee-windaes.nls.uk 2021) Central, prose
earliest ayebidin instances o female homoerotic poetry in Renaissa
wechtie evidence no jist fur female scrievership, but fur the scr
The anonymous, nine-stanza, female-voicit poem o 72 lines taks t
The poet first heizes their female luve abuin thon which existit
anza on idealisit mairriage a female couple: Ruth and Naomi, invok
24 matches

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
broadcast whaur ane o Trumps female accolytes announced "Trump [.(2020) search twitter
@Carer49 A rare female example of a gowkairse(2020) search twitter

@Chazzbat tweeted
wummin wha wis banned fae the female chyngin rooms o a store acaus(2020) search twitter

@bigandymccoll tweeted
Yep. When it's an adult human female we want tae lionize, my prefe (2022) twitter link

Doric

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 87 - Andy, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, prose
he haed a collogue wi a young female social wirker, fa arreengit f on page 30

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 83 - Dunnottar, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
heer baskin in the sunshine o female adoration, til Bob Erskine sa
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
ers, he hid niver bin short o female company, an ower the years, h
1 matches

Diansangu, Mae naebdy likes a clype, (Scots Hoose 2021) Doric, poetry
her crime, tae be female an
1 matches

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 59 - Raymond Vettese : nineteen poems, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Montrose, poetry
Ahent me a female. She dealt wi it,
1 matches

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
ord/s o the month Cowpit Yow, Female sheep which has fallen over o (2020) twitter link

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
nd miscaal him as you will, o female flesh he hid his fill on page 77

1 matches

Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
r drakes squabble ower a lone female on page 16

1 matches

@peediepuss tweeted
uldn't worry about them..each female Common Starfish can produce u(2020) search twitter

Shetland

Watt, Valerie Froggy smoorikins, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
best until he fan a mate. Da female frog he fell in wi laid nearl
1 matches

Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
"Myla Corvidae, 30, was born female and now identifies as non-bin(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Logan, Liam Thon Ulster Scots Book, (Galdanagh 2014 ISBN: 978-0992881405) Ulster - Dunloy, prose
tay his work kitted oot as a female and went tae dances in the Qu on page 44

1 matches

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
That the female o' the species is mair cunnin on page 18
Wae a female yince agaen, on page 19

2 matches

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