A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

flies Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words10 10.8 1.5 19.9 0 41.3 17.7
Number of occurrences3221 1 2 0 4 4
Number of authors18 11 1 2 1 3

Occurrences of flies 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

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
Guys around the other ir like flies around shite. Patricia Lewis on page 26
t doonwards. The pile ae dead flies in the casing makes it look m on page 39

2 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
oon come tae you as well, the flies will become that bit quicker, on page 15

1 matches

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
. As ah open mah room door he flies past me. on page 3
a big obese trout. The sword flies oot his hawn an the other pol on page 176

2 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
he lights hus clusters o dead flies at the bottom o it, and the c on page 4
sualty over the years. A bird flies intae it wi a bang. Ah wince on page 42

3 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
t an o coorse finnds him: Wi' flies an' vermin sair o'ergane (a g on page 137

1 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
han Golding's The Lord of the Flies, at ma ain generation was exp on page 56

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
flies richt intil the Nyow Town o E
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
croass the Green, as the craw flies, their collective thirst, a l
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
tae gie us a beer oer but he flies through the air, landin oan t
fae behind me an a hauf brick flies by ma heid, hittin a parked m
2 matches

Bennett, Peter The Guru an Zander, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
blast up ma beak. Fuckin nae flies oan this cunt, know whit ah m
e hoverin aboot the bar, like flies roon shite man. They’re aw
2 matches

Philips, Cally Jings, crivens, help ma Boab, it’s independence!, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Turriff, prose
d freedom cus we drapped like flies in wur early twenties. Girls.
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Wan Goal tae the Good, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ae their seats. Spilt alcohol flies through the air, sprayin oer
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Arabian Monkfish (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
t wis rattled, mind you. Time flies, an Persian rugs rapidly dimi
1 matches

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Doric

Manson, John Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Doric - Dumfries, poetry
Faem flies aff the bits on page 120

1 matches

Orkney

Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
No use tae swish flies. on page 141

1 matches

Orkney Voices Group Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Bloated flies on rosehips. on page 111

1 matches

Southern

Purves, David Lallans 67 - The Incomparable Li Po (701-762), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
the craws flies hame ti rest, on page 34

1 matches

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
A singil cran flies late ti reist.
Bogils flies aboot an unco things steir.
tterflies the joss-paper auss flies by,
3 matches

Ulster

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
Unther the soonless birl o flies, on page 39

1 matches

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
e Summer, through the hatchin flies o May, on page 46

2 matches

Stewart, Kenny The Bread Van, (Facebook 2020) Ulster, poetry
There were apple squares an' flies graveyards, sodas and fadge y
1 matches

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