A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

golf Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words18.8 14.1 34.3 19.9 0 20.7 26.6
Number of occurrences6128 23 2 0 2 6
Number of authors29 16 10 1 1 1

Occurrences of golf in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
emetery n towards the woods n golf course. Big Kenzie's buzzin o on page 47

1 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250242) Central, prose
Young Team hud nicked a set o golf clubs, and wur takin whitever on page 7

2 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
the ingle. The faither took a golf club that wis staundin in the on page 39

1 matches

Niven, Liz Lallans 59 - Painting the Forth Bridge: A Search for Scottish Identity, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
origins an popularitie o the Golf in Scotlan, MacDougall refers on page 84

2 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
an Irvine an we'd play crazy golf when we went tae visit ma ma' on page 163

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
l be boys. Then went doon the golf course tae find stray baws in on page 49

1 matches

Nicol, Alissa Poor Wee Livvy, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - North Lanarkshire, weans
yelled fae the bottom ae the golf course, accompanied by a tall
wid belt doon wan side ae the golf course tae the other at the s
pped Abby and bolted doon the golf course.
3 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
The Wee Golf Ba
1 matches

Meikle, William Overheard in a Cemetery, (ABCTales.com 2004) Central - Ayrshire, prose
tae visit, swankin' aboot the golf club, an' treatin' the puir l
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Graftin, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
Pearcey sais, liberating a golf club fae another wean’s pos
1 matches

Geraghty, Martin A Bad Sport, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
me ... a member ae the best golf course in the entire county.
ut a need ti learn aw the mad golf lingo. ‘Wits a Paul Merton?
2 matches

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
nly assume that the phrase “Golf, Tango, Foxtrot!” wis used
1 matches

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
left hand side. Used to be a golf course years ago. Standing st(2020) search twitter
two weeks in Portugal playing golf, buggies the lot. Chose golf (2020) search twitter

@jax6754 tweeted
and @ollyofficial enjoyed yir golf time?. Looking tae book coupl(2015) search twitter

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
Lad Trump his hae ae saicont golf links appruived naist the fir(2020) search twitter

@DABArbuckle tweeted
handed £17 000 tae attend a golf tournament in Ireland(2020) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
@McBookie the golf (2021) twitter link
golf should b banned under tier 4 (2021) twitter link
awe well itll have 2 b foot golf instead lol (2020) twitter link
crunchy quorn burger and play golf - if there is ad be fascinat (2021) twitter link
yet fitbaw players that play golf kin travel fae onywhere fir a (2021) twitter link

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 68 - Gordon’s Gairden, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Doric, prose
tae trail a' the wye tae the Golf Links or tae the Westburn Par on page 35

1 matches

Gray, Kathleen Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Ootlin, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
t tae the school. There wis a golf course, an the shed far they on page 60

1 matches

Gilbert, Jo Tales Fae The Doric Side - The mornin o the waddin, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
lin truth. Feels lik aa hae a golf ba wae razor blades stickin o on page 98
fae the stairt. Aa swalla the golf ba, maistly tae massacre iss on page 99

2 matches

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
can sit He winna hae a game o golf Or fitba, squash or rugger Or on page 15

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Ower maist wiks fir a roon o golf. Ere's a gran coorse, an it's on page 37

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
e neest balcony practisin his golf swing." on page 17

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
. Ah hid a drink wi im 1t the golf club laist Setterday an he ni on page 7

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
golf clubs tae practice wi, in cas
THE GOLF MATCH
Golf Championship. He thocht it wi
Jonsar Eck hid tried tae play golf (nae affa weel) an thocht he
goods for sale, tents sellin golf gear, bit toilets? Ey were na
9 matches

The Flying Pigs Use of the common good fund for slap-up feed merely follows in grand old tradition, (Press and Journal 2018) Doric, newspaper
some jewellery and a set o’ golf clubs).
1 matches

@cligeey tweeted
@muttonworryer Aboot 6 it's a golf club hoose noo(2020) search twitter

@daleser23 tweeted
@1990_Scotty how was golf iday scotty?(2013) search twitter

@fittiecrooners tweeted
lLawriegolf you still playing golf loon? Thought i seen you doon(2016) search twitter
etting shillings fer watching golf! Ma heed.In my day that wid b(2016) search twitter
Watching golf as banned fae Fittie Bar fae (2016) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
And there's the Kirkwall Golf Coorse, wi the idle rich at p on page 48
s and Daihatsus - and a reed Golf GTI. I sit there, green wi en on page 65

2 matches

Southern

@jamie_ginger tweeted
hornet_2011 darts away ti the golf b the morn night???(2012) search twitter
re sleepin standing up in the golf hoose ?????(2019) search twitter

Ulster

@the_gellick tweeted
a green for the folk tae play golf - the furst o it in Airlann! (2014) twitter link
good aul #ulsterscots game o golf the day : I wunner does thon (2014) twitter link
er doon tae oor #UlsterScots #golf club the morra @McIlroyRory - (2014) twitter link
ts: we're quare an fand o the golf. http://t.co/7tP1QKNPdi (2014) twitter link
s wha are stairtin oot at tha golf. Mind the daft breeks: http:/ (2014) twitter link
and 1 other occurrences.