A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

goose Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words10.2 10.1 7.5 0 0 20.7 26.6
Number of occurrences3320 5 0 0 2 6
Number of authors22 10 5 2 5

Occurrences of goose in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
Bit ye feeneesht the goose, wae the bones an the beak - on page 48

1 matches

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
Yet ye ett a hale goose, wi its banes, beak an mair on page 44

1 matches

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
gin to mairket stegging lik a goose on page 36

1 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
kin he wouldnae say boo tae a goose. on page 24

1 matches

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
Boonce wis a deuk-and-goose fermer. He kept thoosans o de on page 3
ookie fae Boggin? A deuk or a goose fae Boonce? Or a braw bubblyj on page 7
chookie-skins. Boonce bowfs o goose-livers, and as for Beek, weel on page 10
x doughnuts steched wi mingin goose-gut batter, and Beek had twa on page 31

6 matches

Robertson, James The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - The Lassie in the Snaw, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
set for denner, wi a roastit goose and aw kind o ither sneysters on page 52
vanish like the stove and the goose and the Christmas tree, sae w on page 53

3 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - Sweet Sang o the Widd, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
A goose honked, and they thocht it wi on page 98

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
er, read by Tom Fleming, Wild Goose Publications, Iona, 2008, £1 on page 135

2 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Mother Goose's Advice
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 176, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
Wild Goose Publications
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 101, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
w, whit's guid for the Gaelic goose maun shuirlie be guid for the
1 matches

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
nna hae a session between tea goose holds forbye that is ootside.(2020) search twitter

Doric

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
Yit ee finished e goose, wi e bones an e beak - on page 46

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - TROUBLE WI WITTGENSTEIN, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
winner if they were on a wild goose chase efter aa, fan "boyng"' on page 87

1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
eing watched and wid feel the goose pimples rise at the back o he
1 matches

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
mum2 I can see my great aunts goose fae there!(2019) search twitter

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
eetolectology Oose, rhymes wi goose (2021) twitter link

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
Yet ee feeneeshed th goose, wi th bones an th beak on page 47

1 matches

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
is yince heard tae say, “Ae goose is raither mukkil fur yin tae
1 matches

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
"An airm, yae goose! Wha iver seen yin thon size? on page 37
But yae finisht the goose, wi the bones an the beak - on page 48

2 matches

King, Angeline Weans o Latharna, (angelineking.com 2021) Ulster - Larne, weans
led up aside her and seen the goose pimples on her airms were red
1 matches

Spence, Laura Tha Thoarn Tree, (Ullans Magazine 2013) Ulster, prose
“She’s giein me goose pimples,” whuspered Grace t
1 matches

Stewart, Kenny The Bread Van, (Facebook 2020) Ulster, poetry
here, wheeshin at the oul pet goose.
1 matches

@the_gellick tweeted
ouse Ian's "house" rhymes wi "goose". (2015) twitter link

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