A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

gutter Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words10.3 8.2 9 89.4 5.8 0 4.4
Number of occurrences3316 6 9 1 0 1
Number of authors22 10 5 5 1 1

Occurrences of gutter in Corpus

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Central

Bennett, Peter nobody remembers the birdman - Stovies, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
tae drag yersel up oot ay the gutter; tae provide fur an raise a f on page 10

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
oot tossed his dout intae the gutter. on page 1

3 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
Meh haeds in thi gutter on page 96

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
An hauf-spent fags, gutter-mankit winnins on page 4

1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Eemis Stane 1 - Editorial: Scots Belangs Tae Awbodie And Naebodie, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
Scots is the speech ae the gutter. Scots is a leid o the laun. on page 3

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Or squabblin i the gutter,
1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Fae Mooth tae Page, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central, blog
“In the gutter, sir.”
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 149, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
ise thae slang words frae the gutter but tae learn tae speak polit
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
tal that draps doon tae a wee gutter oan the flair wae a step in f
1 matches

Alston, Connor THE BLACK-EYED CHILDREN OF SCOTLAND, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
n’ in pieces hangin fae the gutter, tore limb frae limb wi “On
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 75, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
han somethin glisterin in the gutter at the edge o the pavie gripp
fish, uncle. A fund it in the gutter ootside the Heywechts an A wi
2 matches

Bennett, Peter Stovies, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
tae drag yersel up oot ay the gutter; tae provide fur an raise a f
1 matches

@rattlecans tweeted
s have been booting intae the gutter for years that they have reac (2022) twitter link

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 84 - Jamie’s Day Oot, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
tle in ae haan, bent ower the gutter an spewin up her harigals. 'A on page 44

1 matches

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
ral's Lodge Hotel, an eno thi gutter o Theif's Loup. Eit weis a bi on page 10
turn Sooth tae gein throo thi gutter, bit aw eis laad's jist seem' on page 12

2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
An floatit him doon the gutter.
1 matches

@beast_afc tweeted
CC Defo. I was spewing in the gutter on oor road the other wik an (2020) search twitter

@fittiecrooners tweeted
t! Heeds like a ferret doon a gutter! Blame yon Rabbie Burns(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
He spraggled in the gutter and I thowt that he wis dyan. on page 13
Scrubs the gutter aff the mat. on page 23

2 matches

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
materialise fae this graft an gutter, wid be none on page 7
cliff gutter, clamber, clang - on page 15

2 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Rotten Gutter, Rashieburn, Messiegate on page 11
clogs tae keep feet oot o the gutter on page 57

2 matches

Hall, Simon W. New Lambs, Owld Stone, (Brisk Northerly 2017) Orkney, blog
ers. The rain haes washed the gutter fae the thoosand fragments o
1 matches

Hall, Simon W. Crackan the troughs, (Brisk Northerly 2021) Orkney, blog
nimals in winter is the sea o gutter – every job ye go tae dae o
1 matches

Peace, Courtney The 'Guid' Life, (Orkney Heritage Society 2010) Orkney, poetry
no carin fur being clerted in gutter,
1 matches

Shetland

Watt, Valerie An onkerry for a kerry oot, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
aggle wis truly aggled. No in gutter, but in sweet an soor saace.
1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
ht. I redd oot his pot an his gutter an mair forbye. They teuk me on page 4

1 matches

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