A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

jars Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.6 4.6 9 19.9 5.8 20.7 4.4
Number of occurrences219 6 2 1 2 1
Number of authors15 7 3 2 1 1 1

Occurrences of jars in Corpus

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Central

Cunningham, Lucy nothing but a set of eyes for stars - Swedish Fish, (Association for Scottish Literature 2023 ISBN: 978-1906841546) Central, prose
ringing in crates of tins and jars and fruit with those god-damn on page 42

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
a mate hud been oot fur a few jars that night and hud seen it aw on page 33
ae powerin through a gid few jars. It dawned oan me how nae amo on page 76
doon the Carousel huvin a few jars wae Dougie and Craigy. The bo on page 142

3 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
beh knockin ower four guys jars on page 9

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
d find ane that had had a few jars as wis the custom, an wuid be on page 105

1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Bairns ootside, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
ae mak sugarallie watter, jam jars for tadpoles an the like. E
1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
ae the palace, humphin muckle jars o olive ile an wine, an the h
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
ter n lookin forrit tae a few jars (2020) twitter link

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
lollies, sherbet dib-dabs an jars an jars o aa kines o aul-fash on page 87

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
vver think o - dishes, pans, jars, bowels, beddin, cutlery, cur on page 94

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 75 - The Petrol Tanker, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Doric, prose
it on the shelf abeen the jam jars.”
n things oot, tins an bags an jars an plates an cups. “That’
2 matches

McDonald, Charlie , (Facebook 2022) Doric, poetry
An' they were a' in jars, yer favourite treats
1 matches

Orkney

Miller, Alison Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Orkney, poetry
could have been some cam wae jars o grain on page 43

1 matches

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
tins, breid wrappers and jam jars gaan curlan doon ower the bra on page 16

1 matches

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Dodie's Phenomenal Pheesic, (Shetland For Wirds 2008) Shetland, weans
lfs wis stappit wi bottles an jars o ivery sort. He waeled da fo
1 matches

Southern

Tindal, Betty Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
Oor Mum filled up the twa-pun jars, on page 149
An I haud the jars agin the licht, on page 150

2 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
dnae thole the fossils in the jars ony mair than Sally cud. She on page 51

1 matches

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