A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

lens Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.1 3.1 3 29.8 11.6 0 0
Number of occurrences136 2 3 2 0 0
Number of authors10 5 2 2 1

Occurrences of lens in Corpus

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Central

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
and polishin its great gless lens. The Heedrum-Hodrums were aw on page 142
ae the fu glower o the michty lens. on page 149

2 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Did his lens bend the truth a tad?, (Wha n on page 46

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
r that they'r maistly English lens, but the "ee" spellin in Scot
1 matches

Somerville, Shirley-Anne Scots Government Commitments tae Gaelic an Scots an Scots Langages Bill: consultation, (gov.scot 2022 ISBN: 978-1804358313) Central - Holyrood, government
verse pairt pleyit bi MG ALBA lens value tae a fouth o important
1 matches

McDonald, Hamish The Girnin Gates - Chapter 12, (Itchy Coo 2003) Central, prose
different lens settins, anen we traipsed aff
1 matches

Doric

Benzie, Lesley Tales Fae The Doric Side - Pictur o Misery, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
looks straicht intae the lens, on page 69

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
t tae be poored in the coggie lens its flavour tae aathin that f
1 matches

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
Astrid gans intae the lens o her caster an sends afyoag on page 72

1 matches

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
anither conversion: no magic lens nor latch, on page 17
through syer nor lens on page 32

2 matches

Shetland

@shaetlan_rose tweeted
an fella oot wi his telephoto lens deday!(2020) search twitter
Hope the tirricks shit on his lens. What a TWERP.(2019) search twitter