A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

liar Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.4 10.1 6 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences2420 4 0 0 0 0
Number of authors15 13 2

Occurrences of liar in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
'Fuckin liar,' she says. 'I'm no keepin yo on page 1

1 matches

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
scrieved ye, they'd cry me a liar; gin A sung ye, A'd be telt A on page 77

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ome bone dry. Ah'm a terrible liar, yae see. Even oor text ah st on page 130

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
t's whit ye ur! A swick and a liar!' on page 49
'Ye're a liar,' Hortensia said cantily. "Ye on page 99
Mines widnae. They'd cry me a liar.' on page 111

4 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
said ah wis nothin bit a wee liar fur sayin ah wis gaun tae Har on page
(even if she wis selfish an a liar an a thief) cause she made me on page 82
Tommy an Laura think she's a liar anaw. Charlene believes every on page 108

3 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
Whit a liar! Ah fink. He's gat a normal n on page 9

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
"Ye're a liar, Mary. Ye hivnae got a secret on page 72

1 matches

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
d huv callt them a bold-faced liar.
1 matches

Muir, Glenn The Truth Will Out, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, prose
point. Senga the pathological liar is probably the worst, aye th
1 matches

Capener, Jack This laund wis wrocht for you an me, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central - Edinburgh, blog
made us aw a bittie ower famíliar wi, in weys baith guid an ill
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
y. “They won’t call you a liar.”
1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
Whin a man's a liar an’ a petty thief Thur's ju
1 matches

@RickHJohnston tweeted
s with the UK having a proven liar as Prime Minister. Poor Ian B (2022) twitter link

@Chazzbat tweeted
r said "it gets easier" wis a liar. Solidarity, hen. ???????????(2020) search twitter
're aye drap-kickin swans, ya liar!(2020) search twitter

Doric

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - The Bruntie Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
ie cried him a fraudster an a liar straight oot – right there
“Ah’m nae a liar or fraudster, Abbie. Whit ah
‘Ah’m nae a liar or fraudster. Whit ah saw wis
3 matches

Harvey, Lewis Crash, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
s spikin. She ca’d me a wee liar. Fit a chik she hid!! Then sh
1 matches

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