A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Intro a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Texts Writers Statistics Top200 Search Compare

Concordance

Enter a word to find all occurrences of, for example ablow

- pre-sorted concord - post-sorted concord - map and chronology - chronogrid - similar spellings - fine-grain concord -

Use in varieties of Scots

mills Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words9.9 8.6 13.5 9.9 0 31 8.9
Number of occurrences3217 9 1 0 3 2
Number of authors20 11 4 1 3 1

Occurrences of mills 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

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
side the river whaur a hunner mills on page 77

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
onditions in the factories an mills that were churnin oot the goo on page 147

1 matches

Robertson, Sine Lallans 59 - Newsins fae SLRC, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
s in Rothesay, warkin in jute mills, docks an fish hooses an ae w on page 87

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
frae the city's daurk satanic mills. on page 16
frae the city's daurk satanic mills, on page 17
frae the city's daurk satanic mills, on page 22

3 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
braw hames new made frae tume mills black, on page 63

1 matches

Matheson, Ann Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
e's Aunty Mary, wha thocht 'a Mills and Boon plot had come to lif on page 90

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Lallans 62 - Cormilligan, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, poetry
ae the city’s daurk satanic mills.
ae the city’s daurk satanic mills,
ae the city’s daurk satanic mills.
3 matches

McKenzie, Roddy Cataracts, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2018) Central - Dundee, prose
thi strappin laddies fae thi mills doon thi road drappin` by fur
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
e made Blake’s dark satanic mills look like a bloody Butlin’s
1 matches

McDonald, Hamish The Girnin Gates - Chapter 12, (Itchy Coo 2003) Central, prose
flooer mills doon in Partick, hunners a ye
good that Erchie. The flooer mills eh? Ah didnae know that masel
2 matches

@ThonJacobite tweeted
wa o' her freens tae McKinnon Mills tae hae lunch. They've sat do (2021) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
a blast from the past - mick mills! (2021) twitter link

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
Corn mills
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
anes an ribs dirded alang tae mills that caad them tae crocanatio
1 matches

Mitchell, Ian R. Lallans 63 - Walkin Woundit, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
it up, got a job in the paper-mills,” I replied.
1 matches

The Mannie Fae Unco The Diary o a Feel at the Skweel, (unco.scot 2021) Doric, prose
ken if ye've seen it but John Mills and Anthony Quail end up cros
he mine wid explode. Noo John Mills wint doon wi his bayonet an p
fine did he ken it. Then John Mills pulled the mine oot an threw
ctin cairry on is deen. (John Mills greet yer een oot!) But na na
4 matches

Hutchison, Pat Angels Ten, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
e books but they were maistly Mills and Boones or that kind o thi
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Stones That Turned, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
s back in een o the Laird’s mills fin the laidder he wiz on cai
1 matches

Orkney

Hall, Simon W. Tame Hogmanay, (Brisk Northerly 2017) Orkney, blog
emembered them: workan watter mills; strings o sillocks dryan in
1 matches

Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
growthe o the Mills i Hawick; whilk wur, i the be
1 matches

@projecthawick tweeted
mer mill house for the Rodono Mills ahint it.(2020) search twitter

@StuartPoet tweeted
exaumple. An a wheen o Laigh Mills forby.(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Carmichael's mills had lang grun coarn, on page 27
Nor aa tha mills o stane an wud. on page 28

2 matches

Web Analytics