A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

mixture Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.1 6.7 12.1 9.9 5.8 10.3 8.9
Number of occurrences2613 8 1 1 1 2
Number of authors17 9 3 1 1 1 2

Occurrences of mixture in Corpus

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Central

Beekman, Tony Lallans 85 - The Belt, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
st o the cless looked on wi a mixture o excitement, smugness an hor on page 42

1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
oan ony sculpture, shape or mixture on page 41

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ot. Held there in a paralysed mixture ae fear and anxiety. It isnae on page 160

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
wans that always smell lik a mixture ae cabbage an rotten eggs an on page 90
Newfoundland an half whitever mixture a mongrel the Walkers' junkie on page 169

2 matches

Hardie, George Lallans 76 - Tammy an the Cheese Plant, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
im an then at each ither wi a mixture
1 matches

Hodgart, John Scots Language Act: Oor weans hae richt tae see mither tung respectit, (The National 2021) Central - North Ayrshire, newspaper
ifferent purposes, or yaise a mixture o baith for ither purposes as
wi mair or less Scots in the mixture. A confident Scot shid be abl
2 matches

McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Sport, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
He brewed a heidy mixture, o’ flare an’ skill an’
1 matches

Ewen, Allan Review: Saltire: Invasioun, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
Saltire focuses oan a mixture o history, fowk tales an fant
1 matches

Facebook link (Changed Times Historical Novel By Ethyl Smith 2022) Central
hud been goin on fur years. A mixture o religion an politics.

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
nit’’ the boay says. In a mixture ae Russian/English/ Strong co
ble it wid seem tae be. Wae a mixture ae uppers and dooners. Thatâ€
2 matches

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
He wis a queer mixture, richt eneuch, Minnie's faith
hem gweed, fur faiver heard o mixture that didna taste soor? Fur ma
2 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - The Bruntie Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
he Bruntland Lodge, wha, in a mixture o scribbles an sign-language,
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Stones That Turned, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ritten the cause o death as a mixture o starvation and very low tem
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
She wis carrying a big green mixture bottle an a great muckle spee
ng-lie-itis hiv tae takk this mixture three times a day till theyâ€
ed a jeelip o the nesty green mixture doon Kirsty Ann’s thrapple.
Jist a nesty, clorty, purple mixture
4 matches

Orkney

Hall, Simon W. Tame Hogmanay, (Brisk Northerly 2017) Orkney, blog
gmanay came roond there wis a mixture o trepidation and excitement.
1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
tures, an muted shades in its mixture a ling heddir, an burra, an c on page 91

1 matches

Southern

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
in livinÂ’ in NI. a feel that mixture oÂ’ politics and religions is (2021) twitter link

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
thin silence, an thin anither mixture o voices-*Houl haes heid up-B on page 39

1 matches

Ulster Scots Agency Ulster Scots Census, (census.gov.uk 2021) Ulster, government
A mixture o kins, scrieve doon
1 matches

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