A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

mobile Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words18.4 13.9 33.2 29.8 5.8 51.7 4.4
Number of occurrences5927 22 3 1 5 1
Number of authors37 18 11 3 1 3 1

Occurrences of mobile in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
ae wee thumbs tappin madly at mobile phone buttons. on page 18
k Bailey, is still holdin the mobile phone tae his ear. The two la on page 27
m aw day. He's turned aff his mobile tae avoid it. Ma maw's still on page 49

3 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ple ae posh stately hames. Ma mobile starts ringin oaf the hook at on page 16
r screams ae pain. And now ma mobile hus started tae vibrate oan t on page 144

2 matches

Bryden, Hugh Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
Ah keeked at the mobile on page 99

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
campaigns. Back in thae days mobile phones were jist aboot as rar on page 103

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
she's jist stepped oot a bat mobile nen should she. Ah remindet h on page 103
all... an she pit doon Iain's mobile number. on page 110
Charlene but her mobile wis turnt aff. Then ah tried on page 169

6 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
They grats while mobile videos stream and flicker on page 92

1 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
they are. Fur wan, we've gat mobile phones, and ah've nae idea ho on page 52

1 matches

Briggs, Susi Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
And his mobile phone fell intae the cludgie. on page 4

1 matches

Tindal, Betty Lallans 73 - The Scaffie Man’s Tale, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
n the bus an somebody oan his mobile tae the polis. Ah didnae thin on page 112

1 matches

Calderwood, Lynsey Cantsmell, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2020) Central, prose
s no nits he’s goat it’s mobile dandruff.
1 matches

Falconer, Gavin Lallans 63 - Richt Scots an Pithy Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
reend, mebbe ane o the “non-mobile, older rural males” or NORM
1 matches

Bennett, Peter McShane's Reprieve, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
wds ur yer trendies. Upwardly mobile cunts wae a few bob in their
1 matches

Grae, Emma Billy's Ghost Dug, (liarsleague.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
Ah take oot ma mobile phone as ah chew oan another
1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 59 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central, newspaper
l ti lairn whauraboots on the mobile phone buttons thon faceility
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
she proudly presented her new mobile phone fir us aw’ tae admire
1 matches

@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
urned tae online shopping and mobile, online banking ??(2020) search twitter

@g_hibby tweeted
tae strip doon ma scale model mobile crane.. Give it a clean, and (2022) twitter link

@raiphsays tweeted
ptip ye kno em bags wae a wee Mobile fone poacket ootside at naebd(2020) search twitter

@ThonJacobite tweeted
ove teaching but the advent o mobile phones kilt the joy. Spent ma(2020) search twitter

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 84 - Jamie’s Day Oot, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
'Can ye nae see it's mi mobile?' on page 43

1 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 84 - The Ferlie, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
a caal on Inspector Mundie's mobile phone. on page 83

2 matches

Benzie, Lesley Tales Fae The Doric Side - Vadim Shysimarin, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
Oleksandr Shelipov on his mobile phone, on page 64

1 matches

Maitland, Andrew Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Auld Mannie, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
Blair pulled oot his mobile phone an waved it in the pudg on page 74

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Tales Fae The Doric Side - Mabel, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
doonstairs an Ah wound up the mobile abeen the cot. The circle o s on page 92
e backseat o ma granda's slow-mobile wi its air freshener tree hin on page 96

2 matches

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
Phone 999 on yer mobile ma quine Get the bobbies tae on page 15

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
door an phoned Stevie oan is mobile. "Come an git's oot o here, S on page 56
ie raikit in er hanbug fir er mobile. Antiques for sale: Victorian on page 71

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
...or somethin. Ah tak oot ma mobile, haudin it like a han grenade on page 46
as ma fingirs close aroon the mobile phone in ma pooch. Haudin ma on page 80

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
An myn fin ye gied er yer aul mobile an she caaed it a "phonebile' on page 51
uttert, thinkin aboot the new mobile at Donald hid proodly present on page 52

4 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Wullie’s Wife: The Hoaspital Veisit, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
d oot thair nems or git thair mobile phone
1 matches

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
an back through and picked ma mobile up aff her armrest and switch
1 matches

The Flying Pigs Multiple choice voting leaves city cooncil facing, (Press and Journal 2022) Doric, newspaper
he closest thing we get tae a mobile signal is the bell on Skitter
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
wifie instead o typing on ma mobile!(2016) search twitter
Doric Phrases noo has mobile version i' site sae it's even(2016) search twitter

@Franwella tweeted
d th number o th beast in yer mobile! @aimeeannenaylor(2012) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
ss any callers, ah'm gotten a mobile phone. on page 43

1 matches

Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Withoot mobile phones or modern haet on page 115

1 matches

Hall, Simon W. Tame Hogmanay, (Brisk Northerly 2017) Orkney, blog
y folk belonging tae the new, mobile, professional class. A lot o
1 matches

Shetland

@HazelTindall tweeted
eries, good alternative ta da mobile library. Excitin ta open da b(2020) search twitter

Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
ran doon the steps oot o his mobile hame. Masel,
1 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Kilmeny, (Scottish Language Center 2021) Southern - Scottish Borders, prose
the tither wis stuck oot, her mobile phone in her haund, like she
ed through her gear, took her mobile phone awa, an scoured the gle
2 matches

@jamie_ginger tweeted
Theres fuck all mobile aboot ma mum and dads mobile (2020) search twitter

Ulster

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
She keeked yince mair at her mobile phone on page 11

1 matches

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