Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Concordance

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Use in varieties of Scots

normal	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	42.6	44.5	37.5	49.7	34.9	41.3	44.3
Number of occurrences	138	88	25	5	6	4	10
Number of authors	69	44	12	2	5	2	4

Occurrences of normal 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

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
t fir life jist tae go oan as normal. on page 15
a few meenits it seemed jist normal tae Alice tae staun there tal on page 25
s if the Cat'd came back in a normal wey. on page 64

3 matches

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
lounge later that night. 'Act normal, like ye fancy him an aw that on page 24

1 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
ople lookin at us awready, ma normal classmates n other younger wa on page 45

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 61 - The Mass Jack, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
nit or twa langer, juist like normal. Then, o a sidden the door bu on page 86

1 matches

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
esterday, things gaed on like normal. I wunner if I've been ehynge on page 18

1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
Ye want things back tae normal, tae the wey they were afore? on page 77

2 matches

Cunningham, Lucy nothing but a set of eyes for stars - Swedish Fish, (Association for Scottish Literature 2023 ISBN: 978-1906841546) Central, prose
e the killing and that it wis normal. Wee fish get killed. Jist no on page 37

1 matches

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
nd slag me aff lit an actual, normal pal. She tells me tae ma face on page 2

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
Thir Immense in this light. A normal face fir a boay ay fifteen ha on page 2
le player of farming stock, a normal, geeky lookin guitar player t on page 3

4 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
r very eyes. You'll even find normal law-abidin citizens screamin on page 27
evyin. Yae could argue it's a normal day fur me but ah hink it's a on page 143

2 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
brither Michael wis a perfit normal lad, on page 4
ouffed. She rarely spoke in a normal voice. She either bouffed or on page 77
d huv thocht she wis a perfit normal five-and-a-hauf-year-auld wea on page 95

3 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
re swollen up tae twice their normal sze but still he wuidnae gie on page 42
ey roch for maist lads as the normal darg wis twal hoors on an twa on page 47
ttin sae tired things were no normal an fowk were gettin dunts an on page 49
a break, but this wisnae onie normal problem. They were aw seek fe on page 52
joab as it wisnae pairt o the normal rin o things an the bosses we on page 59
Also on pages 96
6 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
rk actually act lik a decent, normal maw an day somethin tae benef on page 82
Well if yi et the same as any normal person yi widnae huv that pro on page 87
le red rose, an she got him a normal-sized card an a white rose; a on page 109
normal cause he had his hair aw pure on page 127
te gear same as they dae in a normal hospital, but it's actually j on page 151
Also on pages 169
7 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
ut first o aw, dae ye ken hoo normal television warks? It's gey si on page 143
n! The verra first time I saw normal television warkin, I had a me on page 145
in. Even wi normal television, when ye tak a pho on page 146

3 matches

Clark, Thomas Diary o a Wimpy Wean, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785302145) Central, weans
nd he's no bothert at aw that normal fowk like masel are jist tryi on page 17

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
oon, Grannie wis back tae her normal hicht. on page 100

1 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
t a liar! Ah fink. He's gat a normal name, but he's actin like he' on page 9
get up aff his arse and get a normal joab - or at least sign oan. on page 39

2 matches

Travers, Martin A Nappie Lassie Blethers tae a Fritter, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, script
Zander. Can't you talk like a normal person? on page 4

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
huv the decency tae gie me a normal name. Who in their right mind on page 13

1 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
rthampton in 1329. Efter that normal service wis resumed. Bruce (T on page 27

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 167, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
attainment wis weel ablow the normal for ordinar, stertit tae shaw
1 matches

Bolland, John Lallans 71 - Line of Sight – excerpt fae a novel in progress, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
the operator subject, in the normal rin o circumstance, tae revie
1 matches

Sutherland, Hope Twa sisters, een room, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Buckie, prose
We are just the average normal sisters though I suppose even
1 matches

Macdonald, Amy Evelynn and Peter, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Ayr, prose
disease and everyone else is normal.
1 matches

Smith, Jamie The dingin doun o devolution, (Mak Forrit 2020) Central - Edinburgh, blog
r ain gate forrit is tae be a normal, self-governing nation. I how
1 matches

Campbell, Karen Gie it laldy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Glasgow, blog
ir tung that wee bit unco fae normal. Syne, yi need a normal, don�
. Syne, yi need a normal, don’t you? Canny break the
2 matches

Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ladder feelin three times its normal size.
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
Joe on the buildin site under normal circumstances.
1 matches

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
oreheid. Ma temperature feels normal. Ah check again just tae be s
. It doesnae seem anythin but normal.
prisingly calm. Ma lungs look normal enough. Ah cannae see black s
3 matches

Donovan, Anne Buddha Da - Chapter 1 Anne Marie, (Canongate 2009 ISBN: 978-1847673459) Central - Glasgow, prose
ty the time things went on as normal. It wis comm up fur the summe
1 matches

Philips, Cally Wha's feart o' the library?, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Turriff, prose
d me that she cud say that in normal speech an’ get awa’ wi’
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
doon the river. He was, as is normal practice, the furst tae go af
1 matches

Lehane, Matt Mouse Eat Mouse World, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
tae the ultra normal warl o mouse eat mouse
1 matches

Dempster, Michael DIGNITY, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
ye juist talked... normal.
Stuff thit's normal
"normal"
the wey ye talk is normal.
4 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
The sooner things are back to normal for you, the happier ll be,�
had tae cope wi the inpit fae normal eesicht that we were in tribb
o refusin, o coorse, bit his normal routine wis tae eat than faa
in tae say, bit Hsien wis his normal sel again immediately. He stu
readin a label. “To restore normal personality after traumatic d
6 matches

MacDonald, Bo CAULD NIGHT, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
ise. Nae a groan or squeak as normal bit it stilled wi' me, as if
1 matches

Young, Clive Creative Scotland an the sowl o Scots, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
ere e’en speaks – ilkaday normal Scots.
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando The USA: Whit happened tae the Guid Guys?, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
s the torturers, maks it seem normal, needful, “jist ane o thae
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 101, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
ilka-day uiss o the leid on a normal foond. The Scots Labour Pairt
1 matches

astrothsknot The Auld Man O Jerah, (archiveofourown.org 2018) Central, prose
die. He wis tae braw tae be a normal laddie. He wis aegin wi her a
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
of ten these tests come back normal.
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
hus regressed back tae it’s normal gloomy personality. Fae the m
1 matches

@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
@ilikeduggee ?? Naw that's no normal.(2020) search twitter

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
shes doesnae understand ma normal one ????(2020) search twitter

@g_hibby tweeted
ng, and getting back tae near normal... :) ?? (2023) twitter link

@IshbelMcF tweeted
e SwitftKey in Scots boo! Normal autocorrects no wantin repl(2018) search twitter

@RickHJohnston tweeted
R. How different if we were a normal independent country free to c (2022) twitter link

@SusiBriggs1 tweeted
er a while noo. Become my new normal. ????(2020) search twitter

@fairpechtoot tweeted
it doon... The wey that juist normal people talk.' Sums up why Ah (2016) search twitter

@raiphsays tweeted
@1888MYRE A wish hings wis normal!(2020) search twitter

@LairnScots tweeted
od tae say that they were gey normal, thank ye awfie muckle...' Cl (2017) twitter link

@MizLiot tweeted
follow you an thocht ye were normal. (2021) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
@EdinburghLive_ its normal not shocking - far too easy (2020) twitter link
over the uk will continue as normal with crowds - they r exempt (2020) twitter link

Doric

Robertson, George C. Lallans 87 - Bluid An Banter, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, script
no attractive tae ye fin Ah'm normal? on page 40

1 matches

Mitchell, Rhona Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Wye it Wis, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
a. Fit wye could she nae spik normal? she winnert. on page 14

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Tales Fae The Doric Side - Mabel, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
fit they'd said wis the maist normal thing in the warld. on page 91

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Lora...it's nae richt...s'nae normal." on page 34
her. Ah'll jist news awa like normal...jist bi masel." on page 75

3 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
n in tull't. Jist try an spik normal." on page 52

2 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
tae normal, bit the phone company said i
normal wi plenty o fuel at the pumps
2 matches

Uri, Antonia The birds an the bees, (Mak Forrit 2018) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
It wis juist a normal day fan Katie cam intae oor l
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
could dee bar comfort her wi normal things. He wiz glaid now that
hide it fae her. It wisna the normal pain she’d seen for the pas
2 matches

Hutchison, Pat Bulletbroo, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
uate bit o front returned tae normal.The Prussian officers packed
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Angels Ten, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ony damage. But apart fae the normal bashes an dints ye’d expect
1 matches

Uri, Antonia Will virus crisis mean a fresh stairt for Scots produce?, (The National 2020) Doric, newspaper
summer is nae leukin tae be a normal ane. Usually, jist aboot ilka
1 matches

@FaeFoggie tweeted
@iamacant I ken. Back ti normal iss wik. ??(2019) search twitter
@Bob55492332 Ats normal here too loon.(2019) search twitter

@72redz1903 tweeted
racy intae focus. This is nae normal (2022) twitter link
tRangers Its been the new normal for far too lang mate. enou (2020) twitter link

@beast_afc tweeted
ll but fit I use anyway. With normal bog roll, I am a 7 square a w(2020) search twitter

@_DawnLeslie tweeted
cots spikkers spikkin aboot normal stuff. Weve hid plenty of(2020) search twitter

@fittiecrooners tweeted
manager lassie! Canna get ma normal seat at the bar noo as bookin(2018) search twitter
jist slowly getting back tae normal! Will gee it a day aff yon wh(2018) search twitter

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
pell at the beginning of May. Normal, not disappointing! (2020) twitter link

Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
'He's actan too normal. He's wakan too stryte. on page 3

1 matches

Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
y, hooivver, haed a perfectly normal, cattie-face free morneen. He
gaed him a soor luk. Wis this normal cat behaviour, Mr Dursley won
Mrs Dursley haed haed a fine, normal day. She telt him owre tea aa
��). Mr Dursley tried tae act normal. Eftir Dudley haed been pit t
4 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
aboot an animal awa fae it's normal environment, it's a warnin at on page 51

1 matches

Nicholson, James Lallans 58 - Do whit du’s telt, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
tist inta his room. Hit wis a normal dentist's room - white waas, on page 17

1 matches

Peterson, George P.S. Nannie Georgedaughter, (Shetland For Wirds 2002) Shetland, prose
wi you, says he, ‘an behave normal. Not a wird or a sign. Der no
1 matches

@Julie_Dennison tweeted
r yir holiday activities isna normal behaviour ?? (2021) twitter link

@tattooedselkie tweeted
oo. I dinna even really drink normal tae, or hot drinks.(2021) search twitter
Me normal bus zipped by completely empt(2021) search twitter

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
hings tae cairry oan jist as normal. on page 14
as if th Cat hed come back as normal as ee lik. on page 64
onythin would e'er happen as normal agin. on page 104

3 matches

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
hud68 Och aye, we are wearing normal shoes without socks! Them soo(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
but at the time it aal seemt normal enuch). But whin the rabbit r on page 7
yesterday things went on jest normal. A wunner if A hae bin change on page 19
er a wheen o minutes it seemt normal enuch fur Alice tae fin hirse on page 25
tae bring hirsel doon tae hir normal height. on page 53
e, wi a sigh. "A only tuk the normal course." on page 95
Also on pages 105
6 matches

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
vid fitprent o' fundin'. In a normal yeir the Boord o' on page 38
baag es normal oan accoont o' the pandemic, on page 45

2 matches

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
An normal will bak bak at last, on page 38

1 matches

@TheFarrierPhil tweeted
you dae. It's no the same wea normal milk! (2021) twitter link