A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

oantae Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words29 47.1 0 0 0 10.3 0
Number of occurrences9493 0 0 0 1 0
Number of authors21 20 1

Occurrences of oantae in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
hurt a bit, an she jumped up oantae her feet in a meenit: she loo on page 10
r skirt, tippm aw the Jurymen oantae the heids ae the crowd, where on page 114
d leaves that'd fluttert doon oantae her face. on page 121

3 matches

Burnett, Mikey nobody remembers the birdman - It's Ladle, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
unsteady feet. So, she grabs oantae me. Pits her airms aroond me on page 36

1 matches

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
rt pipin the melted chocolate oantae the scabby drawers. on page 26
nt wan day. 'When can ah move oantae suhin else? Can ah work oan t on page 60

3 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 90 - Serendipity, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
ie's haund an fechtin hes wey oantae the daunce flair wi her in to on page 27

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
ps, show yeese how it's done. Oantae the road. Knees high, elbows on page 1

6 matches

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
Oot an oantae the warm Spanish tarmac on page 53

1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
spreid owre an oantae thon on page 32
oantae a pillow shaped bi you fir me on page 54
The nicht Ah'm flingin thir oantae the lowe, on page 61
Otters fastened oantae the gantry, on page 71

5 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
wee bodie. An he drappit Loki oantae the grund. An Loki rin oot o on page 14

2 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
slidin, doing the auld haudin oantae a blue note fir too iong. Pim on page 3

1 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250242) Central, prose
Scott slumps oantae the bench. Wan by wan, the ot on page 7

4 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
creature wis tryin tae swing oantae the shelf wae aw its bein, bu on page 14
hts turn oot, will ah make it Oantae the pitch in the efterlife mi on page 19
ake in his attempts tae swing oantae the shelf. Ah'm no shaire if on page 21
t lookin fur somethin tae hud oantae before ah depart this mortal on page 23
ent fae the boozer hud jumped oantae a till. He wis a small guy wa on page 31
Also on pages 32, 37, 42, 43, 66, 131
12 matches

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
an a wee bit leaps oot oantae mah maw's nice white tiled fl on page 3

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
As they slid him oot oantae a trolley on page 51

1 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
MCR tip-exed oantae yer bag. Somewan oan the othe on page 4
tick in wan haun. She puts it oantae ma tongue. on page 15
wooden rosary beads, hauldin oantae them fur dear life. on page 30
Ah fall asleep holdin oantae the auld Scots poem. Mibbie p on page 36
poem as a bookmark. It falls oantae the wooden table. Dante's eye on page 40
Also on pages 46
7 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
ma gold weddin ring and back oantae the ferry. on page xiv
s. Ah gasp. Sommat is drippin oantae the deck. on page xv
n a suit flings his briefcase oantae the flair. on page xvi
warmth appeared tae pass aff oantae the boys, Jamie and Robert, a on page 10
yer card and miraculous medal oantae the blue necklace box. on page 12
Also on pages 13, 31, 37, 39, 41, 42, 45, 48, 57, 63, 83, 85
20 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 82 - Nae Guid Ettle, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
d me the gully an Ah rowed up oantae ma knees stertin tae saw at t on page 17

2 matches

Corbett, John Lallans 70 - Owersettins o Modren Drama intae Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
that waantit tae get mairrit oantae a bonnie lassie, Agnes, that
1 matches

Mc Rae, Thomas The Neep Lantern, (Lowdown-L 2009) Central - Central, prose
drippin’ doon frae its neck oantae the flair. The een in ’er h
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
unt.’ he pours the gram oot oantae the cistern an fucks it intae
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Guru an Zander, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
He strides confidently oot oantae the main road, stoappin the d
a bar ay yella light, beamin oantae the drive fae below the quart
2 matches

Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
inin doon a volley ay punches oantae the pulpy mess that used tae
1 matches

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
y’s hoose that ah’ve held oantae fur years. Ah’m an awfae wa
he’s gaun’ae pass ma case oantae a nurse, and they’ll take i
s me doon, puts a contraption oantae ma finger and a cuff roond ma
3 matches

Grae, Emma Billy's Ghost Dug, (liarsleague.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
Ah stumble oantae the shoap. Ghosts dinnae come
The instructions fall oantae the flair. Ah strain tae pick
2 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 59 - The Queen’s Shull’n, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Fife, prose
ge an cowpit chirls oot o’t oantae the fire. Hauf the coal skail
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Sport, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
and, there wis Bill runnin’ oantae the pitch tae be awarded the
1 matches

Crawford, Ross Mindin, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
. Her teeny coffin wis pulled oantae a trolley by the attendants a
1 matches

McKenzie, Roddy Cataracts, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2018) Central - Dundee, prose
wine glass in yir han creshes oantae thi bar. As thi shards clatte
1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
w wi’ mutton Ur sew a shurt oantae a button Bit jeezo could that
sneeze? Whin a turn't it oot oantae the plate A huv tae say it wi
2 matches

Crawford, Ross At Stake, (productmagazine.co.uk 2022) Central - Stirling, prose
e ages. When a baw comes doon oantae wan ae they spikes, ye micht
hes oot his goals, een lockin oantae the baw, trackin its flicht.
s right haun comes doon haird oantae wan ae they rusty railin spik
3 matches

McDonald, Hamish The Girnin Gates - Chapter 12, (Itchy Coo 2003) Central, prose
Windyhill, anen turned oantae the Stockiemuir Road at Balja
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
e flat ever since Bruce burst oantae the scene and ah’ve goat in
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 5, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
ldo. That motor ah turned yae oantae. Ah need it pulled and pit ba
1 matches

Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
ch95 Weel pit Alex an walcome oantae the bus tae chynge. Yon said,(2020) search twitter