A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

ooh Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words11.2 6.7 31.7 9.9 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences3613 21 1 1 0 0
Number of authors14 10 2 1 1

Occurrences of ooh in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
Peopie ooh n ah, the lassies giggle, n B on page 25

1 matches

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
"Ooh, a sang, please, if the Mock on page 44

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
as weel Jock didnae see him. Ooh, ma hauns are sair. Ice, that on page 1

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
k Stink Bomb. Ah ah baby yeah ooh yeah uhuh listen tae this, sa on page 91

1 matches

@Cobradile94 tweeted
Ooh! Anither Scots band! The Cund(2017) search twitter
Ooh, A see the yoch! https://t.co(2019) search twitter

@jack_capener tweeted
@LloydAMelville @RatherRyan Ooh saucy. Gies yer arguments!(2020) search twitter

@IshbelMcF tweeted
@JoannaKopaczyk Ooh! Guid idea!(2019) search twitter

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
@homelesshorse Ooh I hauna been trainwreck meltd(2020) search twitter

@Chazzbat tweeted
@jackiepatie @MsYellowHat Ooh. Ah uised tae follae him year(2020) search twitter
@porridgebrain Ooh, hou did ye swing that? Ah ca(2020) search twitter

@raiphsays tweeted
@BrianBengal @Alexx_McArthur Ooh a wul look it oot!(2020) search twitter
Ooh a free advert fae a wee yoon (2020) search twitter

Doric

Gilbert, Jo Tales Fae The Doric Side - The mornin o the waddin, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
"Ooh fan are you gettin merried?" on page 98

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
A mystery (Ooh ee ooh ooh) on page 65
Ooh, got a pen in Cardenden on page 123
o I'm buyin ma beer in a can (Ooh) on page 130
Ooh ooh ooh ah ah on page 131
Aye, aye, aye, aye, och, ooh on page 158
Also on pages 167, 183
20 matches

Orkney

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
ooh RUN on page 46

1 matches

Shetland

@Julie_Dennison tweeted
@KirsteenMullay ooh livin the dreem!! I'm jealous (2015) twitter link