A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

pants Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words9.4 11.3 9 9.9 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences3022 6 1 0 0 1
Number of authors23 16 5 1 1

Occurrences of pants 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

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
ae his knees, nae troosers or pants an joost a shirt. on page 27

1 matches

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
ae feel we need to wear fancy pants clathes or eat in thae posh r on page

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
had naethin ti dae Wi erotic pants and pechs: on page 19

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
seems like he hus ants in his pants when Aldo's name comes up. He on page 34
t he is aboot tae piss in his pants, there and then. Who kin blam on page 42

2 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
pants. And ah thocht ah wis in nae on page 102

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
The school dance wis pants. It wis aw full ae kids kiddi on page 38
are a room wi Karen jt's pure pants cause ah've got hardly any sp on page 77
this cause it's such a lot a pants - yiv tae dodge bullets an b on page 169

3 matches

Docherty, John F. Lallans 81 - Lang Summer Days, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
e tuck thir skirts intae thir pants before they cartwheeled up ag on page 76

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
nifico!', Whilst ithers said 'Pants!' on page 44
their pants doon, ye's dinnae ken hou har on page 111

2 matches

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - No In-gleesh, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
six times mare fir ma bag ae pants, socks and t-shirts?! Richt e
1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 59 - Bellin the Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Ormiston, prose
tae the lobby an taks aff his pants, that he sets on haud an drap
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Coyle Loyal, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
rainin oot ma face as the dug pants an scratches at the door.
1 matches

grandeicedcoffees Do You Wanna Touch, (archiveofourown.org 2021) Central, prose
cond. Ah’m fully hard in ma pants now, and ah ken my cock is le
the other side a the sofa. Ma pants still cum-stained and startin
2 matches

Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s linguistic launscape – Scottish Staunart English and Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
vacation/holiday, line/queue, pants/trousers).
1 matches

@rattlecans tweeted
alls, but we can put Big Girl Pants on and grow a fuckin spine (2022) twitter link

@annieones tweeted
needs tae pit oan his big boy pants an take advice. (2021) twitter link
22 Ye hink yer a right smarty pants, but ye actually just show ye (2021) twitter link

@ThonJacobite tweeted
ebody wha sits aboot in their pants aw day smokin and drinkin?" " (2021) twitter link

Doric

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Armies o' ants climmin in yer pants on page 135

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
e, skirt aroon her waist, nae pants tae her name, stridie-leggit
1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Wullie’s Wife: The Hoaspital Veisit, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
bra an pants. Ye ken, A’ve nae haid sic
bra an pants, dam ner in the scuddie ye ke
2 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
Chinos can get tae and cargo pants hidnae been invented ?? (2020) twitter link

@daleser23 tweeted
ffin u hear aboot his sisters pants?(2013) search twitter

Orkney

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Khaki hot pants that luk like skitter on page 98

1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
nitted vest, troosers, socks, pants an a shirt, aal immaculate cl on page 11

1 matches

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