A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

passport Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.9 4.5 6 0 11.6 0 4.4
Number of occurrences169 4 0 2 0 1
Number of authors9 4 3 1 1

Occurrences of passport 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

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
f wi a British nor a Scottish passport? on page 143

3 matches

Hubbard, Tom Minoritie Status, (Tapsalteerie 2017) Central - Kirkcaldy, poetry
My passport and my papers are in order. on page 20
No God himsel wad ken my passport photie on page 21

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - A Wee Story Aboot Love, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
"Whaur's yer passport!" he snashed, shawin his shai on page 77

2 matches

@raiphsays tweeted
eger tae try oot ma noo Irish passport cerd!(2020) search twitter
ye get intae Kent wae a Irish passport? Am no gaun bit jus wunnerin.(2020) search twitter

Doric

Robertson, George C. Lallans 87 - Bluid An Banter, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, script
e use, Bruce, Ah dinnae hae a passport. on page 40

1 matches

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
easons. Jist dinna forget yer passport! Ance ye get tae Mont Salève on page 5
ament buildin athoot showin a passport or ID caird. Onybody interest on page 13

2 matches

@McGoo1888 tweeted
eak those chains (look at yer passport if yer wondering what ahm oan (2022) twitter link

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
een an application form fur a passport lyin apo da table whin he wis on page 5
in at my brand new first ever passport, an canna believe at dis time on page 50

2 matches

Ulster

@the_gellick tweeted
dignify the blethers on thon passport wi ony #UlsterScots ! (2015) twitter link