A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Intro a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Texts Writers Statistics Top200 Search Compare

Concordance

Enter a word to find all occurrences of, for example sonsie

- pre-sorted concord - post-sorted concord - map and chronology - chronogrid - similar spellings - fine-grain concord -

Use in varieties of Scots

poets Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words21 25.3 0 0 0 93 39.8
Number of occurrences6850 0 0 0 9 9
Number of authors32 27 2 3

Occurrences of poets 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

Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
e - bit A'm shair firbye fir poets an novelists - an important on page 36

1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
but many more poets have occupied on page 23
excisemen an the poets hae sometimes been. on page 30

2 matches

Pyper, Hugh S. The Five Scrolls, (Handsel Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1912052790) Central, poetry
aither read tae us frae Scots poets an sangs an ma mither wis the on page vii

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom Lallans 59 - Leids and Lieder: Walcome ti Helvetiscots, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
er whan applied ti mony o the poets associatit an publisht bi Her on page 5

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
the merits o a couple o Latin poets an basically showin aff tae a on page 26

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
tention o readers and o ither poets, maist notably the young Virg on page 101
s as impulses or fancies. Few poets hae bin able tae haud thaim f on page 102
The poets sing o the hunter on page 114

3 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
She follaes poets, needin tae see whaur ye're g on page 127

1 matches

Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
e International Association o Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayi on page 24

1 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
ork, and start googlin famous poets. Turns oot there wis a very w on page 35

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 67 - In Search o Robert Henrysoun, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
e is the cruellest month, the poets say, on page 123

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 67 - Leddy Stair’s Closse, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
Scots poets an screivers, bards faur kent on page 141

1 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
Dr. Whyte discusses twinty poets, exclusively, groupin them in on page 95

6 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 67 - William Motherwell (1797 - 1836), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
e, takkin an owerview o local poets fae Sempill o Beltrees tae Ro on page 69

2 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 58 - The Sang o the Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
e tunes tae the wirds o Angus poets like Violet Jacob's Norlan Wi on page 77

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
asses / Parnassus, low wits / poets. The neist twa poems, Scotia' on page 141

1 matches

Law, John Lallans 56 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
workin awa at a ploy wi Swiss poets, an will be takkin mair ti da on page 4

1 matches

Hodgson, Brent Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
nae chaunce o becomin career poets. Naether hes a Masters degree on page 91

1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 74 - Burns an the Dictionar o the Scots Leid, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
de of your Shin, For Pride in Poets is nae Sin’ and again in a
1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Deid Come Nevermas, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
leevin tradeetion o "sudroun" poets that kent French langage an l
1 matches

Tait, John M Lallans 63 - Expository Scots (2), (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
e English written by Scottish poets is to varying degrees English
1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 81 - Chynge for chynge’s sake?, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
tiers, lawyers an meenisters, poets an onybodie else that cuid ha
1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
Of all our poets in English -
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
fur efter aw, we poets are only human, fur guidness
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 177, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
rryin on the tradeition o the poets in Tom Leonard's compilation
ion to the First World War by poets born...in the County of Renfr
2 matches

Malgrati, Paul Ayont the Fake and the Leal: Let's Free the Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
o oor best contemporar Scots poets, recently exheebitit Scots as
art. Scots labbyists sneer at poets fir bein ower plastic wi the
2 matches

Clark, Sara Your Leid, Oor Leid, Awbody's Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
h forge forrit as a scriever. Poets are the lucky yins. We hae th
1 matches

Smith, Jamie Effeirin tae the formal: Laitinate lendwirds in Scots, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
r directly or through English poets such as Chaucer.’ And ye ha
1 matches

Campbell, Karen Gie it laldy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Glasgow, blog
s be the year o the practical poets, o bold makars wha will be aw
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 149, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
The twa poets in this session, Rab Wilson a
rews hostit performances frae poets readin thair ain wark as weel
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 116, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
Poets is speirt tae pit forrit as m
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 119, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
wabsteid tells us that, "Mony poets, weel-kent an published in bu
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 175, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
pamphlet, gaed tae 6 Scottish poets (Christine de Luca, Rab Wilso
thair ain Scots dialeck. Thae poets cam frae Glesca, Dumfries an
The Frisian poets is Albertina Soepboer, Tsead
3 matches

Douglas, Ashley Fur maist o history, anonymous wis a wumman, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, prose
ties wi the poetry o twa male poets, Montgomerie and Scott. Obvio
ble tae threap that some male poets did experiment wi female voic
2 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Maitland Quarto and Poem 49, (wee-windaes.nls.uk 2021) Central, prose
arit directly wi ither female poets, includin the historical Gree
1 matches

@LairnScots tweeted
henree Hae a look at this, by poets David Eyre an @GeartTigchelaa (2020) twitter link

Southern

Purves, David Lallans 67 - The Incomparable Li Po (701-762), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
ks and concepts. This alloued poets owre monie generations, ti un on page 34

2 matches

Purves, David Lallans 67 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Southern - Selkirk, newspaper
ilisation, the times that oor poets ar howkin thairsels. on page 5

1 matches

Purves, David Lallans 73 - Ten Owersettins frae the Chinese, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
amang aw our poets? on page 37

1 matches

Purves, David Lallans 59 - Five Poems frae the Chinese o Po Chu-I, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
airdit as ane o the foremaist poets, no anelie in the Tang dynast
1 matches

@StuartPoet tweeted
upport its young speakers and poets! @BBCRSAfternoons @BBCPolliem(2020) search twitter
be 1 of the 5 @scotslanguage poets chosen by @ByLeavesWeLive gue(2020) search twitter
@HurchinHome 'Peasant Poets Old And New'. So many from al(2020) search twitter
ity as pairt o their Scottish Poets series in 1991 alangside the (2020) search twitter

Ulster

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
been a bit o a tradeetion for poets tae scrieve a wheen o lines a on page 37

2 matches

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
nheritence bes fae the weaver poets tradeetion. They wur on page 30
s' an modairn screeveners an' poets, on page 54

2 matches

Dornan, Stephen The Widenin Sheuch, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Ulster, blog
entury Edinburgh machar. Mair poets, maistly fae the coonties Dow
e the twa modren Ulster-Scots poets wha houl their ain wi the wri
2 matches

@the_gellick tweeted
was freends wi a wheen o oor poets. (2014) twitter link
. The best o the #ulsterscots poets, #JamesOrr o Ballycarry screi (2014) twitter link
o the best o the Ulster Scots poets - weel done @carol_baraniuk (2014) twitter link

Web Analytics