A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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prisoners Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.4 9.6 7.5 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences2419 5 0 0 0 0
Number of authors15 12 3

Occurrences of prisoners in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
ot here. Yir both the lords n prisoners ae yir ain scheme. Doon the s on page 17

1 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
an hideous grains o my fellow prisoners, melled wi the joyous cries O on page 31
y had in tow, fowerteen bound prisoners an a meenister, the Rev John on page 36
Wi his prisoners trussed-up like hogs an set t on page 37
intive cries - Claverhouse's prisoners. Pickin his wey cannily throu on page 38

4 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
he Bairn's ward gien ower tae prisoners on page 137

1 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
e squaik ae last word tae the prisoners. on page 135

1 matches

Bolland, John A Chocolate Cowboy, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2008) Central, prose
oon the Chain Road the German prisoners built for tanks. Ma faither w
1 matches

Clark, Thomas Scots an the smit: a language unner lockdoun, (Bella Caledonia 2020) Central - Bellshill, blog
o oor freedoms haes makkit us prisoners no juist in oor hames, but in
1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
an lasses be sent tae him as prisoners. They were tae stey ae nicht
Whan the Athenian prisoners arrived, they were led intae
t whan I saw the leader o the prisoners, wi his sleekit limbs an bonn
3 matches

Facebook link ( 2021) Central
Cam November a wheen prisoners hud submitted tae obey the ki
Us prisoners wur still in the hold. Ye see

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
o, so was it for transferring prisoners. ??(2020) search twitter

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
indaardern Indeed. A take nae prisoners kickass socialist people firs(2020) search twitter

@Chazzbat tweeted
iri Black? She disnae tak ony prisoners.(2020) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
av seen thae lads - take nae prisoners lol (2021) twitter link
sid_lambert big dave took nae prisoners oan the park n even wee billy (2020) twitter link

Doric

Wood, Evelyn Tales Fae The Doric Side - Carlo, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
n rules that hid tae be kept. Prisoners couldna leave the fairms they on page 27
equally weel-worn gowd ring. Prisoners were nae allowed tae get pres on page 29

3 matches

Hutchison, Pat Bulletbroo, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
Douglas wiz guardin a puckle prisoners fin he noticed een o the Jerr
1 matches

@Franwella tweeted
's brutal. He's nae takin ony prisoners!(2011) search twitter

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