A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

prospect Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.4 10.6 3 0 0 10.3 0
Number of occurrences2421 2 0 0 1 0
Number of authors16 13 2 1

Occurrences of prospect 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

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
dael wi the chynges. It wis a prospect ower sair ti contemplate an s on page 19
She haed been delytit at the prospect o gittin quat o thair faither on page 27

2 matches

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
Wi neether prospect nor ha'penny tae name!' on page 15

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
armth, an growin rain for the prospect o a guid hairst. The dizzen g on page 50
hard wi frost, the bonny wide prospect across the Airs Moss pleased on page 70
eel settlt in - wi the shuir prospect O a nineteen-year tenure shui on page 78

3 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
Yet no lush prospect's visible to ... midgets. on page 31

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
th, eh? Salivatin at the mere prospect ae wipin his erse wae oor dre on page 99
ma lonesome. As the very real prospect ae soberin up enters ma mind. on page 168

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Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
vestige of a beginning, - no prospect of an end.” But aiblins it
1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
clair prospect o the Lowdens spreidit out af
fine prospect syne youthheid, whan Embro Ca
2 matches

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 76 - The Factory, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
t freinds at thon time an the prospect o workin
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Clark, Thomas Wha's Like Us?, (Bella Caledonia 2017) Central - Bellshill, blog
. Croatia, no too keen on the prospect o a holiday hame for gun-slin
is tenure, an, like mony, nae prospect at aw o seein them throu. Sin
2 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Makkin a muckle o a mickle, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
we feed oorsels. The unchancy prospect o gaein ‘ower a cliff edge
1 matches

Hershaw, William The Retour O The Grey Airmy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Fife, blog
nair and hithertae unthocht o prospect has nou kythit: the Conservat
1 matches

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
“How do you feel at the prospect of going into work? Is there
1 matches

Ewen, Allan The “Auld Lang Syne” Paradox, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
’ views on the Union an the prospect o Scots Independence, shairly
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
ny different specially as the prospect ae a visit tae the hospital g
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@kennethbryce184 tweeted
et but an interesting game in prospect defo (2020) twitter link

Doric

Benzie, Lesley Tales Fae The Doric Side - Pictur o Misery, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
o excitement at the prospect on page 68

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The Flying Pigs Multiple choice voting leaves city cooncil facing, (Press and Journal 2022) Doric, newspaper
he only een worried aboot the prospect o’ drones zooming aboot the
1 matches

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
said Ahlice, fair vexed at th prospect. on page 71

1 matches

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