A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

pye Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words14.7 1 28.6 0 0 0 115.1
Number of occurrences472 19 0 0 0 26
Number of authors14 2 7 5

Occurrences of pye 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

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
"Pye been tae a day-schule, as wee on page 44

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@Chazzbat tweeted
@jackiepatie They dinnae pye ye enough fer that shit.(2020) search twitter

Doric

Robertson, George C. Lallans 87 - Bluid An Banter, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, script
far'll ye get the siller tae pye ma salary? Will ye draw'd oot on page 40

1 matches

Mitchell, Rhona Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Wye it Wis, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
n, because they didna hae tae pye onything). There wis a park a on page 17

1 matches

Shearer, Gillian Tales Fae The Doric Side - Guernica, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
Da bein ma Da hid refused tae pye. on page 42

1 matches

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
noo angered, sair siccan tae pye bak? Smaa chance, the mair's on page 10

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
id said fin they cam in by te pye their respecks, makkin stilti on page 22

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
An as aften as no, they widna pye. Sae ma faither jist keepit a on page 51

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
dna, an leave the pairish tae pye fur the spunk scaled ooto wed
a dizzen tunes at maist. The pye wis sma, bit as her da remair
wi. Ye maun kiss his broo, an pye yer respecks taew the deid.'
ned richt afore the gate, tae pye their respecks tae Granda. Gr
4 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
owk didna like him they didna pye their dues. The hindmaist rea
ar watchin; that he'd hae tae pye Cooncil Tax fur Myra an mair
owk did that jist happent tae pye – as if they likit staunin
He kens. An ye'll be sure an pye him weel, an takk care o him
s Syne he telt auld Jude he'd pye her nevoy fur ony recordin or
7 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
ither. “We canna afford tae pye an engineer tae sort it.”
1 matches

@FaeFoggie tweeted
aff ti i lavvy leavin mi titi pye fir it. Radge.(2019) search twitter

Ulster

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
A'm damn't A'll pye fur that. on page 42

1 matches

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
he Dorrmoose, decidin naw tae pye onie heid tae this last remar on page 74

1 matches

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
an axt, "Daes your taicher no pye tha Temple tex?" "He daes sha on page 9
ha twa haed eneuch siller tae pye hïm bak, tha moneylender tou on page 82
Ay, A'm tellin yis, youse'll pye for thïs! Ye'r ïn for bothe on page 91
hbers, acause the' wull onlie pye ye bak bi ïnvitin ye ïn ret on page 95
got oniethin bi chaitin, A'll pye ït bak fower times ower." An on page 101
Also on pages 104, 105, 108
17 matches

Ulster Scots Agency Ulster Scots Census, (census.gov.uk 2021) Ulster, government
ised tae mak a caa oan hoo ye pye fur an plenish main sarvices
t, ye cud be tuk up an haetae pye oot tha lenth o £1,000.
ised tae mak a caa oan hoo ye pye fur an plenish main sarvices
t, ye cud be tuk up an haetae pye oot tha lenth o £1,000.
, ye cud be tuk up an hae tae pye oot a skaith. Thar’s nae sk
5 matches

Gillen, Charles Oot Here Mae Lane, (Words without Borders Magazine 2004) Ulster, prose
I pye't richt an' dear for a three
1 matches

Gillen, Charles Whun A’ The Kye Had Names, (Ullans Press 2005) Ulster, poetry
There is nae price I wudnae pye for a chance tae dae it bette
1 matches

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