A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

q Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.8 9.8 9 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences2519 6 0 0 0 0
Number of authors18 14 4

Occurrences of q in Corpus

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Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
s that wur dain oor ancentors q hunner year ago are the same on page 120

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
h thought it wis some kinna I.Q test or somethin she wie talk on page 94

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
itamin QO, vitamin P, vitamin Q, vitamin R, vitamin T, vitami on page 155

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
huv as a wean is gaun tae wan q Daddy's launches. He wis wear on page 76

1 matches

Harrison, Jean Lallans 59 - BARRY SCHUIL 1928 - 1934, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
ane, it said, "Pretty Polly!" Q was for Queen, we kent aboot on page 120

2 matches

Robson, Frances Lallans 74 - The Tartanic, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
at B and Q for muckle clifts o wuid.
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
for if ye comena p.d.q...
1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 59 - The Queen’s Shull’n, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Fife, prose
aw better mind thair P’s an Q’s acause the Awmichty micht
1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
Treble Q
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s Linguistic Landscape - Scots and Gaelic, (Translation Services 24 2022) Central, prose
ttish Gaelic (Gàidhlig) is a Q-Celtic leid. It is closely re
relatit tae the ither modern Q-Celtic - or Goidelic or Gael
nish. Speikers o P-Celtic and Q-Celtic leids dinnae mutually
nnerstaunin atween the modern Q-Celtic leids maunna be makkit
4 matches

@g_hibby tweeted
e.. ??... ?? I'll nip intae B&Q on Monday, see what they have (2023) twitter link

@jax6754 tweeted
kers and that's wi Joe, Murr, Q and Sal!(2016) search twitter

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
@DrMDempster Q whit is the rule for hoo ye f(2020) search twitter
me is unusual enough that ppl q it frae time to time!!!(2020) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
dont think so - and you can q (2020) twitter link

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ive to forty (preferably with q farming background) for fun, on page 52

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
fin Mither an Faither biggit q bungalow in Cruden Bay an ret on page 22
o an get yersel doon te B and Q fir anither een." on page 82

2 matches

Mitchell, Ian R. Lallans 63 - Walkin Woundit, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
, and ye can see bi the B and Q doors and the carriage lumps
1 matches

@FaeFoggie tweeted
ke. He jist needs ti look fir q bleezin loon wearin Eau de Sh(2019) search twitter

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
Q. A bide in Whitehills (Fitehi (2020) twitter link

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