A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

returns Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.9 9.1 6 29.8 0 41.3 0
Number of occurrences2918 4 3 0 4 0
Number of authors21 12 3 3 3

Occurrences of returns 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

Love, Rowena M. Lallans 82 - Simmer Strand, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
returns tae wrack wuid abandoned in t on page 42

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
bunnet, which eh takes aff an returns tae eez dome in a mock gestur on page 3

2 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
roond ten minutes later Craig returns tae the table wae three pints on page 75
Aldo then speedily returns wae the drinks and carries oa on page 80
wledgement. Before swiftly he returns tae sniffin aboot and markin on page 154
Ma mind swiftly returns tae the mysterious whereaboot on page 169
He returns wae ma two boattles ae Bud an on page 172

5 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
ck cried the Law o Diminishin Returns. The attacks on Jeremy Corbyn on page 11

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
Bold Boy Returns on page 7

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 81 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Prestwick, newspaper
tint luved-ane wha hinnerlie returns frae weir, anelie ti be saunt on page 5

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
The Barn Owl warily returns its gaze, on page 49

1 matches

Travers, Martin A Nappie Lassie Blethers tae a Fritter, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, script
piping hot? Oh - and when he returns to the table - could you als on page 4

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - A Wee Story Aboot Love, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
"The hero returns!" the laddie-general's faithe on page 80

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 74 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
sell, Rabbie, an Monie Happie Returns!
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
™s been the law ay diminishin returns since. ‘Any skins? Ah’ve
1 matches

@IshbelMcF tweeted
15th and might hing aboot for returns. I feel like Rhymetime being (2019) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
grassroots football returns in england 2 day - youths an (2021) twitter link

Doric

Robertson, George C. Lallans 87 - Bluid An Banter, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, script
shid kill a few fish. (Conrad returns.) Ye look a loat baitur, noo, on page 40

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
in te the dug, "the waanderer returns - wi'll mebbe get supper yet on page 72

1 matches

@beast_afc tweeted
t's when abody does their tax returns. ?? #otherpriorities(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
no, an if hid's gaan tae end, returns. Sheu digs intae her pack fer on page 73

1 matches

Hall, Simon W. Bonny Isle o Sanday, (Brisk Northerly 2016) Orkney, blog
on awaits the flood. The tide returns swiftly, and wur walk back is
1 matches

@peediepuss tweeted
ent in meself, and so far the returns have been good and full of su (2021) twitter link

Southern

Tindal, Betty Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
... Silence returns, on page 163

1 matches

Purves, David Lallans 59 - Five Poems frae the Chinese o Po Chu-I, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
braw an caller aye the gress returns!
1 matches

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
The swallaes returns til the same tree.
1 matches

@StuartPoet tweeted
@jack_capener Mony cantie returns Jack(2020) search twitter

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