A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

rivers Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words10 12.3 3 0 5.8 20.7 13.3
Number of occurrences3224 2 0 1 2 3
Number of authors21 16 1 1 1 2

Occurrences of rivers in Corpus

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Central

Robertson, James Precious and the Puggies, (Itchy Coo 2011 ISBN: 978-1845023324) Central, weans
no intae the ocean, aS maist rivers dae, but backartywise intae t on page 4

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Lallans 82 - The Banes o Alba, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
the rivers run on page 32

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Intae the Snaw, (Gatehouse Press 2015 ISBN: 978-0992857370) Central, poetry
purpie rivers. on page 38

1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
he whauraboots o aw the seas, rivers, touns, moontains, an deserts on page 53
"Whit aboot touns, an rivers, an deserts?' on page 54
aboot coontin the touns, the rivers, the moontains, the seas, the on page 55

3 matches

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
Mibbes speak o flouers, rivers, sunsheen on page 22

1 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
sford in the dales atween twa rivers teemin wi saulmon. She lowsit on page 14

3 matches

Pyper, Hugh S. The Five Scrolls, (Handsel Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1912052790) Central, poetry
nor rivers droun it. on page 17

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
an the lauchter o the rivers on page 169

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
Still oor rivers flowed on page 120

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Hap the world wi galvanised rivers, on page 94

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
where rivers and wells on page 30

1 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
whaur the rivers will rin siller on page 63

1 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 67 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
ins thrang wi burns, watters, rivers, lochs, widlands an forrests on page 65

1 matches

Heather, Alistair Rin throu the jungle, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
Muckle rivers cuttit throu the jungle, an b
1 matches

Hershaw, William The Retour O The Grey Airmy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Fife, blog
t some o the tirlan burns and rivers flaw tae.
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 174, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
stoundinly creatin muntains, rivers, forests, the castle an croft
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
dwatters o China’s mucklest rivers intae the Rational Warld. No
s the Sea o Knawledge that aa rivers rins til. Foo can there be st
roduction. “Quhaar twa grit rivers rins thegither, us ging tae i
thaim: Best o mithers, best o rivers, best o goddesses.
4 matches

Doric

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
An I'd swim aa i'rivers jist tae get ye back hame on page 170

2 matches

Shetland

Nicholson, Hannah Samhain - Usher in the Dark - Scalloway Castle, (Leopard Arts 2021) Shetland, poetry
An’ da rivers o’ bluid at ran
1 matches

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Where baith her rivers meet on page 26
Of flowing rivers, quaint but and bens on page 47

2 matches

Ulster

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
s' o' places he haes seen, an rivers he haes spanned, on page 43

2 matches

Dee Har Tha Broon Troot, (Facebook 2020) Ulster, poetry
Rivers as lang,
1 matches

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