A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

rough Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words16.2 20.6 10.6 19.9 11.6 0 4.4
Number of occurrences5240 7 2 2 0 1
Number of authors35 25 5 2 2 1

Occurrences of rough in Corpus

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Central

Shepherd, J. Barrie Lallans 82 - Crab Toon Crail, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
crying gulls, rough cobbl't streets, on page 40

1 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
e bounce in fur us. There's a rough-lookin boy standin ootside, w on page 40
naggies n healthy burds n mad rough scheme cows alike. The only t on page 44

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Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
al Lyceum Bryden's ain Willie Rough (1972), in whase cast wis Rod on page 40

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Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
polis hud a haud ae Scratchy. Rough. Vicious. Faces twistit. The on page 1

4 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
rough as a cat's tongue; I'll no mi on page 95

1 matches

Cunningham, Lucy nothing but a set of eyes for stars - Swedish Fish, (Association for Scottish Literature 2023 ISBN: 978-1906841546) Central, prose
led me intae the kitchen, all rough, by the oxters, pinching ma c on page 42

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Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
Love shouldnae be rough, and it brings wae it stuff t on page 56

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ae used tae comin acroass two rough and tumble boays like us in h on page 17

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Ross, Derek Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
Run yer haun alang its rough side, on page 203

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
even though they come fae a rough area thir no a bunch a ne Som on page 116
ce an it'll at least gie me a rough idea whit ah need tae work on on page 169

3 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
school - the wan deemed too rough fur a mousey lassie like me. on page 4

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
rs when we passed through the rough part o town, and we'd laugh. on page 92

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McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
se tae waas, his heid fustian rough, on page 112

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McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
A rough aitcake. on page 32

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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
Ghoti spells fish - gh as in rough, o as in women, ti as in nati on page 56

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Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
took a thocht, "The sea's gey rough,
the winters lang, the simmers rough,
Staney an rough,
Though the sea is gey rough
4 matches

Bennett, Peter Sharks, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
eelbarra, scrapin against the rough-cast tryin tae get some lever
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Graftin, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
like fuckin spades, the cunt. Rough as saunpaper an aw.
1 matches

Bennett, Peter McShane's Reprieve, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
d in his high-powered BMW tae rough it wae the lower classes fur
the van fur miles. Ah wis as rough as a badger’s tadger that m
2 matches

Muir, Glenn Pet-gilante, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, prose
amaraderie and the chance tae rough up some o they dicks in the r
1 matches

Crawford, Ross Awa in a Dwam, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
d scraped awa at the waw in a rough approximation ae cursive writ
1 matches

Sands, Finn THE GHAISTLY FITBAW MATCH, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
rinnin aboot, an playin a gie rough game o fitbaw.
1 matches

grandeicedcoffees Do You Wanna Touch, (archiveofourown.org 2021) Central, prose
eeps movin ‘em up ma chest, rough fingers finally landing oan m
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wee-windaes Whit is Scots?, (wee-windaes.nls.uk 2018) Central, prose
son cried the Scots tung a ‘rough and uncouth brogue’). Houan
1 matches

Facebook link ( 2019) Central
the run, a wantit man, livin rough on the moor, harried and hunt

Facebook link ( 2019) Central
folk tramped fur miles across rough terrain then sat ootside in s

Facebook link ( 2019) Central
he nicht raither than sleepin rough on the moor. Cargill gracious

@jack_capener tweeted
Neukatyke (noun, #Scots): A rough, shaggy shepherd's collie.(2019) search twitter

@DABArbuckle tweeted
o. He wis accosted by several rough luckin bodies wha asked him "(2020) search twitter

@ThonJacobite tweeted
o. He wis accosted by several rough luckin bodies wha asked him "(2020) search twitter

Doric

Diansangu, Mae Tales Fae The Doric Side - Exodus20:3, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
orship a crude god. coorse an rough. on page 66

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
If a plank o' wid's ower rough on page 117

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Mitchell, Ian R. Lallans 63 - Walkin Woundit, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
Thirties, nae bairns sleepin rough likk noo, nae drugs – naebi
e lowest bidder for a day’s rough labouring wurk. And gettin hi
2 matches

Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
‘The winds got too rough. They blew you over, and your
1 matches

@McGoo1888 tweeted
ce well...folk thought it wis rough but when ye meandered through (2021) twitter link
Falkirk ye from she said the rough part (2021) twitter link

Orkney

Grieve, Issy Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
n the middle, crumblan. Hands rough, sore fae grippan, on page 60

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Orkney Voices Group Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
rough hewn hands no more. on page 111

1 matches

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
-ster: bluster 'rough, mossy peat' (blue + - ster) on page 42

1 matches

Ratter, Peter Da Perishin Nort, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
ept fir a ragged broon beard, rough as a bird's next, dat hung un
1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
ve. The boat fae Rosscoff was rough! I was stll bad last night at on page 55

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