Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

settee	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	9.6	3	34.5	0	0	0	8.9
Number of occurrences	31	6	23	0	0	0	2
Number of authors	10	2	7				1

Occurrences of settee in Corpus

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Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
he sterted searchin ahint the settee and the curtains. on page 41
er were sittin doucely on the settee, waitin fur their mither tae on page 44
we'll huv eneuch tae stech a settee! On ye go, laddie! Say twa se on page 144

3 matches

Gilmour, Rosie Haimster Pairty, (Scots Hoose 2016) Central, weans
Hidin doon the settee an the back o the telly
1 matches

Donovan, Anne Hieroglyphics and Other Stories - All that Glistens, (Canongate 2004 ISBN: 1841955191) Central, prose
n. Ma mammy wis sittin on the settee in the livinroom. Her face wi
om. Ma mammy slept in the bed settee in the livin room wi ma aunti
2 matches

Doric

Mitchell, Rhona Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Wye it Wis, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
nroom. Durin the day it wis a settee, bit at nicht ye pullt it oot on page 16

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
." Joyce McGregor sut oan the settee flickin throwe a pile o gloss on page 38
m an at means: nae up oan the settee; nae gicin intill 1m fin he g on page 62
ersel doon oan a flooery cane settee. She sighed es she pickit up on page 81
or, 1v ye meeved awa fae the settee, aboot sterved te the marra. on page 86

4 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
n the caravan. An look it aat settee." Morrice studied the rings a on page 9
as his loons jyned him on the settee. on page 35
Ah sut doon on the edge o the settee - it wig black an skytie wi on page 64
th sut back doon on the slidy settee. Ah swung ma legs back an for on page 65

5 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
An fan ye spy me snoozin on i'settee, ye dinna half gan in i'huff on page 79

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 75 - The Petrol Tanker, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Doric, prose
On the bed settee (like wirsels Abbie’s famil
lipped an fell back ontae the settee. There wis a loud crackin sou
2 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
THE SETTEE
settee fae me, she wid like em teen
Be the time the settee an twa cheers were intae Jons
room door a richt, bit wi the settee it wis a
ch Meg cursed an swore as the settee stuck in
8 matches

Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
hoochled its wye ower tae the settee and came up intae her bosie a
1 matches

Noble, Brian , (Facebook 2022) Doric, poetry
En the settee is shoved back te mak room in
1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
!' said Maisie, restin on the settee. "The weans at the corner uis on page 55

2 matches