A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

sheets Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words21.6 20.3 19.5 39.7 11.6 31 35.4
Number of occurrences7040 13 4 2 3 8
Number of authors41 21 8 3 2 2 5

Occurrences of sheets in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
Whase airms were windin sheets, on page 50

1 matches

Bennett, Peter nobody remembers the birdman - Stovies, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
door open first, mind. Three sheets tae the bloody wind, we ur. S on page 8

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 68 - The Fower Jyners o the Apocalypse, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
le gran pianae happit wi dust sheets. Wullie telt thaim no tae gan on page 26

1 matches

Philip, Andrew Lallans 70 - Fower Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, poetry
n yon god's haun, lang windin sheets constrictin aw her steps, uns on page 55

2 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
A wab o cauld sheets tells itsel on page 54
iceshockelt chains ablo thir sheets, on page 63

2 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
ikewise daith-white as windin-sheets - were relieved tae be spare on page 53
rtyrs. Dresse in their windin sheets, it wis easier tae lift an sh on page 54

2 matches

Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
ed, then ye've tae mangle the sheets an' iron aw the rest, pit it on page 4

2 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
e teacher gied oot these work sheets the day that had wee boxes on on page 56
a kid on family fur the work sheets. Ah don't know whit tae write on page 57
group got givers information sheets aboot a different drug. Oors on page 129

4 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
o the last tae huv the white sheets placed doon in front o me. on page 45

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
month tae pay fur a new set o sheets.' on page 40
money tae pay fur a new set o sheets.' on page 41
den bin. Ah've a pair o lemon sheets oan ma bed, but there's an aw on page 118

3 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
er bottle, bedded her in easy sheets on page 5

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 58 - The Dumb Jyner, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
es humphin lenths o timmer an sheets o asbestos intil the skuil fr on page 65

2 matches

Smith, Elaine C. The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - A Totally Princessy Princess, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central - Glasgow, weans
pare bedroom and poued aw the sheets, duvet and mattress aff the b on page 12

2 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
an thir balance sheets, on page 56

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 73 - Waashin Day Weirriors, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
loe the hems o a perr o holey sheets. Yivver tae watch the shenani on page 66

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 178, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
"She gied me some diet sheets she thocht micht help then sh
1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
ich issued out from them like sheets enfolding one another. The Pe
1 matches

Donovan, Anne Not Scotland, (Edinburgh International Book Festival 2010) Central - Glasgow, prose
oard in the hall it was fulla sheets and towels and aboot fifty
1 matches

Clark, Thomas A Scots Pairlament?, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Bellshill, blog
a daud o Blu-Tack an some A4 sheets - "CLUDGIE", "DENNER HAW", "
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Graftin, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
stairs wae bags ay plaster an sheets ay gyprock, sweat pishin oot
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
n, stoned an in silence. Vast sheets ay grey cloud race overheid,
1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
ing yer haimmer on yer finest sheets o gowd an siller, an pou them
1 matches

Crawford, Ross Awa in a Dwam, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
side. She fished between her sheets and pulled oot the plastic th
1 matches

Clark, Thomas Till Houletgless an the Soond o Money, (The Scores 2018) Central, prose
“Chyngin yer sheets, sir.”
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Stovies, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
door open first, mind. Three sheets tae the bloody wind, we ur. S
1 matches

@g_hibby tweeted
you Paul... Got tae wash the sheets first.. :) (2023) twitter link
@w_brown10 Ye'll be 3 sheets tae the wind, after ye've had (2022) twitter link

@LairnScots tweeted
EEK! Download oor colourin-in sheets for Hogmanay here: https://t. (2018) twitter link
download oor new colourin-in sheets fir Hallaeen! #ScotsEdu #Scot (2018) twitter link

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 85 - The Clash o the Titans, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
k an fore an fillin twa three sheets, he sat back in his cheer, ya on page 54

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
like - nae action atween the sheets an wi war doon te spikkin thr on page 76

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
ce, her da hidna slept atween sheets for fower days till the horse
ett taes frae aneth the cosie sheets ontae the steen caul linoleum
ed skelp at a towe fu o dryin sheets an wallop them back an fore i
side o the bonnie fite linen sheets.
4 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
ummin fa washed the orphanage sheets telt them aa aboot the actres
1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Wullie’s Wife: The Hoaspital Veisit, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
rapt aff ta sleep. Yon guttie sheets fair
1 matches

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
. I lie back doon and pull ma sheets up tae ma chin.
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
bed – which means change the sheets.(2014) search twitter

@FaeFoggie tweeted
otocopier. It wis five hunner sheets in a ream.(2019) search twitter

@Franwella tweeted
tucked up inalo ma flanelette sheets!(2011) search twitter
heid on ma crisp, clean, cool sheets Dream o the days gone before,(2011) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
, some oors later, both three sheets tae the wind. on page 59

2 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
sheu's breeksed, hinkid ithe sheets like a bab or a corp, sleepan on page 101

1 matches

Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
White sheets flap and crack on Linda's cla on page 16

1 matches

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
sheets wi a riggy-bane on page 116

1 matches

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
otta be able to print off d&d sheets as well as da reams o stuff f (2021) twitter link

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Ma bed sheets cauld tae touch on page 44

2 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Kilmeny, (Scottish Language Center 2021) Southern - Scottish Borders, prose
, chitterin there in ma cauld sheets.
1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
r hingin oot Captain Andrews' sheets. Ye thocht it was better ower on page 33
e bed. She paused an held the sheets close tae hir face, the sweat on page 54

4 matches

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
An forbye, change the sheets ain yer bed. on page 15

1 matches

Thompson, Mark Address to a Nintendo DS, (Ullans Magazine 2012) Ulster - Ards, poetry
Whit’s that lit up alo the sheets?
1 matches

Fenton, James The Lade, (Ullans Magazine 2001) Ulster, prose
ade run grevelly, we sunk the sheets o roosted zinc, hel up wae bi
1 matches

Gibson, Darren Oul money, (Ullans Magazine 2013) Ulster, prose
whuch wus prentit oan muckle sheets o thin, white paper. Nixt cum
1 matches

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