A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

shouther Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.8 10.8 4.5 0 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences2521 3 0 0 0 1
Number of authors16 12 3 1

Occurrences of shouther in Corpus

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Central

Scott, Colin nobody remembers the birdman - Empty Nest, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, poetry
and the zip ran shouther tae shouther on page 172

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 70 - A Bannock Day’s Pley for Thrie Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, script
in a yella skerf? An ower his shouther cairriein a blue bunnil, lyke on page 48

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Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
sun oan yer shouther on page 183

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
ey maistly cam up tae Jamie's shouther but whit he noticed richt awa on page 31
oistit the muckle gun tae his shouther as the baist began tae chairg on page 38

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Forde, Iain W D Traisur Insch (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008) Central, prose
pak til'm, as afoir, owre hiz shouther, an in the samen tuin o voss; on page 7

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Forde, Iain W D Chronikil o Scotland (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-3-7) Central, prose
bar hed a quik glisk owre hiz shouther ti mak siccar hiz faither wes on page 41

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Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Hair til her shouther like her ain grandbairn on page 65

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Neill, Willie Lallans 61 - Three Tales frae the Brithers Grimm, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Ayrshire, prose
t; syne he heized it ower his shouther an gaed aff on his hin-laigs on page 42

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central - Prestwick, prose
fu no-weill, an needin Hogg's shouther, Scott tellt him 'he never le on page 116

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Wilson, Rab Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
. Here a man, tho, wha stauns shouther-tae-shouther wi aa the greats on page 134

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Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
shouther an uill-tashit dungaries. He
m towart him. Pyntin ower hiz shouther wi hiz
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Falconer, Gavin Lallans 63 - Richt Scots an Pithy Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
body writin in Scots haes tae shouther is the endless search for le
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Hardie, George Lallans 76 - Tammy an the Cheese Plant, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
bodyswerve an a bit shouther in the bygaun an jouked intae
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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 76 - The Man Wha Jeopardeized The Continued Existence O The Universe, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
the shouther, couthie-like. "Ilk time ye s
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Fleemin, Sandy Nine Fragments - III, (Lowdown-L 2009) Central - Central, prose
Purdie, a open parasol on her shouther, her face pure white ablo her
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
fast asleep an snorin on her shouther. She pushed him aff her. Than
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 102, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
d face, seen smiling ower his shouther.
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Doric

Cameron, Alan Lallans 90 - Drumtulloch, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
hid bin gawpin ower his shouther. He wid aye birl roon, expect on page 84

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McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
s wur oxterin readers ower ma shouther bidein tae hear the neist moo on page 3

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McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
, at streikit a wyes ower his Shouther, an stertit vreitin for him. on page 19

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Ulster

@MarkThompStuff tweeted
micht gye enjoy this weans’ shouther bag fae @USCN1 @IanCrozier11 (2020) search twitter