A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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silly Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words20 15.9 16.6 59.6 69.7 10.3 13.3
Number of occurrences6431 11 6 12 1 3
Number of authors43 24 7 2 6 1 3

Occurrences of silly in Corpus

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Central

Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
r. Eck tells me no tae be sae silly, there's only the stars, like on page 10

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
eith is daft enough tae dae a silly hing like phone the polis oan on page 35
hiss at me. Cool as you like "Silly me, Douglas" she said "I forg on page 59

2 matches

Bryden, Hugh Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
they bocht a thae silly fags on page 95

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
furniture tae polish or they silly dabbities lyin aroond that hu on page 187

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
'll hae run intae Martin, the silly wee besom,' he thocht tae him on page 78

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
oses! Ye can hae boak yersels silly on them! I'll even pey ye yer on page 81

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
"Awa ye go, ye silly man," on page 8
roos liftin an droppin as his silly wee brain tried tae figure oo on page 74

2 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
er, and had become doited and silly ower them, and had had tae be on page 64

1 matches

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
whit a silly galoot on page 20

1 matches

Sprott, Gavin Lallans 73 - Cain, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
On aa that silly backwart fowk on page 73

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - The Glesgy Screwdriver, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
at! That wis for amateurs and silly wee laddies. Ian wis a jyner on page 99

2 matches

Sprott, Gavin Lallans 73 - Monument, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
es the little burghs wi their silly trade on page 100

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Robinson, Christine Lallans 74 - Burns an the Dictionar o the Scots Leid, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
firms this scathinly: ‘Some silly superstition is connected wit
1 matches

Higgs, Jo The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols, (berfrois 2022) Central - Edinburgh, prose
‘Ach. C’mon ye silly bastard. Yer slinky wee heart
them), were broken apart by a silly wurd: in thi end wiz thi wurd
2 matches

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - Where Dae Ye Catch the Bus Tae Sarajevo?, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
And A’ve still got that silly bloomin choon gaun roon and r
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Clyde Built, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
That’s enough ay the bloody silly buggers fur wan day.’ ah sa
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Sharks, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
convince him tae stoap playin silly buggers an let me in.
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Pet-gilante, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, prose
jist whit they needit. The “Silly Season” had been slower tha
1 matches

Geraghty, Martin 378, (TheCommonBreath.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
lesga wi a slug gun? Yir bein silly.’
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Flemings o’ Dalnoid, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
coins frae aff their noses, (silly buggers - serves them right
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 75, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
You really are a silly billy.
1 matches

Wallace, Lorna Tae A Selfie, (lornalouwriting.wordpress.com 2014) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
’s mare oanline, a look sae silly;
1 matches

Haddow, Kris Ronnie's Story, (words.krishaddow.com 2011) Central, prose
e o’clock in the morning. A silly thing, really. Pete grabbed m
1 matches

@gordimhor1 tweeted
@stewartbremner Silly Wizard they Cunningham boys k(2019) search twitter

@jax6754 tweeted
back hame in East Lothian at silly o clock! X(2015) search twitter

@iainnicol tweeted
@AngryScotland Silly. Podcasts canna vote.(2020) search twitter

@SusiBriggs1 tweeted
ally needle tae dae that? Sew silly. ??(2019) search twitter

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
re ye deein mam?" "Fit kine o silly question's that on page 15

3 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 81 - Pyntin the Been, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
a shoppin mall; or some damn silly one-wey system brocht in - m on page 8

1 matches

Storrie Lewis, Jean Lallans 71 - Snuffy, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Doric, prose
parition – or wis I juist a silly auld wife imaginin things? On
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Wilson, Katie Becus a hae a sister a hae a friend, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Buckie, prose
racked up it us cus at's just silly! Mind we iways left ih dollie
1 matches

Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Furst Time, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
get inside the hoose whin the silly cunts are oot. Should be easy
re in! We’re in!” an the silly fucker grabs me an diz a wee
2 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
fa weel. At first it wiz jist silly wee things like lossin keys o
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Tabby Sooker, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
irk wi her latest extravagant silly hattie on her neep. She opene
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
ya gype fit means Go away you silly person! " http://t.co/J1EZ64P(2014) search twitter

Orkney

Hall, Simon W. The Orkney Gruffalo, (Itchy Coo 2015 ISBN: 978-1785300066) Orkney, weans
"Silly owld Fox! He's daft, is he no on page 3
"Silly Cattie-Face! He's daft, is he on page 7
"Silly owld Snek! He's daft, is he n on page 11

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Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Such pride and utter silly pleasure. on page 27
an bit, I doot, he's been gey silly. on page 60
eir crackers and pit on their silly hats. on page 81

3 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
at hit seemed aafil silly an ooninterestin for life ta on page 15
da hale thing wis most aafil silly, but dey aa lookit dat seriou on page 29
hö felt at hit wid be fairly silly o her ta kerry him aboot ony on page 63

3 matches

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
els an da weemin no ta be sae silly An he telt Ruth dat shö wis on page 19
nidder bit der wir naen o dem silly anyoch ta hae a go. on page 23

2 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
get her oar in - "What's yun silly aald bugger gowlin fur at his on page 14
tearaway wi his mind on some silly lass. Shü wis nivver gotten on page 28
"Dunna be silly, du canna do dat," pipit up h on page 31

3 matches

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
silly = 'feeble, sickly' in StE: A' on page 107

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Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
t me, at dat wid obviously be silly. Whit we accept ithoot tinkin
1 matches

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
Silly me to read aboot a plummeting(2015) search twitter

Southern

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
ept yer apologies for yer wee silly error. The real reason is tha(2020) search twitter

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
anent hir ma in silence. The silly oul wurmman! She wudnae heed on page 46

1 matches

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
Naewhur, lang legs hingin silly, or aiblins glammin on page 24

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Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
Livin' in this silly worl'; on page 35

1 matches

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