A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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singer Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words13.4 14.4 16.6 39.7 0 0 0
Number of occurrences4328 11 4 0 0 0
Number of authors26 15 8 3

Occurrences of singer in Corpus

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Central

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
an gawp at some auld has-been singer. Ye could've came efter me bu on page 16
"That's Huey the singer's caravan,' says the bouncer. on page 20
'Aye, it wis the auld singer.' on page 23

4 matches

Crichton, Tam Lallans 84 - Ower the Faem Pairt Twa: Doon the Watter, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
saw that ane o thaim wis the singer Gisli. 'Gisli the Kenspeckle! on page 54
, the tune wis bonnie, an the singer haed a rich, strang voice. I on page 57
rpreise, the sang dee'd i the singer's thrapple, the crew no kenni on page 58
sang. He ... he wis a better singer nor Gisli.' on page 60

5 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 70 - A Bannock Day’s Pley for Thrie Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, script
goud ti read o an auld makar, singer an playwricht wha gaed bi the on page 45

1 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 59 - Rants and Foys, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
alcum. Ye dinnae hae tae be a singer or a fiddler or ony ither kin on page 56

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
s Rice wants tae become a pop singer; Chris Ross said he wantet ta on page 141
PLEADS GAY SINGER on page 157
s aw because he's a brilliant singer an he gets chosen fur every m on page 169

4 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
ellius, that weel kent coamic singer - on page 110

1 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 62 - The Cairryin Stream o Tradeetion, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
ndlay Napier, the first Scots singer tae win a BASM degree at the
Back o the Moon, that taks in singer an fiddler, Gillian Frame an
2 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
ackie hens: ye cannae judge a singer by his sang,
1 matches

Clark, Sara Scot Free -The Psychic Cost O Uisin Scots, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
t prood that ah kent whit the singer wis ettlin at. It wisnae impo
1 matches

Hodgart, John Scots Language Act: Oor weans hae richt tae see mither tung respectit, (The National 2021) Central - North Ayrshire, newspaper
ftit tae read aboot the young singer Iona Fyfe, supportit by MSP C
1 matches

Bennett, Peter McShane's Reprieve, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
some label interest afore the singer an lead guitarist hud a monum
the guitarist bludgeonin the singer’s heid wae an Epiphone Les
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 176, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
service, a guid freend, Derek Singer gied a readin that includit t
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
idna usually gang in for male singer-sangwriters, bit he’d kent
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando Review: O is for Hoolet, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
roles – hersel as a bairn, singer Jean Redpath, Rabbie Burns, A
1 matches

@ionafyfe tweeted
an yersel @byrnesong ?? Scots Singer o the Year 2019! #natrads(2019) search twitter

@raiphsays tweeted
it lassy cud retrain tae be a singer? ?????(2020) search twitter

Doric

Shearer, Gillian Tales Fae The Doric Side - Guernica, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
lik David Cassidy - he wis a singer wye back in the sivinties Ma on page 44

1 matches

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
In Winter (Inspired by Burns singer) on page 10

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ident. "It's Stevie aat's the singer, like - I cudna cairry g tun on page 59

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
If I grow up i'll be a singer, wearin rings on iviry fingir on page 179

1 matches

McDonald, Charlie Doric Scots Books an Poems, (Facebook 2022) Doric, poetry
Folk hid a Singer sewin machine kept under a bo
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
finances. She wis a music haa singer, weel pyed fur her jaunt, a p
1 matches

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
wee ditty this een. Nae a bad singer for an auld Fitba player!(2015) search twitter
'Back tae Bleck', awfa bonny singer, cuid o' daen wi' a puckly #D(2015) search twitter

@DoricPhrases tweeted
Doric singer & Aberdeenshire loon @colincl(2016) search twitter
Min fa reinvented himsel as a singer aifter giving fowk balloons f(2019) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
A singer sang them twa-three songs tae on page 4

1 matches

Cormack, Kevin Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
he lug-hole like an owld fock singer on page 5

1 matches

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
ollows the first, as when the singer on page 29

1 matches

Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Learnin tae sew on the Singer sewing machine. on page 47

1 matches

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