A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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tourists Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words17.8 11.8 19.6 59.6 17.4 0 53.1
Number of occurrences5723 13 6 3 0 12
Number of authors28 14 6 4 2 2

Occurrences of tourists in Corpus

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Central

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
ess the mairket'. That aw the tourists that come tae Scotland are ne on page 88
cultural experience' whan the tourists ootnumber the locals? This is on page 89
wer tae short term lettin fer tourists. The sole reason fer this is on page 90

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
s, but sell it nae bother tae tourists on cairry bags an tea cloots. on page 8
Active: Millions of tourists visit Edinburgh every year. on page 11

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Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
acky Beach wis aye hoachin wi tourists, and it wis a fair strauchle on page 2

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Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
rawls for wreaths, lat gawkin tourists murn on page 39

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Kay, Billy Lallans 78 - Thochts on the bonnie broukit bairn at hame an abroad, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
puka shell necklaces tae the tourists! Aggie gied a muckle $25 boos on page 8

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Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
Tourists at Auschwitz on page 14

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Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - Nuhin is Certain, Except, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
2014 in the hope ae attractin tourists. Yer hard pressed tae fin a l
1 matches

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - No In-gleesh, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
nd divin and dodgin crowds ae tourists jist in aff the boats. Zadarâ
1 matches

Clark, Thomas Aw Aboard! The fecht for the Scots language stairts the day!, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central - Bellshill, blog
ower again bi the thoosands o tourists wha are drawn here ilka year
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 142, (self-published 2005) Central, newspaper
an aw. Tourists wad love it. Imagine signs wi
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Handy, Robbie Forked Tongues, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Dunfermline, blog
aidback Jamaica is what maist tourists expect. Ye’ll no hear much
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 149, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
tae "help prevent weans bein tourists in thir ain country." He ster
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
‘They’re probably tourists, they’ll no know whit the f
1 matches

Heather, Alistair Tak tent o the Cabrach, (The Herald 2018) Central, newspaper
wk fae ootwith the Cabrach as tourists an visitors tae learn mair ab
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Heather, Alistair Tartan Tourism nae mair, (The Herald 2018) Central, newspaper
ghaists o Victoria an Albert. Tourists can tak photies bi the stillb
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@jax6754 tweeted
tephenJardine .....an yet the tourists keep coming! Festivals oan? R(2015) search twitter

@fairpechtoot tweeted
rews. Gift shoap fur scunnert tourists. https://t.co/ujlR45Aox2(2016) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
lothian has been flooded with tourists for months - and you all thi (2021) twitter link
at north berwick n there wis tourists from awe ower the planet - f (2021) twitter link

Doric

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
athoot it bein owercrowdit bi tourists. Unless ye gang durin festiva on page 3
dependin on the season. Some tourists micht be daein some absurd le on page 11
foo immensely stunnin it is. Tourists can enjey the style o the gui on page 13

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Goodall, Phyllis J. Berryhill, (timberford.demon 2000) Doric, poetry
Ti tryst tourists ti Bennachie?
Ti tryst tourists ti Bennachie!"
An Tourists cam, an still they cam,
Wi tourists ti Bennachie.
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Uri, Antonia Will virus crisis mean a fresh stairt for Scots produce?, (The National 2020) Doric, newspaper
far they are oot on show tae tourists. Fit kyne o message daes that
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@DoricPhrases tweeted
instead an watch aa the ither tourists keek waabit! https://t.co/YeU(2019) search twitter

@72redz1903 tweeted
@bellacaledonia Tae be fair, tourists clapping could also be added (2022) twitter link

@cligeey tweeted
@stuartgill11 Bloddy tourists??(2020) search twitter

@_DawnLeslie tweeted
pub which year-after-year the tourists never seem to discover. Sshhh(2019) search twitter

Orkney

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
widened, and thurs a lot less tourists tae minoover aroond noo, at t on page 86

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Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
fur tourists in thir motor homes. on page 149

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Orkney Voices Group Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Watch oot for tourists - they walk up the middle o on page 137

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Hall, Simon W. Lands o Twatt, (Brisk Northerly 2018) Orkney, blog
Aerodrome. Nooadays, English tourists delight in takkan selfies wae
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Hall, Simon W. Lamborghini: Cult o the Bull, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, blog
useum, an it’s possible for tourists tae visit both, takkan in a t
1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
hop intae bedrooms, an keepit tourists fur a few years, an dan whin on page 15
s a peety, becis dir a lokk a tourists at comes noo, an if yun hoose on page 62

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@shaetlan_rose tweeted
anders, plz dunna run doon da tourists https://t.co/SfQXsXrMoa(2018) search twitter

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
kelp on the low stane waal as tourists in lang skirts watched frae o on page 50
An did she sell dulse tae the tourists?" on page 55
o an oul jauntin car fillt wi tourists gaun throu the Black Arch. on page 58

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Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
an' tourists. on page 63
al products at wud engage wi' tourists an bigg ap capacity in the co on page 64
ity festivals fit tae attract tourists shudnae depend oan yeirly fun on page 65
ommonity an' oor visitors an' tourists in pairticular. chansts tae on page 66

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