A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

traffic Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words15.1 13.6 18 39.7 23.2 20.7 0
Number of occurrences4927 12 4 4 2 0
Number of authors35 19 7 4 3 2

Occurrences of traffic in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
rin journey through rush hour traffic. Traffic is heavy n it's a co on page 44

2 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 90 - Sally, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
story tae gie Embrae zoo mair traffic an mair siller? Naw! Wee Mary on page 58

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
ma room. I sat an watched the traffic gaun by doon ablow oan the Fa on page 1

1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
the only traffic walcomed oan this road on page 45

1 matches

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
um gadgie's oxter, stuck in a traffic jam oan the way tae thon Hogm on page

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
e. Largely oan accoont ae the traffic no bein that bad. Ah git the on page 182

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
Like a traffic light, on page 10

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ce but she's got the same mad traffic light eyes as you anaw. on page 67

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
deaved by the dirlin city traffic on page 50

1 matches

Sprott, Gavin Lallans 68 - Gairdens, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
The Paris traffic roars by the gates. on page 98

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 108, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
Braille traffic
iant idea o pittin up Braille traffic signs ootside the Pairlament?
2 matches

Falconer, Gavin Lallans 63 - Richt Scots an Pithy Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
o furmality an “neutral” traffic, that is, o coorse, richt, an
1 matches

Donovan, Anne Not Scotland, (Edinburgh International Book Festival 2010) Central - Glasgow, prose
When we got tae the city the traffic was mental: folk
ywhere, joukin in and oot the traffic. Sergio
nt it’s aw busy streets and traffic but you only huvtae walk
city wakin up: traffic rumblin away, scraik of metal
4 matches

Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ms. It rolls tae a stoap, the traffic backin up fae the lights forc
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Sacrificial Doo, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ay the buses lined up at the traffic lights ur clouded, almost imp
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
flyin alang in the rush hour traffic. Ah cannae bring masel tae lo
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
t tae his road through aa the traffic.
The bus pu’ed awa intae the traffic wi the Pandit aye on it, an h
2 matches

Ewen, Allan Pairt Ane: Janus leuks back, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
reports o civilians directin traffic awa frae the crash scene an r
1 matches

@MartinBroon tweeted
in full dayglow. (Undercover Traffic Wardens) ??. That’s so nane (2019) search twitter

@DABArbuckle tweeted
rtMiggins The only place waur traffic lights go 'red, amber, WHITE (2020) search twitter

@raiphsays tweeted
wee cuppa tee an am up in err traffic cantrol. :)(2020) search twitter

Doric

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
wur monie the wey tae win oot traffic--jammed on page 3

1 matches

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
id shoor wurk eit er weis nay traffic cummen, an set up ma twa stei on page 68

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
The traffic queues ahin ma on page 24

2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
fur aa kins o pechin, stoory traffic tae toun an kintra. The sea h
-doon mids o the toun, wi the traffic thunnerin by the main street
syne wyted fur a brakk in the traffic an crossed the busy intersect
3 matches

Bowie, Tyler Stookie, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
ing trying tae keep warm. The traffic wis gaen gi slow and fowk wer
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
blinkit reid n’ green like traffic lichts. The veesitur wis a mu
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
gh 3 light changes holding up traffic? https://t.co/uMvioAhMg2(2017) search twitter
fit wye has Rab nae gotten a traffic cone on his heid!! https://t.(2018) search twitter

@FaeFoggie tweeted
r Mannie huggises help reduce traffic scrapes on i A96 by 75%. Yon (2020) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Bit the traffic! Hid wid fleg you. Hid cheust on page 10

1 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
s o Deep Wheel Orcadia fill o traffic, industry, mynd, wirds and wa on page 72

1 matches

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
awey, dodgan the traffic, starin sideweys on page 23

1 matches

Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
s he sat in the usual morneen traffic jam, he couldna help but noti
1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
d ta dem, but hit's a wan-wye traffic, June didna even come alang o on page 44
a dem, an stoppit da rush oor traffic till dey wan safely across da on page 92

2 matches

@Julie_Dennison tweeted
Honestly da traffic in da toon an on da main road (2021) twitter link

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
rus is quitening air and road traffic so I can clearly hear da skyl(2020) search twitter

Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
Aister Yillmuir, traffic hed tae gan throwe a ford it
1 matches

@officialAliRed tweeted
twilight years was #Hawick's traffic warden, would be parking his (2020) search twitter

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