A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

weight Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words17.3 14.7 12 69.6 23.2 10.3 31
Number of occurrences5629 8 7 4 1 7
Number of authors38 17 8 4 4 1 4

Occurrences of weight in Corpus

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Central

Haddow, Kris nobody remembers the birdman - The Incomer, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
im staun there unmet, a weary weight on his back as he'd brace his on page 79

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McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
an attempts tae shift Huey's weight oot the way so he can get Dol on page 31

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Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
n tae, lit a snowbaw gatherin weight, absorbing wee beliefs along on page 3

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
re's nae eyes oan me. Wae the weight ae the hing it feels heavier on page 150

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
quotes) 'punching above their weight on the warld stage. He richtl on page 78

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McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
it's gonnae buckle under the weight ae this fucker. Mah maw gies on page 173
pull mah arm back. Decent wee weight in these bad boys, ah think. on page 175

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
ort yi oot we a crackin bit o weight, on page 1
losin weight. on page 19
heavy-weight boxin champion on page 34
tak thi weight fae aff yir feet on page 70

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
yiv ate. She's tried tae loss weight hunners a times but she alway on page 135
Ethiopians if yi loss anymair weight. on page 136
nt but yi can tell she's lost weight since she startet cause yi ca on page 137
's no lik she's pure lost any weight so she must be eatin somethin on page 138
aboot these days is how much weight she thinks she's pit on an wh on page 148
Also on pages 155
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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
ast once in a bid tae get his weight up. Efter a while, he accepte on page 44

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Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
surprise, come in an take the weight aff yir feet. Gemma's jist th on page 46

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Bennett, Peter The Sacrificial Doo, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
Slammin it shut, the dug’s weight pounds intae it, pushin back
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Stewart, Anna An Alien Feeling, (Scots Hoose 2019) Central, prose
arry coz he’s heavy fae the weight o being so still. I see him l
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Geraghty, Martin The Pusher, (TheCommonBreath.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
Weight
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
e Experiment was throwing his weight around earlier, and when it w
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Facebook link ( 2021) Central
afore bein owercome by sheer weight o nummmer.

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
he certainly shifts a bit ae weight aboot the toon. Still, no har
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@gordimhor1 tweeted
ain leid has ay cairried mair weight(2018) search twitter

@PeoplesPoet77 tweeted
wrong hen. Ah cannae put any weight oan ma fit. (2022) twitter link

@LowEndJardo tweeted
Lost a load ae weight over the last month cause am (2021) twitter link

Doric

Maitland, Andrew Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Auld Mannie, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
he staggert forrit unner the weight o the rain. In ainly a few se on page 72

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Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
looket at eit an roart, "Noo weight a meeneet!" "Fit wuty div aye on page 47

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Ireland, Mark Wi A Facey Like Yours, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Banff, prose
r wee airms were deein uner i weight oh at bags. As usual Callum g
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Ritchie, John Fishin in the Findhorn, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
ack in. it wis jist under the weight limit so a wised chuffed I sa
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Thain, Gianna Far Shaddas Lurk, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Buckie, prose
History buried under ih’ weight o’ ih’ ocean, deid.
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Harper, Edith Soon Awa, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2021) Doric, poetry
But Ahm wearied wi the muckle weight o dool
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Coutts, Pete Belhelvie, (bandcamp 2016) Doric, poetry
imsel’ tae try in shift the weight
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@FaeFoggie tweeted
'm the only chiel that's lost weight on lockdoon. That's 3½st sin(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Butler, Vera Gallows Ha - Maggie o Quoys and Bessie o Gyre , (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Hid's hoo I landed wae aal me weight on hid. Can you feel the wall on page 20
eid held high. And I felt the weight drop fae me hert. on page 22

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Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
Aal find the weight o faither's hand, on page 39

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Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Or, mibbe, too short fur me weight. on page 18
wan thing that's wirth hid's weight in gold - a true and a trust on page 63

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Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
heid held high. An I felt the weight drop fae me hert. on page 76

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Hall, Simon W. Lands o Twatt, (Brisk Northerly 2018) Orkney, blog
mp August morning. Lambs gain weight, content on new pasture. A ha
1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
ed, "just kerryin ower muckle weight," bit he wis blyde ta feel Wi on page 60

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Sutherland, Hazel Biggin Da Dess, (Shetland For Wirds 2004) Shetland, prose
e. Slowly, he rises, takin da weight ower his leegs, shigglin his
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Watt, Valerie A faersome feerie, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
A’m haet an caald an dirs a weight daddin in my head. Feth, A’
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De Luca, Christine Smootie gengs ta Lerrick, (SCOTS corpus 2003) Shetland - Bressay, weans
'My you are a heavy weight, Smootie. You'll have to cut
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Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
lthy, walking loads, lightest weight in 25 years. Still, noo and a(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
the roof bae fit tae tak oor weight? - Mine that louse slate - on page 38

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Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Pump thon weight on page 43

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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
es an expression o' cultural weight on page 57

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Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
It weighed ye an minened the weight. on page 57
A wus losin weight haun ower fist. on page 58

4 matches

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