A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

windows Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8 2.5 13.5 99.4 11.6 0 0
Number of occurrences265 9 10 2 0 0
Number of authors21 5 7 7 2

Occurrences of windows in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
n it. Rain's batterin off the windows like thousands o tiny hammers on page 36

1 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
I watch through smudged windows at the moon. on page 73

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@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
go too crazy and open all the windows, that stuff is a killer nae p(2020) search twitter

@IshbelMcF tweeted
The bairn loves windows (wee babies love light and da(2019) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
probably rushin 2 the steamy windows - the gym lol (2021) twitter link

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 63 - Shelts, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Doric, prose
ore? A garden, maybe? A roof? Windows?” The voice, risin bi degre
1 matches

Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Furst Time, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
ime and see you lock all your windows next time you go out.” That
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Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
of licht in some of the many windows. At least somebody wiz up and
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
aire is a mannie washing his windows like a feel! Nae richt in the(2018) search twitter

@cligeey tweeted
@Ali_Leith @J_Motoki Windows to look oot at(2020) search twitter
@suzfirst @SmokieRed83 Windows 2020 latest version Oot noo(2020) search twitter
@Ali_Leith Windows oot the windae(2020) search twitter

@fittiecrooners tweeted
Leaving my hoose windows open fer 5 minutes to let fre(2018) search twitter

@JoanHenry7 tweeted
We would wave scarves out the windows, and sing' 'Oh we're nae awa (2024) twitter link

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
id the resultan exposion blew windows oot, ten miles aroond on page 17
He wund doon the Rover windows and sprayed 'Glade Room-Fresh on page 42
There's windows glowan, reed and gold, in sun on page 48
Ah'm sellan new kitchens or windows - hid's aal the sam tae me - on page 84

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Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
noo fer this new body's waas, windows, doars. Astrid taks a guff o on page 49

1 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
The windows aer openan, I see them tak ai on page 142

1 matches

Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
p at the door, peer throo the windows on page 22

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Orkney Voices Group Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
lit trees go up in blank windows. on page 93

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Hall, Simon W. Lamborghini: Cult o the Bull, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, blog
test drive. We wind doon the windows as it accelerates, expectan a
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Cowan, Fiona A Boreas domus mare amicus?, (Orkney Heritage Society 2010) Orkney - Finstown, poetry
Haeve salt apae the windows
1 matches

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
fae da windows o P.I.'s bus. on page 40

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@Julie_Dennison tweeted
d not keen as dis shop has no windows on which to pass judgement (2017) twitter link

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