A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

z Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words22.9 27.3 19.5 0 34.9 0 4.4
Number of occurrences7454 13 0 6 0 1
Number of authors17 13 2 1 1

Occurrences of z in Corpus

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Central

Hubbard, Tom Lallans 59 - Leids and Lieder: Walcome ti Helvetiscots, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
Loch Zürich wis the settin fir a wh on page 5

2 matches

Dareau, Mareau Lallans 59 - The Dictionar o the Aulder Scottis Leid (DOST), (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
boot the lang haul frae S tae Z. on page 59

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
nd, believe it or no, vitamin Z! The ainly twa vitamins it do on page 155

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
gaun throu the hale a-z o Rome! 'Nou keep the heid!' on page 123

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
olete. (Yogh still occurs as 'z' in many words and may be rea on page 17

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Traisur Insch (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008) Central, prose
lie day, whan he cam bak frae'z daunner, he wuid ax gif onie on page 4
louman, an thon i the mids o'z bouk. Ti sei'm lowpin, rin an on page 5
Aw the tyme he ludged wi'z the skipper med nae shift o'z on page 6
doctour, wi'z pouther as whyt as snaw, an h on page 7

11 matches

Harrison, Jean Lallans 59 - BARRY SCHUIL 1928 - 1934, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
that got burned at Christmas. Z wis for Zebra, that wis juist on page 120

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Economic Theory, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
y the meenit she haes tae see'z ma chainge, but syne a grand
1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
d bi the teichar aye hanted’z an aw our jynt skames wes cum
dna finnd the siller ti pey’z, sae wir twa cumpanies tuik
a souk at the reimin tap o’z pynt. It wes rare guid.
says the peronall “Lat’z ben.”
an pit the kie i the lok o’z
24 matches

McFarlane, Ishbel Time tae mairch oot o oor climate comfort zones, (The National 2019) Central, newspaper
oan Instagram. Fir generation Z, thon’s Tic Tok, but some o
1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 62 - Blue Lift Snaw, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
naither wonder.” Forgie’z, Faither, but thir wis his ve
a promotion this is. Forgie’z sayin aa this, Faither, but i
ppyntments pages in front o’z, but I dinna want tae be awae
dent wee smile, spaekin tae’z like a dug or a bairn. An nou
s for tae ask Ye tae forgie’z the nou. I’m tryin tae thin
6 matches

Donovan, Anne Not Scotland, (Edinburgh International Book Festival 2010) Central - Glasgow, prose
ed like a cross between S and Z.
1 matches

@MartinBroon tweeted
nt wuz, “Welcome tae Sheena’z excuses” ??. ???????????????(2020) search twitter

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
vyced or nae sic wyes /S/ v /z/ ? i pluralisation i inglis?(2020) search twitter

@Chazzbat tweeted
@jackiepatie So much fer Gen Z bein mair eco-freendly an soc(2020) search twitter

Doric

Gauld, Ilene Ilene Gauld - Piper and Poet, (Doric Future 2020) Doric - Keith, weans
Can ye see a "z" in the hinmaist wird?
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
Doric word Watterie to our A-Z listing. Div ye ken fit it me(2014) search twitter
actor" to the Doric Phrases A-Z: can you guess what bodily fu(2014) search twitter
rases beginning wi X in our A-Z – onybody ken ony?(2014) search twitter
ny golloch? Find out in our A-Z of Doric phrases at http://t.(2014) search twitter
has ower 1599 words in oor A-Z database fa kent we'd yon mon(2014) search twitter
and 6 other occurrences.

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
wa) /stikət/ (steekit), /gaɪzər/ (guizer), /dəmoɐrn/ (da on page 23
/ (blyde), /waɪ/ (wye), /gaɪzər/ (guizer) on page 24
t, he's voiced (laek b, d, g, z, v, etc); if yir vocal chords on page 25
z voiced alveolar fricative /ga on page 26
Islands), Comanche (USA) and Záparo (Ecuador). on page 85

6 matches

Ulster

Ni Chuilin, Caral Roadin furtae Bring Forrits an Graith tha ULSTER-SCOTCH Leid, Heirskip an Cultur, (Mannystrie o Fowkgates, Airts an Aisedom 2015) Ulster, government
il o Euraip. Eftèr lannin wi'z in Septemmer 20an09, tha COFO on page 15

1 matches

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