A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'cuts'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
cutsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus14.14636
ORK - Orkney 29.8 3 3
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 26.6 6 4
NEC - North East Central 46.4 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 10.1 4 4
WCE - West Central 18.4 4 2
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 12.5 2 2
GLA - Glasgow 31.9 7 5
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 13.3 10 9
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 88.3 1 1
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of cuts 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.

Orkney

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
hey wir in a ferfal maes, aal cuts an scratches, an bluidan some on page 14

1 matches

Grieve, Issy Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Lifts the rittan blade. He cuts long and deep, on page 60

1 matches

Hall, Simon W. Lamborghini: Cult o the Bull, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, blog
ot. Profligate? Weel, the off-cuts are recycled, but no as Lambo
1 matches

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
Du cuts an pastes, dichts da image, p on page 84
wind cuts lik a tully. Sho's lost coont on page 98

2 matches

Mid Northern A

Rumbles, Brodie-Anne Recordin on Beep, (Scots Hoose 2022) Doric - Banff, weans
r pain, but there were shairp cuts seepin into my bane, my marra
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ncil hid wanted tae mak staff cuts so she’d teen early retirem
gye mess an saw livid weepin cuts aboot its neck as weel as the
2 matches

Aberdeen

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
She claims her hoover cuts oot every time she gings near
1 matches

General Northern

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
The chisel cuts awa. on page 34
The chisel cuts awa. on page 36

2 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
Win chill cuts throo tae the been,
1 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
Frost sticks in an cuts tae the been.
1 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
d the case against policy and cuts (2022) twitter link

@cligeey tweeted
Ony power cuts in Ellon gone dark..?(2020)

North East Central

Heather, Alistair Trains approachin?, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
s torn oot by Beeching in his cuts. Nou a reinstatement is possi
1 matches

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
, whaur the edge ae the licht cuts aff intae black, Tom stauns. on page 1

1 matches

Le Marie, Nicole nothing but a set of eyes for stars - Last Day At East Wemyss, (Association for Scottish Literature 2023 ISBN: 978-1906841546) Central, poetry
fingers carmen wi barnacle cuts, numbed clean wi salt on page 87

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ma jaicket and the cauld wind cuts right through me. There's aw on page 176

1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
make up n there designer hair cuts wae the fancy hair gel - n a (2021) twitter link

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
askin. A cutter's sumdy that cuts themsel. Widy; mean cuts them on page 154

2 matches

Clark, Thomas Radge Against the Machine: Deid Wirds, Deid Warlds, an Why Scots Maitters, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Bellshill, blog
communities throu the hunner cuts o it's-PC-gone-mad. Double po
1 matches

Clark, Thomas A Scots Pairlament?, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Bellshill, blog
in bombed in Syria, austerity cuts sclicing throu the arteries o
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
ike fer instance reversin the cuts tae the Tax Inspectorate that on page 148

1 matches

Edinburgh

McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
Weir had harvestit wi sure cuts. on page 112

1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
n’t want to see people, she cuts herself off from her old life
1 matches

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
en the two ae them. The music cuts aff. on page 7

1 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
n tender-lookin, wae wee ring cuts in the corner. Finnegan's fac on page 20

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
specific, deep male laughter cuts above aw the rest, a sound wh on page 3

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Whan pouer cuts lit yon caunles bricht, on page 95

1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Sacrificial Doo, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
henette fae the opened windae cuts through the air, gaun right f
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Guru an Zander, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
sniff an aw, ah’ll tell ye. Cuts aboot wae some dodgy types, k
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
mark fae the shattered gless cuts through John an I’s faces,
1 matches

General Central

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
t a Sky box, or huv a pal who cuts dodgy DVDs. on page 52

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
irp angles, leavin tottie wee cuts on her haunds as she did it. on page 116

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
ak like ah'm a textbook as he cuts open the plaster. The cold ai on page 86

1 matches

Stewart, Anna An Alien Feeling, (Scots Hoose 2019) Central, prose
I followed the wee path that cuts through the middle o the fiel
1 matches

Ewen, Allan Pairt twa: Janus leuks aheid, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
tae the NHS an furder budget cuts micht be preventit gin the Go
1 matches

MacMinto, Gregor The Magic Brainch, (wordpress 2021) Central, blog
€™s tint his gate. Whit if he cuts ye doon an taks ane o ye fur
1 matches

Duncan, Robert The Oor-Wulliefication o Scots?, (autumnvoices.co.uk 2022) Central, blog
e ye deform the leid!’ That cuts us aff fae hauf our DNA.
1 matches

@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
@jjs999jjs So ye ken when it cuts off and i have to reconnect?(2020)

@jack_capener tweeted
nd showed the interviewer the cuts on her arm.(2018)

@ThonJacobite tweeted
ospital. They've tain X Rays. Cuts tae ma heid, black eye, fract (2021) twitter link

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Naw jagged cuts acroos, on page 35

1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Weans o Latharna, (angelineking.com 2021) Ulster - Larne, weans
r an the saut stangit the BMX cuts on ma knees.
1 matches

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