Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'jeans'

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Use in varieties of Scots

jeans	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	16.9	55	25
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland	17.4	3	3
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A	26.2	8	4
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern	17.7	4	2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	20.3	8	4
WCE - West Central	50.6	11	2
DUN - Dundee	21.2	2	1
EDN - Edinburgh	18.8	3	2
GLA - Glasgow	50.1	11	5
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central	4	3	2
SEA - South East (Borders)	12.5	1	1
SWE - South West (Galloway)	13.9	1	1
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of jeans 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.

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
You coodna miss her, among da jeans an trainers brigade shü stud on page 42

1 matches

Watt, Valerie A skoit trowe da shops, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
nor cool, bliss her. Hipster jeans , miniskirts an peerie strappy
1 matches

@tattooedselkie tweeted
Pishin wi rain an me jeans ir drookit. Gotten comfy afor(2021)

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
he seein He crawled intae his jeans an sark Cursin the caul weath on page 15

1 matches

Goodall, Phyllis J. Lallans 59 - Last May a Braw Wooer, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, newspaper
"Yon skin-ticht jeans, Baabie." on page 94

4 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
d a pair o skinticht designer jeans wi a great ryver o a hole in on page 11
d swappit his gweed briks fir jeans; an he wis absolutely yoamin on page 47

2 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
r a fridge an doocot lock? Ma jeans waist has shrunk sin lockdoon(2020)

General Northern

Maitland, Andrew Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Auld Mannie, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
white trainers, tattered blue jeans an ower-sized jaiket, Blair c on page 76

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
he tried on a pair o jeans . "I'll buy this pair", he sai
The jeans were ower lang bit Jonsar Eck
mysel. "It wis the legs o my jeans , look I've a pair on, fit div
3 matches

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
ack tae his room, grabbed his jeans, pulled them oan. T-shirt, ju on page 1

2 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
shirt and a pair ae Firetrap jeans tae wear thenight. Maist like on page 67
the hoose. He's wearin denim jeans and a standard black Adidas z on page 131
Whilst diggin intae ma jeans poacket tae produce ma moblil on page 154

4 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
tae ma knees. Lucky I had my jeans oan, but even so, eftir twa w on page 20

1 matches

Forrest, Liam Hittin the Toon, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Dunfermline, prose
ntents eh a Pot Noodle, their jeans - wit looked like they hud b
1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
bin bag. Whit aboot yir white jeans wi the new pink halter neck t on page 23
nts tae get a pair ae Tregijo jeans as well as a top noo. Ah said on page 51
smokin gun. She also got her jeans that she wis wantin, an a bel on page 53
akeets an they aw wear ripped jeans an thir aw dead good lookin. on page 75
an a pair ae washed oot blue jeans that've got nae knees in them on page 76
Also on pages 77
10 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
macho intentions in his ticht jeans, on page 111

1 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
in ir jeans, in thi fridge, in thi kitche on page 54
Dinna Mess We Meh Jeans on page 65

2 matches

Edinburgh

grandeicedcoffees Do You Wanna Touch, (archiveofourown.org 2021) Central, prose
m finish himsel’ oaf in his jeans like he did wi’ me, but ah
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
t. Desperately yankin doon ma jeans and boaxers before ah lit rip
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
rey and navy jumper and black jeans which makes him reflect a mod
1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
oatin doon the lane in boggin jeans n ripped trainers. A walk acr on page 12
his ripped and paint-covered jeans. We aw look at one another fu on page 13
ome ae the elder wans huv git jeans on n duffle coats n parkas. B on page 21
ffer jakit, wae ripped, faded jeans. Hur face is gorgeous, high c on page 26
on an eld HEAD jumper n worky jeans even though he's on the bru. on page 51

5 matches

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
Juist Jeans on page 14

3 matches

Cunningham, Lucy nothing but a set of eyes for stars - Swedish Fish, (Association for Scottish Literature 2023 ISBN: 978-1906841546) Central, prose
and and wiping it doon on his jeans. "Well, it's jist as well ye on page 36

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
sh hairline, leather jarcket, jeans that fit (a rarity fir maist on page 3

1 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250242) Central, prose
e hair, smart shirts and blue jeans a mile aff. He's gat a white on page 7

1 matches

General Central

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
hair, smart shirts, and blue jeans a mile aff. on page 27

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
coax hur oot o wearin skinny jeans. on page 8

1 matches

@g_hibby tweeted
's hingin' up tae dry oot, ma jeans got thrown in the wash, but I (2022) twitter link

South East (Borders)

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
t back tae ma hotel with torn jeans, shirt and bleedin knuckles(2020)

South West (Galloway)

Curran, Doug Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
red intae a pair o skin ticht jeans, on page 30

1 matches