A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Concordance

The word 'lang-'

Use in varieties of Scots

Occurrences of lang- in Corpus

Orkney

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
Da Hat-makker shook his head, lang-faced. "No I!" he said. "We c� on page 72
med da hale gadderie look sae lang-faced an fairt.) on page 88
Da Jeck shook his head, lang-faced. "Dö I look laek it?" h on page 122

3 matches

Watt, Roseanne Moder Dy, (Polygon 2019 ISBN: 978-1846974878) Shetland, poetry
dat hadds. Biggit fir a noost lang-akkered, dey lead me tae dis m on page 34

1 matches

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
ken fokk an dis is leid tae a lang-lestin linguistic repression o on page 9

1 matches

Graham, Laurence Flans Frae Da Haaf, (Shetland For Wirds 2000) Shetland, poetry
Till my lang-santet hert wins back
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
lut bleeze it the ingine wi a lang-hunnelled brush. It splootert on page 19
te burst es Beldie pulled the lang-legged Victorian bloomers ower on page 73

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
en archwye an giein Joyce the lang-ee. He lookit like a male mode on page 8
kin him on an giein Joyce the lang-ee again. on page 15
axter o material salvaged fae lang-firgotten pairty frocks an bon on page 79

3 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
e following drama involves ma lang-sufferin maan, Donald. An alth on page 50

1 matches

Johnstone, Ian Tuney Loon's low doon, (The Fraserburgh Herald 2000) Doric, newspaper
and unhidebound happenings o lang-ago weanhood.
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
rey ghaist o a bawd, like the lang-shanked lang-lugged craiturs t
shanked lang-lugged craiturs that flew thro
lder bairns war set tae their lang-division an Minnie wis sent ta
he steps twa at a time wi her lang-buttoned beets. Cottar bairns
4 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
North streetched a skyline o lang-shankit cranes like stalkin he
ose-huntin or the tcyauve o a lang-term mortgage – he cud gae r
r tint-glazed cage an wine in lang-stemmed glaisses refleckit the
an Java. The Mollucans wirkit lang-term tae lowden the Yird's pol
it. The Skreichmakkers war o lang-staunin here an hid the upper
6 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
got a terrible fleg. Fit WIS lang-lie-itis? Wad as her teeth com
mither, “that wee quines wi lang-lie-itis hiv tae takk this mix
2 matches

Aberdeen

Strachan, Shane DWAMS, (Tapsalteerie 2024 ISBN: 978-1916214880) Doric, poetry
wi that ancient, lang-lost licht. on page 21

1 matches

General Northern

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
in dour strule laden wi brock lang-tint bein A claucht the wisker on page 3

1 matches

Smith, Derek Northwords Now 43 - Derek Smith, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2022) Doric, poetry
ablow, a lang-droont sheep, grey as the napp on page 18

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Loch Skeen, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
hurl, forby A haed lang-luggit years o crack aboot Loc
1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Wullie’s Wife: The Hoaspital Veisit, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
A lang-lugged a lot o medical gab, bi
hissel. Naw lang syne, a lang-luggit yin o thay nairra-nebbi
2 matches

North East Central

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
Oor tink has fund the lang-lost treisure, Like the Coont on page 16
unards in Père-Lachaise, His lang-voued pilgrimage: on page 21
Oor lang-won lear had faan ti dwyne an on page 40

3 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - The Gowden Gate Til Samarkan, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, poetry
Ingraff't wi snashers, an the lang-nebbed cran, on page 32

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 167, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
short. Rats wis aye kent as "lang-tail fellaes" an salmon wis tu
1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 74 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
replacit in Alex Salmond’s lang-awaitit re-shauchil, bi Mike R
1 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 70 - Hame-combin, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
it shoud hae sopped my gravy, lang-grain, white, bylt.
1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
e tae mak Scots leuk haurd an lang-heidit, isna helpin onything.
1 matches

Malgrati, Paul Ayont the Fake and the Leal: Let's Free the Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
dae that, is tae gie ower the lang-lastin illusion that somewhaur
1 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
e his geggie, dead set like a lang-distance runner wha's sichted on page 124

1 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 59 - Rants and Foys, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
lik Marymass in Irvine. Some lang-rinnin yins hae noo elied awa, on page 56

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 81 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Prestwick, newspaper
ncannie wey, hou ill-likit an lang-nebbit fowk aye gets thair fai on page 5

2 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central - Prestwick, prose
ill an on, monie a leiterarie lang-neb i thae days luikit agley a on page 116

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Scots an the smit: a language unner lockdoun, (Bella Caledonia 2020) Central - Bellshill, blog
cludin the rusty wirkins o ma lang-lown tongue.
1 matches

Connor, Bailey A SCOTS HORROR STORY, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
s waltz doon below beyond the lang-deid rose gairdens. She’d br
1 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
Mind Yir Lang-Widge on page 16
One nation, many lang-widges on page 17

4 matches

Edinburgh

McPartlin, John Lallans 81 - Fower Australian Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Dollar, poetry
The jenny lang-legs that skittered fur on page 16

1 matches

Capener, Jack Eemis Stane 1 - Syne, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, poetry
Dissipatin ghaist ae lang-gane flames, on page 10

1 matches

Capener, Jack This laund wis wrocht for you an me, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central - Edinburgh, blog
wi respect an tak tent o its lang-term health.
1 matches

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
discoorse haed gien the mair lang-heidit craiturs on the ferm a
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ion); the bead (objeck in thy lang-term possession) is unner the
breist, wi the confidence o a lang-acceptit leman - bit that wis
2 matches

Glasgow

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
In the lang-forgotten Battle o the Falklan on page 15

1 matches

Ayrshire

Neill, Willie Lallans 59 - Christian Henry Divertimento, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
An I kent yir lang-craigit graces, on page 10

1 matches

General Central

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
ou, whit wi bein furth o thon lang-kent, ilka-day environment, o on page 20

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 87 - The Neep Lantern, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Central, prose
ritsome A jyned the waller an lang-luggit the corrieneuchin thou on page 22

1 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
Cages are lang-kent tae me; on page 36

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
perfit weel athoot haein ony lang-heidit knawledge o thair leid' on page 33

1 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
'Aye, Heehaw. He's lang-heidit, Rabbit is.' on page 83
'He's Lang-Heidit.' on page 121

4 matches

Matheson, Ann Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
r stickit sibness wi Dan, her lang-term bidie-in. on page 90

1 matches

Holton, Brian Lallans 67 - The Nine Sangs: Brian Holton, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
the saicont. (Gin ye fancy a lang-nebbit word or twa, whit A owr on page 33

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
thay daena dae muckle for the lang-term growth o Scotland as a ha on page 110

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 58 - Gairm review, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
reivins o bards an shenachies lang-kent in the Gaeltacht lik Ruar on page 126

1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 73 - Historical Lexicography and the Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1700, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
pairt o the DSL is ane o oor lang-term plans. Tae dae this syste on page 16

1 matches

White, Ian Nimmo Lallans 73 - Whit credit crunch, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
Lik a horn daft jennie-lang-legs, on page 51

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 73 - Proverbs o Hell, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
the best wine's lang-liggit an auld. on page 80

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
uropean classics, warks o the lang-heidit playwricht James Bridie on page 127

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
ess apairt. Keep mind o when, lang-syne, Scotland's legislators t on page 134

1 matches

Law, John Lallans 56 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
that wis like ti haud watter lang-term, or wad thare / shuid tha on page 4

2 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 82 - Nae Guid Ettle, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
l report wis shair tae mean a lang-delayed release. Parteeclarly on page 17

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
hrou a happing o stour wi the lang-nebbit name o nanophase ferric
an oot, an the second is the lang-bidin comets that taks ower 20
deidly ane. It is thocht that lang-bidin comets haes thair oreegi
3 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 63 - Auld plain Scottis, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
nglan, bit as the affcome o a lang-term European trade recession
1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
in oor galaxy that wisna jist lang-heidit, but haed the can tae s
comprehendit the idea that aw lang-heidit speshie micht aye self-
y thay are tae come fae ither lang-heidit life, raither nor natur
actual fact, ither planets wi lang-heidit ootrels that haes the c
4 matches

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 76 - The Factory, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
scowth at he nott ti airt out lang-term replacement warkers efter
1 matches

Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
wis thocht best in Latin, the lang-heidit langage o European scho
1 matches

Mackintosh, Henrietta A Tale o Twa Leids: Gaelic, Scots an smoorin wi luve, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
tae tell a joke? Thir are twa lang-staunin stereotypes that dae n
1 matches

wee-windaes Whit is Scots?, (wee-windaes.nls.uk 2018) Central, prose
n Scotland the day. It haes a lang-staundin ballad an literary tr
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s Linguistic Landscape - Scots and Gaelic, (Translation Services 24 2022) Central, prose
�Irish”. This reflectit the lang-staunin view that Gaelic wis b
1 matches

@ClashCityClarky tweeted
N stuff here, no least o aw a lang-socht-for second novel frae Ma(2020)

South East (Borders)

South West (Galloway)

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

East Antrim (Larne)

General Ulster

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster Scots Agency Ulster Scots Census, (census.gov.uk 2021) Ulster, government
ae, oniebodie owre tha heid o lang-tholed physical or mental halt
Lang-tholed stoon or fash in yersel
2 matches