Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'leith'

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Use in varieties of Scots

leith	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	23.7	77	26
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland	5.8	1	1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	91.3	36	5
WCE - West Central	4.6	1	1
DUN - Dundee	21.2	2	1
EDN - Edinburgh	81.4	13	4
GLA - Glasgow	9.1	2	1
AYR - Ayrshire	39.3	3	1
LAL - General Central	18.6	14	10
SEA - South East (Borders)	25	2	2
SWE - South West (Galloway)	41.7	3	2
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 leith 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

@shaetlan_rose tweeted
@shonamain Love fae Leith! Take care up there xxx(2020)

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
prove me wrong. Ah feel like Leith's answer tae Dr Dolittle at t on page 21
y at the boozer. Naeboady fae Leith is daft enough tae dae a sill on page 35
a group ae the selfproclaimed Leith Young Team standin oan the co on page 68
jist done the caterin fur The Leith Young Team's weekend piss up. on page 69
e a corner ae Edinburgh cawed Leith. A place that wisnae known fu on page 85
Also on pages 86, 87, 88, 92, 95, 100, 104, 105, 106, 110, 139, 147, 151, 173, 176, 185, 190, 195
28 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
. He hed coft an auld warks i Leith an A
Lowden’s lectra pouer is in Leith Docks
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 177, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
t the Henry Robb shipyaird in Leith , there wis nae official tea-b
1 matches

Hubbard, Tom Scottish Faust: Poems and Ballads of Eldritch Lore, (Kettillonia 2004) Central, poetry
Leith Walk Variation on R.L.S.
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 102, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
in Musselburgh but comes frae Leith .
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 76, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
ie College's Gateway Theatre, Leith Walk, Edinburgh on 31t Mairch
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
ome. Changin the minds ae the Leith Nation is nae easy task, thou
1 matches

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
vona and Crolla at the top of leith walk. Fantastic deli ????. ht(2020)

West Central

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
n thum a’ doon the dokes it Leith Bit ye widnae take yer weans
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
eir appearance on the pier at Leith, tae tak the ferry ower tae P on page 25
Which the Quentin Durward fae Leith shore, on page 112

2 matches

Edinburgh

Burnett, Mikey nobody remembers the birdman - It's Ladle, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
. She yased tae play fives at Leith links, likes. Ah yased tae go on page 34

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Traisur Insch (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008) Central, prose
uin, gaun bi the cost rodd ti Leith) he wuid keik in at thaim thr on page 4

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 59 - Terry Fae Brooklyn, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - Aryshire, prose
granfaither had came ower tae Leith fae Ireland, he come fae Cork on page 136

2 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
becomes clear tae me that the Leith Surgery covenant is in full s
eritage. The fuckin hing is a Leith landmark oan accoont ae it hu
huvin formed part ae the auld Leith Train Station. Ah’m talkin
ah. A long lastin reminder ae Leith ’s loast glory years. This m
4 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
e weather hus suddenly turned Leith intae a roastin hoat day in B
, ‘’Son, we’re goin tae Leith Links. A lad’s day oot, eh?
Leith Links wis a dive back when ah
deliverin a rare sunshine oor Leith . A theory that hus sent ma pa
4 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
��’Your mum is a cleaner at Leith Surgery, right?
1 matches

Glasgow

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
architects abuin decreed frae Leith on page 15
Tae Leith and Lossie, London, Lowestoft on page 92

2 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
ke nowt on board that ship at Leith, an driven ablow decks in cha on page 31
enced tae be transported frae Leith tae Barbadoes - tae slavery on page 39
fixed at St Andrews, Glasgow, Leith an Burntisland, an his heid s on page 54

3 matches

General Central

Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
et, Glasgow, or the Kirkgate, Leith, is anyone's guess. on page 36
et, Glasgow, or the Kirkgate, Leith, is anyone's guess. on page 39
et, Glasgow, or the Kirkgate, Leith', sae did Conn an Bryden an M on page 40

3 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
left the rain at leith and aberbrothock on page 8

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Her mither wis a Leith lass on page 21

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 67 - Andra’s Sang, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
ls. An sae, gin Toulon is nou Leith, la costo arabi "the German s on page 50

2 matches

Philip, George Lallans 56 - Scotsoun Thereanent, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
James Mair alang wi twa poems Leith Races by Robert Fergusson and on page 46

2 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
on 2 November 1912 a body in Leith cuid see fae thair windae a b
1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
iscin aboot the auld shops in Leith and mindit us on the phrase a
1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Than an nou — poverty, makkin dae, an leukin oot for ilk ither, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
She wis fae Leith , the last but ane born intae
1 matches

Facebook link ( 2021) Central
mairched doon tae the port o Leith , stuffed intae the hold o the

@billykayscot tweeted
penin o Rab Fergussons poem Leith Races: In July month ae bon(2020)

South East (Borders)

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
Toun o Berwick, at the Port o Leith , Embro, hed its
1 matches

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
@OnlyOneTeeta Leith, Whitley Bay and Seahooses ..(2020)

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
t's mist an chitters hap auld Leith the day, on page 77

1 matches

@StuartPoet tweeted
ardine It will. We've been in Leith fae Wednesday early, herself (2020)
@ColinBurnett16 Aye the auld Leith dialect is still aboot but ma(2020)