Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'locals'

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Use in varieties of Scots

locals	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	12.3	40	24
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A	16.3	5	5
MNB - Mid Northern B	131	1	1
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen	54.7	5	2
DOR - General Northern	26.6	6	2
NEC - North East Central	46.4	1	1
SEC - (South) East Central	15.2	6	4
WCE - West Central	4.6	1	1
DUN - Dundee	63.7	6	1
EDN - Edinburgh	18.8	3	2
GLA - Glasgow	9.1	2	2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central	5.3	4	4
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)
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 locals 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.

Mid Northern A

Fairbairn, Jamie The Press and Journal (Inverness, Highlands, and Islands) - Doric Corner, (DC Thomson 2024) Doric - Banff, newspaper
rs an ging for a sweem wi the locals. Mind yersel though, it'll be on page 37

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
oose Estate bi the aff-takkin locals . The Hen-Hoose luikit as tho
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
oot the tap o Fitehills. The locals caad her ‘The Witchie Wife�
1 matches

Irvine, Owen Eldritch Story, (The Gaudie 2018) Doric - Banff, weans
d an affa stink aboot em. The locals aa thocht he wiz pals wi the
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
caad fin it's in Edinburgh an locals are noo blessed wi spikkin oo(2014)

Mid Northern B

Martin, Keiron Ma Worst Nicht Oot, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
(or is as it’s kent by the locals ‘The Coffin!). Fit wye they
1 matches

Aberdeen

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
thrang o tourists that maist locals forhoo their hametoon for a f on page 3
eneuch tae risk insultin the locals, ye can aften gang for a diff on page 4
e Geneva intae France, an the locals regularly cross the border fo on page 5
anes, far ye maistly see the locals, micht nae be onythin special on page 9

4 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - The Bigger Hoose, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
sna its real name) bit aa the locals ca'ed it The Big Hoose, for i on page 104

1 matches

General Northern

Robertson, George C. Lallans 87 - Bluid An Banter, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, script
rink - which is braw fir the locals, Ah micht add. Ah've bin here on page 40

2 matches

@fittiecrooners tweeted
wid nae agree wee some o'the locals! ?????? https://t.co/RE9K3n2W(2018)
w landlady is driving us auld locals oot we yon pink flamingos or (2018)
s it! Special fer fa? Nae the locals. Think she jist re-freezes it(2018)
game opool or darts wee the locals & a mock chop supper on the(2020)

North East Central

Heather, Alistair The Body Snatchers, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
Whan locals fund oot that student doctors
1 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
tae the locals fur a marked-up price. Take t on page 143
ttered acroass the room. Some locals, and wannabe gangsters. Aw en on page 182
y, as it wis kent amongst the locals. That wis until ah came acroa on page 185

3 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
is mornin. The wifies werenae locals, so he'd no likely bump intae on page 40

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 149, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
an anonymously this wey aboot locals as weel as aboot humanity in
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Lion Rampant, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
ed a bit o a stir amongst the locals , guinea fowl and sand grouse
1 matches

West Central

Hardie, George Lallans 81 - Annie and the New Chairs, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
and risslins o papers as the locals ettled ti fin a wey ti slake
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
ra trams, which an affy lot o locals think wis brocht forrit bi th on page 30
an the tourists ootnumber the locals? This is a serious quaistion, on page 89
experience an consigns maist locals that are gien jobs tae little on page 90

3 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
, cried The Mad Dug by aw the locals, they tendit tae sit on their on page 63
be cried, that a couple o the locals seemit tae hae come thru the on page 96
r than get ower close but the locals kennt fine that this wis a ni on page 118

3 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger Uprisin' an' Doonfa', (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
aterialised an’ the English locals looked oan us as invaders an�
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
frantically shuffle past the locals standin behind me and make a
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
oot knoackin intae yin ae the locals . Couples are wonderin aboot l
1 matches

Glasgow

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
The wather, which locals threap on page 27

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Not Scotland, (Edinburgh International Book Festival 2010) Central - Glasgow, prose
h could see that a lot of the locals had the
1 matches

General Central

Facebook link ( 2016) Central
wi far frae pleasant fur the locals .

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
s with ppl day tripping... us locals canna walk oor dogs or sit at(2020)

@DABArbuckle tweeted
t ye integrate yersel wae the locals and dae yer utmost tae pick u(2020)

@ThonJacobite tweeted
t ye integrate yersel wae the locals and dae yer utmost tae pick u(2020)