A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

ab Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words23.7 7.2 18.1 0 273.2 31 0
Number of occurrences7614 12 0 47 3 0
Number of authors26 9 6 9 2

Occurrences of ab in Corpus

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Central

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
Ab gus Lgl Les y on page 77

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
always reads her horoscope so ab know a wee bit aboot them. Ch on page 104
lene, ah said tae Laura Kyle. Ab think she's sick in the heid on page 146
nt Duffy makin g fool ae her, Ab axked Yvonne whit she thought on page 169

3 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
ear at the end o ma bed. Then ab paced up and doon ma room rep on page 52

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
s jyned tae the continent til ab. 4000 AC. In the howe o the N on page 110

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
Féðer o us á, bydin Abün,
1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
t kenspeckle wis Anaximander (ab.610-ab.546 AC). But the philo
.610-ab.546 AC). But the philosophers
2 matches

Capener, Jack This laund wis wrocht for you an me, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central - Edinburgh, blog
tend tae focus on naitur’s abílity tae chynge its ain sel,
1 matches

Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
Sir Weelum Kirkcaldy (ab.1520-1573) belanged a landit
John Nicoll (ab.1590-1667) lived throu thir d
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 105, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
e kythed oot the mince atween AB's lugs.
1 matches

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
@wgsaraband Sorry ab being a bit cheeky earlier. I(2020) search twitter

Doric

Abel, Charlie The Press and Journal (Inverness, Highlands, and Islands) - Doric Corner, (DC Thomson 2024) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
ene the plaque wi his name in ab'low. on page 25

1 matches

Manson, John Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Doric - Dumfries, poetry
On a day Ab can mind ivinoo. on page 125

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
t it the stibble oan is chin "Ab s'pose... it's fit wi are, fa on page 9

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
at you're nae famous. Ye ken, Ab think ye're mebbe jist jealou on page 37
rtie smiled it the loons. "An Ab widna like te disappynt ye." on page 39
d oot a bit faaled up paper. "Ab fun ess aneth a draar in yer on page 94

3 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 75 - The Petrol Tanker, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Doric, prose
n aa. “Fit’s the maitter, Ab-,” she began, an bit her to
1 matches

@FaeFoggie tweeted
Fit like ab'dy. Fits abdy uptill iday. I'(2019) search twitter
ist hiv been pyed by you too. Ab'dy else, agrees wi i wife. BU(2019) search twitter
lts waichtin by i fire. Nicht ab'dy! https://t.co/e0GxzqHUd0(2019) search twitter

@_DawnLeslie tweeted
y busy today telling everyone ab(2020) search twitter

Shetland

Mundair, Raman Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Shetland, poetry
abön da white kirn o da sea on page 11

1 matches

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
en demaands da tale An spaeks abön wis aa. on page 5
ookit up, but hit wis aa dark abön; afore her dey wir anidder on page 10
an boolin aboot ida lum richt abön her: on page 38
, dey wir a peerie sharp yalk abönher head at med her look up on page 40
'Up abön da world du flees on page 73

5 matches

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
said, 'Lat wis pit da heevens abön an da aert below, an mak a on page 3
t an colour an perfect paece. Abön wis da noise o fools singi on page 5
haerts dat du is wir Loard - abön aathing. on page 39
Der's non abön him; on page 41
Fir as da lift is weel abön da aert on page 43
Also on pages 45, 47, 59, 73, 83, 97, 119, 131, 151, 161, 163, 165, 167
22 matches

Jamieson, Robert Alan Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2017) Shetland, poetry
Klieir abøn smirr an doavrin ært. on page 18

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2017) Shetland, poetry
a graet sky abön, a ocean froadin on page 34

1 matches

Jamieson, Robert Alan Lallans 58 - Eicht poems bi Robert Alan Jamieson, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
an up abøn da krug o æshnis, on page 27

1 matches

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
URL abün is whaar you'll fin da mai on page 3
omotion o ee language ower an abün da tidder an a shift awa f on page 9
torical raisons spokken aboot abün, as weel as da linguistic on page 20
s wi da pronouns idda section abün: da differ de ir is at dey on page 61
k pronouns (see Section 4.3.3 abün). on page 63
Also on pages 77, 85, 89, 90
9 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
Støytaks - a broo prood abön da shore on page 28
. A yoal, weel shoarded, lies abön on page 33
abön da shörmal, an oyster pla on page 34
is Mt Fuji abön da Soond; on page 42

4 matches

Peterson, George P.S. Nannie Georgedaughter, (Shetland For Wirds 2002) Shetland, prose
i dee!’ says Ald Jeems just abön his braeth. ‘Wi ony luck
1 matches

Graham, Laurence Flans Frae Da Haaf, (Shetland For Wirds 2000) Shetland, poetry
Oh Loard abön, hadd Dy grit haand
1 matches

@Julie_Dennison tweeted
my phone’s battery is still abün 40% (2019) twitter link

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
she sterted gie cannily: "But Ab dinnae get eet. Where did the on page 73
"Ab can tell ee mair than that, i on page 101

2 matches

@StuartPoet tweeted
here are still a squatter o's ab(2020) search twitter

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