A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Concordance

Use in varieties of Scots

Occurrences of al in Corpus

Central

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
. Fair question right enough, al gie her that. Ah pick mah swo on page 171

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
eh knew it hid ti be I'o-re-al, coz yir on page 100

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
An ins-pi-ra-tion-al story! on page 146

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
lutely smashin scriever cawed Al Foncoot. We'll jist be giein on page 75
yet guid name, and the name o Al Foncoot forby, Onyweys, I'll on page 78
hree o The Wunnerfu Waddin by Al Foncoot is aboot tae stairt!" on page 138
borin and glaikit" - play by Al Foncoot, cause it wis a honki on page 142

4 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 67 - Andra’s Sang, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
-43. Owerset frae the Provençal bi Derrick McClure on page 50

3 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
thru the giffar of al grace on page 33

1 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
for minority leids. Nelde et al. i their crack aboot the Euro on page 56

3 matches

Fitt, Matthew Jordan's New Jaiket, (Education Scotland 2014) Central, weans
an skelps the baw. Go-o-o-o-o-al!
really hard. Go-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-al!
2 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 74 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
fabils of ald poetre / Be not al grunded upon truth’, ye’l
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 111, (self-published 2003) Central, newspaper
nit throw all the realme that al barronis and frehaldris that
1 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 63 - Auld plain Scottis, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
Gabriell, Sanct Raphaell and al the Angellis, Sanct Jhone the
, Sanct Jhone the baptist and al the haly patriarchis and prop
ct Niniane, Sanct Martyne and al haly confessouris, Sancte Tan
3 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
In huntin, wild, al fresco,
1 matches

Letford, William Bevel, (Carcanet 2012 ISBN: 978 1 84777 192 6) Central - Stirling, poetry
al be the man
1 matches

Wilson, Lucy Lock Doon, (Greenock Telegraph 2021) Central - Greenock, poetry
Should tidy ma room but al make another excuse.
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Al Fresco, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
nd settled doon tae enjoy oor al fresco feast. I wis getting a
1 matches

Geraghty, Martin A Bad Sport, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
Save yirsel’ a few quid … al get her ti drap yi aff, soldi
1 matches

Geraghty, Martin The Pusher, (TheCommonBreath.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
Urr wiz it a cycle? An al fresco lunch? Or wan ae yir m
1 matches

Geraghty, Martin 378, (TheCommonBreath.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
d tae head yet. Get dressed n al take yae fir a Fryin Scotsman
1 matches

Hodgart, John A Catalogue o Sair Neglect, (Bella Calledonia 2016) Central - North Ayrshire, blog
Gifford, Alan MacGillivray et al, wi an advisory team o ASLS m
1 matches

Seth-Smith, Niki Chynge o sum kind is comin either wey, but a vote tae leave wad empooer Europe’s faur richt, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
Cameron an aidit by Merkel et al, nor ane biggit by Boris John
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando “Blood Upon the Grass” – merk twa?, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
a kintra whaur makar Mohammed al-‘Ajami haes been sentenced
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando The USA: Whit happened tae the Guid Guys?, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
by the likes o the Taliban an Al Qaeda. Jalouse for a meinute
1 matches

McMillan, Hugh The Return of the Brownie of Blednoch, (no publisher recorded 2022) Central, poetry
Frae Nahr al- Bared tae Kounoungou,
frae Al Weed tae Shamsatoo,
2 matches

@alistairdunn tweeted
mes, after trying stuff oan, 'al need tae see if the wife lets(2014) search twitter
d money tae watch that shite, al fire abuse at them for 90mins(2017) search twitter
ce yer birthday last year, so al no mention anythin about how (2017) search twitter
such an uproar, fair tae say al no be left in charge of it ag(2014) search twitter

@changed_days tweeted
e issue. Once a break the ice al be sound, so av a few month t (2021) twitter link
ee tae DM me mate. A cany say al give ye everythin ye need, bu (2021) twitter link

@ThonJacobite tweeted
, Rikki Fulton, Lex McLean et al and a big dose o' the Laird o(2020) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
adly a got banned fae bdfm - al no hear it unless sumbuddy ha (2021) twitter link
@AfcTranent @MusselburghU al b in the area 2 nite guys wal (2020) twitter link
george clarks amazing spaces al - wee bit mair intulectual t (2021) twitter link
@ajmc1066 al watch the stuff where they go (2020) twitter link
n n fraser were decent 2 nite al but joe linton did nothin in (2021) twitter link
and 104 other occurrences.

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ud yer lugs amon the buffet. 'Al/ you can eat' is an offer, na on page 56

1 matches

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
up an pickan e daisies, when al o a sudden a White Rabbit wi on page 7
all o ee, an listen till me! Al soon make ee dry enough!" The on page 23

2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 73 - Obituary for David Ogston, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric, prose
e a mairriage sairvice for an al fresco ceremonie, in a ruint on page 12

1 matches

Murdoch, Steve Schrödinger’s Leid?, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Doric - St Andrews, blog
the leid the proof. Massie et al michtna like it, but that dis
1 matches

@FaeFoggie tweeted
Hope there's nae adverts for Al Askan See and Mr Beaujangles.(2019) search twitter

@72redz1903 tweeted
WeGo Does that mean Miller et al shouldn’t count appearances (2020) twitter link
rk for Johnson and Hancock et al (2020) twitter link

@beast_afc tweeted
eld, fae ahint a cooch is foo al be watchin it.(2020) search twitter

@cligeey tweeted
Think Al open a tinnie(2020) search twitter
@LeftPeggers Al tape it(2020) search twitter

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
cht lauch if there wis a flag al'riddy plunted fae the Duchy o(2019) search twitter

Orkney

Shetland

Facebook link (I Hear Dee 2021) Shetland - Shetland
anguages at happen soond very alæk.

Southern

Ulster

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
A flooch o wun an al's awa on page 4

1 matches

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
ed goals bae the dizin, wae'd al'seen enuch. on page 2
An' the sacret Ah'll gie ye al' free, on page 3
That wiz al' Ah had time tae ate on page 7
In al' Ah think there wir ten, on page 13
there's guid py' they say for al, on page 15
Also on pages 17, 23, 26, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 34, 35, 36, 37, 39, 41, 42, 43, 44
38 matches

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Glent oh liecht tha fin'al day on page 17

1 matches

King, Angeline Weans o Latharna, (angelineking.com 2021) Ulster - Larne, weans
lie want tae play on bikes an al. Ah'm bored o bikes an al.’
. Ah'm bored o bikes an al.’
airms an legs that shoogle in al the wrang directions. There�
nnae see much o Gary yince ye al go tae different secondary sc
It was true that we were al gaen tae different secondary
21 matches

Mc Donnell, John , (Facebook 2021) Ulster, prose
in...shae polished hit nairly al Doon an whut shae left Mae wu
1 matches

Mc Donnell, John Joogins, (no publisher recorded 2020) Ulster, prose
t till yer fether gets hame...al tha time shae wus whackin tha
ha dandy an beano so a knowed al wis firgiven fer noo.
2 matches

Gillen, Charles Whun A’ The Kye Had Names, (Ullans Press 2005) Ulster, poetry
time tae tak’ tae ye an’ al’ the kye had names,
All coorse machines dae al’ that noo, an’ cans nae l
Och! Al’ the sime I lake’t it whu
� the sime I lake’t it whun al’ the kye had names.
ed the fermin’ trade, an’ al’ his kye had names,
7 matches