Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

animals	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	35	36.5	19.6	19.9	104.6	31	22.1
Number of occurrences	112	71	13	2	18	3	5
Number of authors	32	17	5	2	5	1	2

Occurrences of animals 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.

Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
fy mobbed wae aw the birds an animals that'd fell intae it: there w on page 24
s wae bedragglt feathers, the animals wae their fur clingin tae the on page 25
fun a fair auld crood ae wee animals an birds waitin ootside. The on page 40
tures" cause some ae them wir animals, an some wir birds), "Ah spos on page 107

4 matches

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
ey croodit wi aa the birds an animals that had fell intae it: there on page 23

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
lat licht o it tae the ither animals. It had been agreed that they on page 6

41 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
gull an the shriek o the wild animals o the hill. The accuracy o hi on page 90

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
, Heather an Katie, wha loved animals an were very kind tae them. T on page 97
the circus wis. Noo, the only animals that were allowed in this cir on page 98
us people kKerried aa the wee animals an everybody got oot jist 1n on page 99

6 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
s said, "I'm aw aboot ma wild animals fae North America the noo." on page 39
echanical engineerin, and yer animals o North America, and yer teet on page 84

2 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
be a hit. Ah've always loved animals. on page 39

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
Whit a rammy he made. Aw the animals got an awfie fricht. The tods on page 28

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 75 - Review - The Shorter fiction, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
ng Increase o Depravity Among Animals’ is a skyrie ane. The’r a
1 matches

Robertson, Colin Lallans 81 - Wildlaw, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
directive protects over 1,000 animals and plant species and over 20
1 matches

Heather, Alistair The porage revolution: Hou porage cam tae mak Scotland habitable, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
ait, an they’d pick aff the animals as they scuddit by.
1 matches

Bennett, Peter TA Hauf an a Hauf, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
the notion takes them. Bloody animals. Nae respect, the bloody swin
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 174, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
each. Three o thaim includes animals: Glen Eagle (Alan Steele), th
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Pet-gilante, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, prose
d and banned him frae keeping animals for ten year, it wis covered
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Ozsome, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
eart that there micht be wild animals living there that cuid attack
1 matches

Dempster, Michael DIGNITY, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
different animals.
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
bout the Neanderthals and the animals they hunted, it just didn’t
1 matches

@annieones tweeted
ans we should feed people tae animals. Should he be there, embarras (2021) twitter link

@LairnScots tweeted
ns yaise the #Scots wirds fir animals: https://t.co/kEcQJwHGYM (2021) twitter link
t these braw #Scots wirds fir animals, creatit by @stewartbremner h (2020) twitter link
f buses, Katie Bairdie's ferm animals, an bawbees aw ower the shoap (2019) twitter link

@MizLiot tweeted
wi an essay on whether or no animals can be courageous an relating (2021) twitter link

Doric

Gray, Kathleen Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Ootlin, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
the same. She loved the fairm animals anh said she winted tae be a on page 59

1 matches

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
the billion animals fried in the scorched trees on page 20

1 matches

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
n quite crowded wi e burds an animals at hed fallen intill id: air on page 22
burds wi draggled feathers, e animals wi their fur clingan close ti on page 23
n found quite a crowd o peedy animals an burds waitan ootside. E po on page 38
see, becase some o them were animals, an some were burds), "A supp on page 104

4 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 58 - Cyaard, the Tattie Doodle, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
Assisi. His great affinity wi animals marks him oot as especial but on page 118

5 matches

Uri, Antonia The birds an the bees, (Mak Forrit 2018) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
er Katie Bairdie, wi aa o her animals, reminded us a bit o oorsels.
1 matches

Uri, Antonia Flooery achievement for the Scots Government, (The National 2019) Doric, newspaper
as safe places for aa kynes o animals, birdies an beasties tae caa
1 matches

Orkney

Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
ollar wis on. A rare gift wae animals. on page 33

1 matches

Hall, Simon W. Crackan the troughs, (Brisk Northerly 2021) Orkney, blog
rst thing for me aboot keepan animals in winter is the sea o gutter
1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
Spaekin wi animals an birds - An half-believe i on page 5
otten brunt, an aeten bi wild animals, an idder horreed things, aa on page 13
aly crooded wi aa da birds an animals at wis faan athin him; dey wi on page 24
birds wi dreggled fedders, da animals wi der oo stickin ta da hide, on page 25
an fan a braa crood o peerie animals an birds waitin furt. Da poor on page 40
Also on pages 51, 58, 109, 110
9 matches

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
ean, Esau, likit ta hunt fir animals, bit Jacob joost bed hame abo on page 11
k bidin here, alang wi aa dir animals.' on page 72

2 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
nds in London. Shti does laek animals though, an just adores wir Fl on page 10
dey wir awa. Got on better wi animals as fokk, shü said hersel, an on page 15
hü startit tinkin some a dis animals belanged ta her, an fokk hed on page 16
oung man wi an interest in da animals, an dey wir faered he wid mai on page 37

5 matches

Watt, Valerie An onkerry for a kerry oot, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
Da Nien is a beast wha tiefs animals, maet an even bairns,” said
1 matches

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
- dey keep eatin my favourite animals! #orca #Shetland https://t.co(2016) search twitter

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
ttin awfy crowded wi birds an animals that hed fa'en intae eet: the on page 23
an funnd quite a crowd o wee animals an birds waitin ootside. Th p on page 39
ken, 'cause some o thum were animals, an some were birds,) "Ah sup on page 108

3 matches

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
s near enuch full wi birds an animals that had fell intae it. Thur on page 24
irds wi draggelt fithers, the animals wi thir furr clingin tae thim on page 25
se, an fun a brev crowd o wee animals an burds waitin ootside. The on page 40
see, baecaas some o thim wur animals, an some wur birds), "A suppo on page 109

4 matches

@OrangRuth tweeted
contains blue begs. We're nat animals, I'll have ye no.(2019) search twitter