Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

athlete	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	1.9	2.6	0	0	5.8	0	0
Number of occurrences	6	5	0	0	1	0	0
Number of authors	5	4			1

Occurrences of athlete in Corpus

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Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
an. She wis wanst a faur-kent athlete, and even noo she wis stieve on page 76

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
nk hurdlit it like an Olympic athlete, hit the grund on the ither s on page 66

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
nae know how it feels tae huv athlete's foot or a verucca, an he di on page 13

1 matches

McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Sport, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
But spot an honest athlete, A’ definitely can!
A Preacher an’ Athlete an’ proud tae be baith.
2 matches

Shetland

Cumming, John Kirsten, (Shetland For Wirds 2006) Shetland, prose
got on, lik. He says a strong athlete can tink fur hersel, an if yo
1 matches