A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

balloons Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5 4.6 10.6 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences169 7 0 0 0 0
Number of authors11 6 5

Occurrences of balloons in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
Shaidaes o balloons on gowd, on page 100
The twa balloons in the shaw on page 101

2 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
are runnin aboot Lickin balloons between their dancin parents. on page 168

1 matches

Bryden, Hugh Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
He loved balloons a rub through his hair on page 93

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
ver loses its chaw, and sugar balloons that ye can blaw up tae eedio on page 13
factory sterted makkin sugar balloons that ye could blaw up tae eed on page 19

2 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
chipped wooden door. Deflated balloons hang limply fae it. Two middl on page 3
hur grinnin away wi ma Isla, balloons in the background. But she di on page 13

2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 174, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
ised drawins, wi the words in balloons an dialogue kists eikin tae t
1 matches

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 68 - Gordon’s Gairden, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Doric, prose
essie's birthday an we a' hid balloons - at my balloon wint ower in on page 35

1 matches

Manson, John Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Doric - Dumfries, poetry
Anerlie balloons on page 113

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
rty hats, streamers, banners, balloons, an yer birthday cake, in the on page 20

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
˜Siller trees wi streamers an balloons an cardboard angels wi
Spurgie oors tae blaw up the balloons till
hing the balloons ower the holly tree they na g
3 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
s a singer aifter giving fowk balloons fur auld claes. Bit fit happe(2019) search twitter

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