A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

banter Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words13.4 17.5 10.6 9.9 0 10.3 0
Number of occurrences4334 7 1 0 1 0
Number of authors26 17 7 1 1

Occurrences of banter in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
oot fir thir gallusness, thir banter, an a kindae stormdamaged coa on page vii
n, bit it hid nae pictures or banter in it, "an whit's the use ae on page 7

3 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 61 - The Mass Jack, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
ad sair miss Cherlie Clancy's banter. O a sidden, the lang cauld w on page 86

1 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
kep on a while wi blether an banter, an huchin awa wi auld Tammas on page 61
erties ta'en - only a gentle banter an daffin that she cuid thole on page 67

2 matches

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
joined in the singin' an' the banter wi' their pals an' bought a h on page

2 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
The dour banter delivered with unrecorded gra on page 58

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
"Mate it wis jist banter - " ah lit him ken. on page 112

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
So enchanted we yir banter, yir wit, on page 4
world, full o laughs an banter on page 52
now, em beltin oot ah this banter. on page 114

3 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
Scotland whaur the banter matches their ain - tho some on page 10
p tae watch but there wis nae banter nou - awbodie kennt this wis on page 52

2 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
an him an ma da had a bit ae banter; ma da said he wisnae lettin on page 69

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
they've - got aboot as much banter as a peanut." on page 14

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Busman's Banter
1 matches

Malgrati, Paul Ayont the Fake and the Leal: Let's Free the Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
Social clip, featurin Lallans banter an blether bi oor ain Scots l
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bools, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
e’s usually up fur a bit ay banter, that’s the way it always i
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 175, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
ype. They exchynge quick fire banter in the West o Scotland urban
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Wee Roge Boobs, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
ye could hae some legitimate banter wi’ them, bit we, increasin
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 86, (self-published 2001) Central, newspaper
your attempts at the Glesgae Banter? Listen to the English, follo
1 matches

@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
's no good fer ye. Wheres the banter ?? this fuds missing it ??(2020) search twitter

@DABArbuckle tweeted
terday Gary. Fair enjoyed the banter and the music(2020) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
u sometime at a game fir sum banter n caw canny brother (2021) twitter link
o it again soon - top drawer banter lol - b oan brother (2020) twitter link
nest - and u no me a luv the banter - which in this instance wis (2021) twitter link
ateur games again m8 - n the banter n awe that - never been yin (2021) twitter link
ry team - really enjoyed the banter and the excellent live stream (2021) twitter link
and 4 other occurrences.

Doric

Robertson, George C. Lallans 87 - Bluid An Banter, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, script
Bluid An Banter on page 40

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Tales Fae The Doric Side - Bullied, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
Jist playgrun banter, the teachers think on page 55

1 matches

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
e odds an eyns Exchanged some banter wi the quines Put athing in a on page 15

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
hid stairtit oot es hairmless banter hid curdled inte contempt. on page 20

1 matches

Uri, Antonia Widney’s Fuil, (Mak Forrit 2017) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
fuil, that tell o his cliver banter. Ae time Fleeman really shaad
1 matches

Facebook link ( 2013) Doric - Buckie
ted that a canna hiv a proper banter an a bit o a claik in ma mith

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
usic @craigjohndavsn fit fine banter fae thon loons? #OwerMaHeed(2016) search twitter

Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
bit he jist wisna wan fur banter anymore. on page 22

1 matches

Southern

@cammyrudkin tweeted
@radioborders cani beat a bit banter wi mcculluch(2012) search twitter