A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

blonde Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words14.7 13.9 22.6 19.9 5.8 10.3 4.4
Number of occurrences4727 15 2 1 1 1
Number of authors29 17 7 2 1 1 1

Occurrences of blonde in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
g blue eyes, natural platinum blonde, big boobs n slim. She's git on page 26

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 90 - Serendipity, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
atween him an an awfy bonnie, blonde, young wumman. on page 27

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
tin lookin wee an scared, his blonde hair toosied an his face scar on page 1

1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
Hoo it's noo grey, no blonde nor fair on page 49

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
rned oot tae be this tidy wee blonde hing. She chatted awey tae hi on page 120
"The blonde yin wae the shoart black mini on page 174

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
in wi somethin cried PLATINUM BLONDE HAIR-DYE EXTRA STRANG. This w on page 50
e up wi her mither's PLATINUM BLONDE HAIR-DYE EXTRA STRANG. She ca on page 53

3 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Marshall Bellisle, La Blonde and Terpsichore on page 98

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
y dyed her short hair a dirty blonde. It's nice tae see hur makin on page 5
plies, twirlin hur strawberry blonde hair extensions. 'How's Isla on page 11
s and straightened strawberry blonde hair - even hur pencilthin e on page 91

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Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
A bottle-blonde carline wi a dour, hard ee, on page 65

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Sprott, Gavin Lallans 68 - Gairdens, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
I watch a blonde thrash her scooter on page 98

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Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
Her peroxide blonde hair’s scraped back tightly
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Grae, Emma Jimmy and his wee darlin Alexa, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
been a lassie next door type. Blonde hair, wee glasses, big lips,
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Muir, Glenn David of Seafield, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
inster in her late fifties wi blonde hair that wis turning tae gre
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
f: they didna wint tae end up blonde.
f: they didna wint tae end up blonde.
2 matches

Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ledgement, watchin the red an blonde sandstane corridor ay tenemen
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MacDonald, Bo CAULD NIGHT, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
n locks crooned his heid; his blonde highlights illuminating under
1 matches

Gillespie, Alan Mon the Rovers, (Scottish Book Trust 2021) Central, prose
is silent again. Klinsmann's blonde heid's racing away tae the ha
1 matches

Donovan, Anne Hieroglyphics and Other Stories - All that Glistens, (Canongate 2004 ISBN: 1841955191) Central, prose
that innocent looking, wi her blonde frizzy curls and her neat sch
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@Chazzbat tweeted
Ah fund a hair too lang - an blonde - tae be wan o mine in ma cr(2020) search twitter
the street, especially wi her blonde hair. #GettingHitchedAsianSty(2020) search twitter

@fairpechtoot tweeted
@IshbelMcF Eh, I'm a bottle blonde at the moment? That whit ye m(2020) search twitter

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 68 - Gordon’s Gairden, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Doric, prose
ie, queat as a moose, wi lang blonde hair an blue een, an chicks l on page 35

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Busty, blue-eyed blonde, 32, single, likes pubs an cl on page 50

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
" He stared it the pictir o a blonde-heidit, money-grabbin, balloo on page 37
aat! Blonde hair, massive boobs...ma idea on page 56
wreck aat wis Chantelle: her blonde wig wis sittin aa squeegee; h on page 62

3 matches

Thom, Bill The Quait Chiel, (Tapsalteerie 2013 ISBN: 9780992663100) Doric - Banff, poetry
A ghoulish blonde wi reed lipstick, on page 17

1 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 58 - Cyaard, the Tattie Doodle, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
the visitation o Cyaard, the blonde-heidit tinkie, blawn in wi th on page 118

3 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
brieists an bustle, her dyed blonde hair heaped up on her head li
er luiks ooto a peint box, wi blonde curly hair…far ower seek ta
2 matches

Strachan, Shane Beyond the Sea, (Scottish Book Trust 2023) Doric, prose
e, bricht blue een and bleach-blonde hair scrapit back intil a pin
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Wilson, Katie Becus a hae a sister a hae a friend, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Buckie, prose
y tummy, in yur gorgeous lang blonde hair that a wid just love tae
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Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
aboot Asia on a cruise wi his blonde, but add in a global pandemic
she wis slaggin aff ma Da’s blonde. Apparently Christmas present
2 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Ah'm 'Claire', ah'm blonde and ah'm twenty - that's che on page 43

1 matches

Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
ache. Mrs Dursley wis thin an blonde-heidit, wae gey near twice th
1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
¼ rekkit oot ta touch da lang blonde hair, an next shü kent shü on page 23

1 matches

Southern

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
@AngusMacNeilSNP Why that blonde twat walked aff when Ian Blac(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
Changed in tae a smashin blonde, on page 19

1 matches

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