A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

bold Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words19.1 26.1 12.8 0 11.6 0 0
Number of occurrences5949 8 0 2 0 0
Number of authors31 22 7 2

Occurrences of bold in Corpus

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Central

Haddow, Kris nobody remembers the birdman - The Incomer, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
ad tane him. Less sign ae the bold mannie that asked yon braw la on page 79

1 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
hey showed up, then bounce in bold as brass. The light closes in on page 4
me tae, he says, thinks Am a bold wee cunt. Big Kenzie he gits on page 8
geein it straight back, pure bold cunts. Taz grabs an empty win on page 19
nts, Bailey n Andy McColl, ir bold enough tae say suhin back n f on page 28
e fuckin fly in the soup. The bold yin. on page 33
Also on pages 44, 49
7 matches

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
Scrievit names oan parchment bold. on page 14

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
everlastin, ken. Anyroad, the bold boy quits inebriatin me wi hi on page 1

1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
We must be bold, we maun be gallus, pipe tae on page 77

3 matches

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
about bold sea shanties saved for dark w on page 51

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
'Bold churl! That's but a poet's ta on page 4
Has a hoose baith bold and brassy: on page 33

2 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
wards. Yins splattered in big bold capital letters, as if every on page 177

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
'Ah'll show ye,' the bold Nigel piped up again, comin t on page 141

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
Bold Boy Returns on page 7
Bold boy's on thi rampage on page 8
O Bold Boy on page 9
hin meh mind, meh bravado wiz bold on page 10

6 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Wi the bold signature, 'Winston Churchill on page 88
Led bi the great commander, bold Thurot. on page 98
says the bold Maenius, "But ah've nae consc on page 117
stairtit walkin, but duis the bold chancer no baur ma wey. on page 123
'Oh but ah am!' says the bold Fuscus. 'Ah've no your strang on page 126
Also on pages 128
6 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
try at the back o his jotter, bold as brass. Fae the looks o it, on page 8

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
n. Cinderella walked ower, as bold as ye like. on page 83

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
man kin afford tae keep hur. Bold as brass.' on page 63

1 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
ries: That gars us spick mair bold an clear. on page 24
Ridin, - bold, airn, paissionate - on page 35

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
when his maw wisna aroon, the bold hero wis mair like a bubbly b on page 5

1 matches

Smith, Elaine C. The Glasgow Gruffalo's Wean, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303425) Central - Glasgow, weans
did meet him wance," sez the bold Big G, on page 4

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
nders, a later letter ti Alan Bold bi Scott, Scott’s awn mindi
1 matches

Campbell, Karen Gie it laldy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Glasgow, blog
government that’s gonny be bold, because A need something bol
, because A need something bold tae believe in again. No be t
year o the practical poets, o bold makars wha will be aw the bra
3 matches

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
tack, ah’d huv callt them a bold-faced liar.
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
e sort o’ lacquer an’ the bold Scott had been painstakin’l
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Sport, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Skilled endeavour, bold an' true,
Wi' phrases bold, no' limp an' tame,
Played wi’ spirit, bold an’ fair!
3 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
he thing that is making us so bold to come to you, and intrude s
1 matches

Fyall, Aitken Lallans 74 - Rabbie’s Retrospeck, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
O mirth an bold John Barleycorn.
1 matches

@johnstone_shane tweeted
Thi bold Billy Kay readin ma buik ?? h (2020) twitter link

Doric

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
Aa the same in bold, textured layers o pint on page 33

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - TROUBLE WI WITTGENSTEIN, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
"he canna spell tracter!" In bold fyte letterin athort the radi on page 87

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 82 - Beyond The Pale , (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
Sae that's fit we did. Syne, bold as ye like Myrtle pulls at mi on page 77

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
attraction. In bold letters the sign said Findlat
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
k chimed hauf eleyven, an the bold pair raise an creepit doon th
1 matches

Storrie Lewis, Jean Lallans 71 - Snuffy, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Doric, prose
it written doun afore the the bold reaper comes chappin at my do
1 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
throughout the force, nithin bold aboot the charge. As for ‘wh (2022) twitter link

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
s if ye get em mixed up wi e' Bold.(2019) search twitter

Shetland

@Julie_Dennison tweeted
Bold o my new car ta use a CD as d (2020) twitter link

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
is mornin. Lovely to see some bold red ?? https://t.co/yczhIfjeT(2020) search twitter