A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

boxes Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words20.6 15.4 28.6 59.6 17.4 20.7 26.6
Number of occurrences6630 19 6 3 2 6
Number of authors34 14 11 2 3 2 3

Occurrences of boxes in Corpus

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Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
MORNIN. Boxes lie aboot the livinroom hauf on page 1

1 matches

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
lifetime's supply o' munchie boxes, ye're in fur a muckle great on page

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
is pittin sawdust in the gear-boxes on page 24
d profit. Sawdust in the gear-boxes, the electric drill on the sp on page 44
should be kept oot o sicht in boxes like hairpins and buttons. Ah on page 144
the tray on wan o the upturnt boxes. 'Sit doon, pet, sit doon,' s on page 184

4 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
k sheets the day that had wee boxes on them that wis meant tae be on page 56
weekend an they brought back boxes ae broken biscuits fur ma ma on page 99
ool aw packed intae cardboard boxes so that she's ready fur the r on page 120
tae help her poor maw wi they boxes - an Margaret isnae fit fur on page 169

4 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Aw yer meenits in boxes under gless on page 111
Stuid on boxes aw fat and regal on page 121

2 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 79 - The Ratton, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
ka mornin whan A apent up the boxes thare wis yin deed, an the bo on page 79
the trap awa fae ma geenipig boxes, first wheechin the snaw aff on page 81

4 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 57 - Twa Auld Men, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
fret as they haud their piece boxes. They gulp in the caller morn on page 136

1 matches

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
Nae sleepin oot in cairdboard boxes We'll burn a bonfire wi thir on page 4

1 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
an the oorie tale o weemen in boxes. It a stairtit wi they fantou on page 59
end up in boxes. on page 64

2 matches

Matheson, Ann Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
s, thae references are in wee boxes that can pit ye aff yer stot, on page 127

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 178, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
delete the text frae the text boxes an replace it wi new text. Th
ze an arrangement o thae text boxes cuid be chynged tae suit. The
2 matches

Logan, Kirsty Lego, (Scots Hoose 2017) Central, weans
. When I got hame, there were boxes a wy. Pieces of it had moved.
up fae the fleer, the piles o boxes were ah higher, and ahin seem
e packed up the car wi ah the boxes, one sittin on ma lap. We dro
We unpacked a few ah the boxes, made her wee prison cell loo
4 matches

Clark, Thomas Yes Nae Mair, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Bellshill, blog
will be gaun aboot wi Kleenex boxes on their feet insteid o shoes
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
oorweys. The newcomers brocht boxes an sacks o fuid, some o it la
ds, than stertit again laidin boxes as she stuid open-mou’ed.
2 matches

Doric

McGregor, Iain Lallans 77 - Farquhar, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
cairt kerved fae auld aipple-boxes, flettent like lunt widd, an on page 97

1 matches

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
far tae yoke They trail't oot boxes - flooer pots, scrap Or they on page 15

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
rakes, forks, tattie. sculls, boxes o staples an nails. Maist o t on page 94

3 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 82 - Troke, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
'Oh, maistly boxes 'at sud hae been pit oot tae on page 88

1 matches

McDonald, Charlie Doric Scots Books an Poems, (Facebook 2022) Doric, poetry
Impty shortbreed boxes wi' scraps an' cuttin's
1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
hunner doos, a'a in nest boxes. It wis rock doos at wis used
1 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
them back in their boxes. Noo it wis ootside tae ckeck
glesses, he looked in a'a the boxes far his
2 matches

The Mannie Fae Unco The Diary o a Feel at the Skweel, (unco.scot 2021) Doric, prose
ookit tae me like timmer fish boxes an apart fae a puckle benches
ddin's cave tae me stappit wi boxes o dusty cloots an ither stuff
hid been cleaned wi the fesh boxes made intae a wee stage wi twa
3 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
g tae different ovens and hot boxes. Wait till she tellt her mith
1 matches

Young, Morna The Twa Chrisses, (Scots Language Center 2021) Doric, prose
I’d be fine built tae cairy boxes o fish, or staun at the gutti
1 matches

McDonald, Charlie , (Facebook 2022) Doric - Aberdeen, poetry
Cars laden wi' cases, boxes, absolutely loads
1 matches

The Flying Pigs Multiple choice voting leaves city cooncil facing, (Press and Journal 2022) Doric, newspaper
tae write a number in the wee boxes, but I jist couldnae resist d
1 matches

@cligeey tweeted
ders at Kelly sawmill firewid boxes a wid think ats a screw turbi(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
drew the infinite baest intae boxes, on page 25

5 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
The boxes aer doon fae the attic on page 145

1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
ndit foo we used ta drag fish boxes (widden anes danadays) up on on page 54

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
Boxin Day - da day whin da boxes on page 47

1 matches

Cumming, John Da Whillie, (Shetland For Wirds 2010) Shetland, prose
buggers. Twa hunder an sixty boxes we took dat day, an no a whit
1 matches

Southern

Stevenson, Gerda Kilmeny, (Scottish Language Center 2021) Southern - Scottish Borders, prose
und Kilmeny rakin aboot in ma boxes unner the stairs. She’d bee
1 matches

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
k from London. Ticks a lot of boxes.* (2020) search twitter

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
n Flughic was pointin tae the boxes. "Ihon's fur the hoity-toity on page 43
*"1'm gaun 'ae the bathin boxes themorra wi Sally," said she on page 46
Sally assessed the thirteen boxes an rubbed hir hans thegither on page 57

3 matches

Ulster Scots Agency Ulster Scots Census, (census.gov.uk 2021) Ulster, government
dooble letters keepin in tha boxes; yin letter tae a box, lake s
1 matches

Spence, Laura Tha Thoarn Tree, (Ullans Magazine 2013) Ulster, prose
she’d med thrie wee wudden boxes. Tae John, it wus laik the wu
an helt out thrie wee wudden boxes, whuttled richt cannily. As s
2 matches

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