A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

bridges Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.7 5.7 0 0 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences1211 0 0 0 0 1
Number of authors8 7 1

Occurrences of bridges in Corpus

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Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Bridges tae repair, an holes tae be f on page 16

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
And here ye aye build bridges tae the neist day, and the ne on page 19
l do, like noo, couried unner bridges on page 41

2 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
ntin - rollin hills, rickety bridges and burns. on page 92

1 matches

Monahan Brown, Ricky Eemis Stane 1 - The Mindin, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
die cuid coont and unner mair bridges than that, an different pande on page 9

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Lallans 62 - Cormilligan, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, poetry
Bridges tae repair, an holes tae be f
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
heard ma voice. Clearly some bridges jist cannae be mended.
1 matches

@jack_capener tweeted
and Cornwall are hoachin with bridges like this!(2020) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
ye there wis a faw oot - but bridges kin aways be mendit lol (2020) twitter link
rash4 @NiddrieStar noo noo - bridges hae tae b mended - al jist b (2020) twitter link
ton1 @garyshearer1 ffs lol - bridges isnae in the same league and (2021) twitter link

Ulster

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
Whin bridges he wiz buildin', in a far aff on page 43

1 matches

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