A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

bulb Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.1 3.1 3 0 5.8 0 4.4
Number of occurrences106 2 0 1 0 1
Number of authors10 6 2 1 1

Occurrences of bulb in Corpus

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Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
. Ye waant thum tae pit a new bulb in quick.' on page 1

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
Charlene only managed a light bulb. on page 163

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
ut it helps if ye hae a light bulb. It wisna jist white either. on page 23

1 matches

Stewart, Anna An Alien Feeling, (Scots Hoose 2019) Central, prose
ns and through a glow fae the bulb in the lobby I see Ali’s sh
1 matches

Donovan, Anne Buddha Da - Chapter 1 Anne Marie, (Canongate 2009 ISBN: 978-1847673459) Central - Glasgow, prose
sumbdy'd switched on a light bulb in his heid. Then he got doon
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
about as bright as a 30 watt bulb - you need medication lol (2020) twitter link

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
the licht fae the singil bare bulb at swung fae the widden coupl on page 88

1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
on a cheir, changing a licht bulb, fin the wife walked langsyne(2019) search twitter

Shetland

Watt, Valerie Da secret wirld o Santie’s elves, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
nose sheenin laek a red licht bulb.
1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
ust o wind wafted the lectric bulb. "Ye tak yer time noo," said on page 2

1 matches

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