A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

canada Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words12.2 8.7 10.6 49.7 11.6 0 35.4
Number of occurrences3917 7 5 2 0 8
Number of authors25 12 7 3 1 2

Occurrences of canada in Corpus

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Central

Curran, Doug Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
afore he left for Canada's far-off plain, on page 27

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Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
hint thaim. Thay haed gaen ti Canada aince, ae hyne-awa simmer mai on page 26
his tent drawn bi a flocht o Canada Geese, fleein south. Kate lui on page 30

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Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
59 on Prince Edward Island in Canada. The reason gien fir their mi on page 56

2 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
n a book callt Underground to Canada. on page 6

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
nd David almost emigrated tae Canada, but it fell through ar the l on page 43

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 82 - Nae Guid Ettle, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
the Nor Sea. Immigrant intae Canada. Lumberjack in Bri'ish Columb on page 16

1 matches

Lamb, Darcie T in the Park, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Kirkcaldy, prose
Cara. She's a wee lassie fae Canada and she's fair bonnie. Her sa
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Wee Roge Boobs, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
noo efter several decades in Canada, an’ her accent still hasni
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 100, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
owk haed ivver traivelled tae Canada, Wales or Ireland whaur twa-l
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@DavidJWood2 tweeted
amma And good morning tae you Canada ??????(2020) search twitter

@MartinBroon tweeted
in the middle of a forest in Canada,many years ago. Anyhoo, kept (2020) search twitter

@ThonJacobite tweeted
braw daunder the day ower at Canada Wood. Went oan the 'Battle of (2021) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
canada oan easy street - switched o (2021) twitter link
ly fancy the cayman islands v canada in a wcq later on - bring it (2021) twitter link

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 90 - Mrs Cadwallader’s Conversion, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
ne lang cruises they are, fae Canada ti Murmansk. The only thing i on page 44

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Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 87 - Andy, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, prose
acquantance haed gaen oot tae Canada as a young birkie, haed mairr on page 30

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
a sin ana, bit Brian bides in Canada - an it micht es weel bi the on page 46

1 matches

Robertson, Sine Lallans 58 - .. an the SLRC, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
neration Scots in America and Canada emailin us and, takkin anithe on page 111

1 matches

@sovereigndaisy tweeted
?? #byjavers #Gaelic #Scots #Canada ?????????????????? https://t.(2019) search twitter

@72redz1903 tweeted
but fit question splits the Canada / Denmark result? (2020) twitter link

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
@248Steve @DoricPhrases So in Canada, oot tae get steamin' is summ(2019) search twitter

Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
merchant Corinthian, back fae Canada on page 17

2 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Canada West, Yeldadee! Farewell. on page 11
e an Nell got awey - off tae Canada on page 103

2 matches

Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Canada, the Hudson Bay on page 132

1 matches

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Lallans 58 - seiven poems bi Christine de Luca, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
k on da First Nations fock in Canada, on page 19

2 matches

Ulster

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
Then Ah'm heidin' oot tae Canada on page 15

1 matches

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
Canada. on page 11
commonity in Canada. Thon shud bae unnerpinned ba on page 62
our operators fae the USA an' Canada tae Norlin Airlan tae lairn a on page 63
Canada. The ither twa bein' the Repu on page 65
USA, Canada, Australia an' New Zealand an on page 66
Also on pages 672
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