A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

cardboard Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words9.7 7.2 22.6 9.9 0 10.3 0
Number of occurrences3114 15 1 0 1 0
Number of authors20 11 7 1 1

Occurrences of cardboard in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
'Fuckin cardboard gangsters!' on page 5

1 matches

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
ae chance-whit wi him bein aa cardboard frae heid tae fuit.) on page 44

1 matches

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
best use o tacky-back cardboard sin Adam wut alive on page 47

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ind maire folk than a million cardboard milk cartons. Only doonside, on page 167

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
e puckle o things ah hud in a cardboard box and came doon the stair a on page 196

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ds fur school aw packed intae cardboard boxes so that she's ready fur on page 120

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
Jessie, ye must hae some cardboard somewhaur. on page 65

1 matches

Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
he cairds an pushed thim in a cardboard packet an put thim away. on page 44

1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
m an on it there wis a muckle cardboard box. He gaed ower til it. “
1 matches

Donovan, Anne Hieroglyphics and Other Stories - All that Glistens, (Canongate 2004 ISBN: 1841955191) Central, prose
e Christmas cards wi coloured cardboard and felties, which wis a bit
n and glisterin agin the flat cardboard. It wis like the difference b
2 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
ough, eh? he’s jist another cardboard gangster fae doon south who h
1 matches

@MartinBroon tweeted
@DemobJob ??Nae cardboard involved there then ??. ?????(2020) search twitter

@ThonJacobite tweeted
send ye back tae mother in a cardboard box. Ye better run. Run like (2020) search twitter

Doric

Skinner, Alison C. Tales Fae The Doric Side - Leaves, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
oun a weel-worn Hays Lemonade cardboard box. As her fingers rived wi on page 22

1 matches

Innes, Brian P. Tales Fae The Doric Side - Thochts o a Teacher, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
He hid the twa hens in a cardboard box bit nae peacock. It wis o on page 51

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
They're gonna pit cardboard aa ower me on page 97

2 matches

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
didna, be-an made entirely o cardboard.) on page 117

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 63 - Shelts, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Doric, prose
” His faither booed tae the cardboard box o toys, that bedd in the
1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Wullie’s Wife: The Hoaspital Veisit, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
up yir erse, e wis gien thay cardboard bottles ta
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
s wi streamers an balloons an cardboard angels wi
wis a wee cardboard tree, stukken wi glitter.
icher an a fyke, they got the cardboard tree up, the anely cardboard
tree up, the anely cardboard tree in Weirdich
cardboard tree wi the siller furlieoram
7 matches

McDonald, Charlie , (Facebook 2022) Doric, poetry
o ye get yer fish supper in a cardboard box
1 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
A big caird in a cardboard box. "Whit gappas sent thee t on page 9

1 matches

Southern

Stevenson, Gerda Kilmeny, (Scottish Language Center 2021) Southern - Scottish Borders, prose
s fur the hoose, aa happed in cardboard. She’d order it on her phon
1 matches

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