A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

classical Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words9.7 10.3 3 19.9 5.8 51.7 4.4
Number of occurrences3120 2 2 1 5 1
Number of authors19 11 2 2 1 2 1

Occurrences of classical in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
the Gryphon: "Ah went tae the Classical maister, but. He wis an auld on page 96

1 matches

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
the Gryphon: "I gaed tae the Classical on page 44

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
guid view o thon bland pseudo-classical banality, the Caird Ha. Money on page 128

1 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 59 - Review Folksongs and Folklore of South Uist, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
the major and minor scales o classical muisic. She ettled tae tak do on page 62

1 matches

Sneddon, Duncan Lallans 83 - Biggin Brigs – Nummer 3: Cornish, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
s lest a community tung. This classical/ vernacular twynin is manifes on page 107
o Geoffrey Keating - 'pure', classical, frae the time whan Irish wis on page 108

2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 168, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
guages includin Scots, Latin, Classical Greek, French an mony ithers
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS nummer 109, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
the bygane bi baith Latin an classical Greek. Gin the fowk in (1) de
1 matches

Corbett, John Lallans 70 - Owersettins o Modren Drama intae Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
ise’ for actors in speaking Classical Scots, and as a contribution
odren tradeetion o owersettin classical plays intae Lallans.
d Kemp’s uiss o Scots as ‘Classical’; nochtwithstaundin that, t
3 matches

Douglas, Ashley Whae Were the Pechts, (Dig It Scotland 2023) Central, prose
s o Eastern Europe) – whaur classical soorces, sic as The Histories
foondin their origins in the classical warld, which wis pairt o the
2 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth For the fat romantics, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
ichtin, caundles, an romantic classical muisic playin in the backgrun
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 147, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
ost World War 1 Scotland. The classical French yuiss o Alexandrine co
1 matches

Lehane, Matt Gif I was, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
ural sport I’d augment wi a classical fork
1 matches

Dempster, Michael DIGNITY, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
classical.
classical antiquity.
2 matches

Douglas, Ashley Fur maist o history, anonymous wis a wumman, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, prose
et sets oot a wheen biblical, classical and mythological ‘auntient
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Maitland Quarto and Poem 49, (wee-windaes.nls.uk 2021) Central, prose
speckle companions (biblical, classical and mythological) wis a weel-
1 matches

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
y mynd aboot the 'Brazilian'. Classical meesic wis comin fae a spikke on page 82

1 matches

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
ade e Gryphon: "A went till e Classical master, though. He wis an owl on page 93

1 matches

Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
(the Spaneesh, classical kind) grippid bae the neck. on page 22

1 matches

Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
some o thim really enjoy the classical stuff they profess tae thinki on page 48

1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
aid da Gryphon: "I guid ta da Classical mester, tho. He wis an aald c on page 98

1 matches

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
d th Gryphon: "Ah went tae th Classical maister, tho. Hei was an auld on page 96

1 matches

Purves, David Lallans 67 - The Incomparable Li Po (701-762), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
les haes an auld-farrant, neo-classical feel aboot thaim (Cranmer-Byn on page 34

4 matches

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
the Gryphon: "A went tae the Classical menter, but. Hae wus an oul c on page 97

1 matches

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