Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

closes	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	8.4	8.7	7.5	19.9	0	10.3	8.9
Number of occurrences	27	17	5	2	0	1	2
Number of authors	26	16	5	2		1	2

Occurrences of closes in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Donati, Colin The Student and the Pawnwife , (Itchy Coo 2003 ISBN: 978-1902927817) Central, prose
ng in thae central Petersburg closes an vennels, sic heronious cha on page 134

1 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
e in bold as brass. The light closes in around the broken corridor on page 4

1 matches

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
Siobhan closes ower her notepad in a dramati on page 1

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
ti this howff doun wan o the closes o the, richt eneuch, Netherga on page 70

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Huddled up wally stairheid closes on page 41

1 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
Rumours spreid aboot the closes, on page 35

1 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
an doon the wee closes on page 14

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 178, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
haur he writes aboot the auld closes an wynds o Edinburgh an thair
1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
e mickey by ae character, the closes, the dunny and the stairheid,
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part two of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
‘Excuse me.’ ah sais. She closes it oer an sighs, blawin the w
1 matches

Geraghty, Martin The Pusher, (TheCommonBreath.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
lungs demand sum respite. He closes hiz mooth an breathes through
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
aths. Ilka bairn that forgets closes aff a node, till aa the ances
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Maitland Quarto and Poem 49, (wee-windaes.nls.uk 2021) Central, prose
tory poem tae Sir Richard and closes wi a wheen elegies and epitap
1 matches

McMillan, Hugh The Return of the Brownie of Blednoch, (no publisher recorded 2022) Central, poetry
He wannert the closes, the lea o the faulds,
1 matches

Havery, Hannah The Gaithering, (Literature Alliance Scotland 2022) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
in closes, in forests
1 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 74 - The Killie Fleshers - 1786, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
s an inns, atween which nerra closes led tae the back lands. Ahint
1 matches

@LairnScots tweeted
ng competition and win books! Closes 23rd November. https://t.co/N (2017) twitter link

Doric

Robertson, George C. Lallans 87 - Bluid An Banter, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, script
Door oapens an closes. Enter Faither Mummy. on page 40

1 matches

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
nivver felt in the closes rinnin wi damp, on page 32

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
milk at back doors, shops an closes.
1 matches

Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
an upright steen nearhand. He closes his eyes and smiles. Slowly,
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
//t.co/PGl8van2zr The contest closes on the 28th February 2018. Go(2018) search twitter

Orkney

Butler, Vera Gallows Ha - Maggie o Quoys and Bessie o Gyre , (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
e feet o the stairs. The door closes and the soond o the crowd die on page 20

1 matches

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
t or right fur the paper shop closes at five on page 83

1 matches

Southern

Purves, David Lallans 75 - Gie Us Back Oor Place Names, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Southern, prose
an place names. Native braes, closes, gaits, hauchs, knows, loans,
1 matches

Ulster

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
Tha closes, hooses, streets, on page 30

1 matches

@the_gellick tweeted
r the nicht aboot the clachan closes an ootby loanens? Ballygellic (2014) twitter link