A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

cloth Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.5 5.8 3.2 9.9 11.6 0 4.4
Number of occurrences1711 2 1 2 0 1
Number of authors15 9 2 1 2 1

Occurrences of cloth 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

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2003 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
me ae talk, mate. Ahm touchin cloth here.' on page 61
bleach, a scrubbing brush, a cloth an a pair ae rubber gloves. on page 104

2 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
en lump that bulges ablow the cloth. He goes ower tae the coal bu on page 1

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
reid an the weavers makkin up cloth that wuid be pickit up, when on page 62
illie Sprunt that warkit as a cloth lapper in the toun. They thre on page 105

2 matches

Harrison, Jean Lallans 59 - BARRY SCHUIL 1928 - 1934, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
oan an there wid be a supper cloth on the table when it wasna ev on page 120

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
tied on me a bonny new craig-cloth she had coft doun by, as whit
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Al Fresco, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
efully wrapped in a clean tea cloth and placed in a big canvas sh
1 matches

Facebook link ( 2016) Central
ra interestin fur a man o the cloth.

Donovan, Anne Hieroglyphics and Other Stories - All that Glistens, (Canongate 2004 ISBN: 1841955191) Central, prose
he light. Ah covered the dull cloth so it wis bleezin wi light, p
1 matches

@weenell3 tweeted
@ionafyfe Cut fae the same cloth as Stephen Kerr (2022) twitter link

Doric

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
the Loom asweel min. Quality cloth like ??(2020) search twitter

@JamesAmcvean tweeted
@KennyFarq I've got a cloth for that egg on yer puss http(2021) search twitter

Orkney

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Oil cloth oan teeble and permanent cond on page 31

1 matches

Shetland

Tait, John M Lallans 58 - Sheltie Prattle an da Blue Lowe (a Pantomime) , (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, prose
al. The fact is that coloured cloth can't hide lack of breeding. on page 35

1 matches

Ratter, Peter Da Perishin Nort, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
arbed in naethin but a ragged cloth. Hits skin wis a greyish colo
1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
en in a basin o blak, woollen cloth. "Who's this?" on page 1

1 matches

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