A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

coin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words14.4 14.4 7.5 29.8 0 0 44.3
Number of occurrences4628 5 3 0 0 10
Number of authors23 15 3 3 2

Occurrences of coin in Corpus

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Central

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
comfort, an Grannie tuik thir coin. on page 11
laundit thir wis a clinkin o coin intae the paulm o Skald the F on page 14

4 matches

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
puggy. He slips another pound coin in the slot. He's no on the b 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
gin ye gied the gaberlunzie a coin or twa he wuid say a prayer f on page 16

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
id though wis haun me a pound coin an tolt me tae buy a tin a pi on page 164

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
Chairlie taen the wee siller coin, and slippit quickly got o th on page 43

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Will pit a coin ahint ae ear for luck on page 71

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
wi a nummer an made plural (1 coin/2 coins; 1 stair/2 stairs) th on page 27

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
Tower. She pulled a two-pound coin oot o hur purse and said it w on page 31

1 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
bi coin drappins were scraped oan scr on page 112

1 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 58 - Allmairshall, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
halfcrowns, and ither sorts o coin o the day, fae the compairtme on page 72

2 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Economic Theory, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
pootch an lifts a hale pound coin fae athin. A’m wantin tae s
the coonter an A presses the coin intil her luif. It comes ower
fae whan A gied her the pound coin.
es an A still haes this pound coin an twathree coppers. A'm that
nest turn an haunin the pound coin back tae the wumman, that wad
9 matches

Clark, Thomas Radge Against the Machine: Deid Wirds, Deid Warlds, an Why Scots Maitters, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Bellshill, blog
y if we can pull aff the auld coin trick o attackin somethin bi
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Guru an Zander, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
hich cunts will go tae turn a coin in Archie’s case, or in the
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ely saw siller, an never hale coin - only haufed or even quarte
1 matches

Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
aff Latin an Frainch for tae coin its ain terms, sae that it wi
1 matches

Clark, Thomas Till Houletgless an the Soond o Money, (The Scores 2018) Central, prose
e lift his een fae the muckle coin. The man nodded as he raxed o
1 matches

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
enie Pence wis a roon, broon, coin, fa bedd at the boddom o a mu
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
able tae see the new ae poun coin - ma wife aye grabs the chan(2017) search twitter
e wifie, but I hiv a new poun coin she hisnae te'en aff me! http(2017) search twitter

@fittiecrooners tweeted
s through? Dee they still dee coin slot tv rentals?(2017) search twitter
muckle change oot o’ a pound coin nowadays. Canna even stretch (2017) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
And they tossed a coin tae book their turns fur a ro on page 77

1 matches

Cormack, Kevin Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Saalty silver coin. on page 3

1 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
That searched fur the misseen coin on page 105

1 matches

Ulster

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
pen ïts mooth an ye'll fin a coin. Tak that an gie ït tae thai on page 9
Tha parable o tha loast coin on page 96
st yin toul hïm: 'Loard, yer coin haes made ten mair.' 'Weel da on page 102

8 matches

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
thra tha coin shall nir be loost. on page 13
squire he comes with goolden coin. on page 45

2 matches

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