A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

competition Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words19.7 25 19.2 9.9 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences6147 12 1 0 0 1
Number of authors26 18 6 1 1

Occurrences of competition 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

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
through the fields and huv a competition tae see wha could hit the mai on page 1

1 matches

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
yer entry tae wir competition on page 22

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
shoart list fur a playwritin competition. on page 47
ist wandered oot fae a Crufts competition. Everyboady in the boozer sto on page 79

2 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
a knock-oot competition that wiz competitive on page 52

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
, an there wis aye a degree o competition amang the whalers, an their f on page 33

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
Me an Chris are daein this competition in the Evenin Times that's ta on page 77
class wur huvin a flatulation competition durin Geography while the tea on page 90

3 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
lucky. It wis a Burns-themed competition. Ootside o that, naewan gies on page 34
THE COMPETITION on page 43
ere's also a creative writing competition for under 16s in East Bonnieb on page 44
ntering that creative writing competition?' on page 51
'There's a competition...' ah trail aff when ah real on page 53

6 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
's delicht, there wis a darts competition just startin an the prize wis on page 94

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
stlegate's 'Most Bonnie Baby' competition. Ah couldnae hink aboot enter on page xiii
he Daily Record ran a voucher competition fur cut-price caravans in Bla on page 30
and guid. She wis ma biggest competition. on page 57

3 matches

Cameron, Peter Lallans 73 - The Stranger, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
Tassie at the Sangschaw 2008 competition. on page 60

1 matches

Neill, Josie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009) Central - Galloway, poetry
ish International Open Poetry Competition. She hus alsae braidcast a se
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
bit, tell me, whaur's the competition?"
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 142, (self-published 2005) Central, newspaper
competition an mellin it intae the Sangsc
0th October frae 10.30am. The competition
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 147, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
dnae been ony entries tae the competition frae the Scots language commo
s been speirin intae the Liet Competition. Simon says they've spoken ta
in takin a turn at hostin the competition sometime in the oncome. Aibli
3 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 115, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
aur the biggest entry in this competition for 2003.
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 116, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
ty is haudin the abuin poetry competition for verse written in Scots an
Scots Poetry Competition, The Herald, [CENSORED: posta
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 117, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
e praisentit the winner o the competition, Rachel Valentine P7C, wi the
tten oot o takin pairt in the competition an hertenin an aw tae hear th
2 matches

Donovan, Anne Buddha Da - Chapter 1 Anne Marie, (Canongate 2009 ISBN: 978-1847673459) Central - Glasgow, prose
t Evenin Times Beautiful Baby competition, but ah don't think the closi
no, it's no exactly a beauty competition. It's mair . . . spiritual be
2 matches

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
up in Scott an’ Callum’s competition tae beat each ithir tae the t
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Music, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
chosen by Scots, needin' nae competition run by the arts council tae w
, what Ronnie thought aboot a competition, he said “A competition? Br
, he said “A competition? Bring it on!”
3 matches

Fitt, Matthew Matthew Fitt: a word aboot 'bad' language, (Scottish Book Trust 2021) Central, blog
enter the braw Scots writing competition for 2021, Lang May Yer Lum Re
1 matches

Duncan, Robert The Oor-Wulliefication o Scots?, (autumnvoices.co.uk 2022) Central, blog
(Scotland) 20 Words for 2020 competition.
1 matches

@pmcm1355 tweeted
@JimmyRads395 It's no a competition. (2022) twitter link

@LairnScots tweeted
this is fir you! Scots story competition, fae @scottishbktrust . Deadl (2020) twitter link
Anither competition fir young scrievers! @scottis (2020) twitter link
es tae @scotlit's Short Story Competition for lairners in S1 an S2: htt (2018) twitter link
ken there's an @EducationScot competition runnin? Send in yer scrievins (2017) twitter link
ae the @EducationScot writing competition and win books! Closes 23rd No (2017) twitter link

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
git mannie in an erse, kickin competition." on page 54

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
of the Doric Festival Writing Competition 2006 on page 44

1 matches

Shepherd, Robbie Harknin tae the braw souns, (John Benjamin 2000) Doric, newspaper
aroon five o'clock, the band competition wis on the go an the seats aa
1 matches

Johnston, Mary Lallans 81 - A Day at Edinbro Feestival, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric, prose
e eese o gyan intil e baakin competition at Show Day as she aye wins;
1 matches

Strachan, Shane Beyond the Sea, (Scottish Book Trust 2023) Doric, prose
se it’s time for our family competition out in the basketball court.
Okay guys! Today’s family competition is… a… burping competitio
is… a… burping competition! Jenny’s vyce booms oot a m
3 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
her website ah ah'm running a competition tae win £25.00 in jis 10 day(2017) search twitter
litary Hospital. To be in the competition follow the instructions at ht(2018) search twitter
n awa buckie in a daily entry competition - fa kent! An Aberdonian giv(2018) search twitter
twinty five poun - enter the competition each day an ye cwid be a winn(2018) search twitter

@fittiecrooners tweeted
The fairmers competition is nae till next month! #Open(2016) search twitter

Orkney

Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
d Orkney Wine Company and the competition wis tae come up wi a name for on page 14

1 matches

Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
aire bes a wealtht o' musical competition, innovation, sang an' on page 30

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