A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

contents Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words11.3 10.1 11.2 0 5.8 21.9 26.5
Number of occurrences3519 7 0 1 2 6
Number of authors26 15 4 1 2 4

Occurrences of contents in Corpus

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Central

Robertson, James Precious and the Puggies, (Itchy Coo 2011 ISBN: 978-1845023324) Central, weans
d took oot its moothslabberin contents. on page 72

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
esperately ettled ti keep its contents thegither. As I extractit a p on page 73

1 matches

Bryden, Hugh Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
contents flew, delight released aroun on page 93

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
grab the gless and fling the contents, esk and aw, ower the Trunchb on page 158
a gless cowp and slitter its contents ower the gruesome Heidie and on page 161
d, and wi that, he cowped the contents o the jug ower the Trunchbull on page 218

3 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
is fingirs, he howked oot the contents o a aur o VITAMIN ENRICHED FI on page 20

1 matches

Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
Contents on page 3

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
Contents on page 2

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
milk dropped oot, spewin its contents ower the pavement. on page 35
bag upside doon an strew the contents ower the bed. A wee loaf, a b on page 40

2 matches

Wilson, Rab Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
scartit at the surface o its contents. Here a man, tho, wha stauns on page 134

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
The contents o the wark's saicont big sect on page 140

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 82 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Prestwick, prose
i juist ae wee pynt aboot the contents o this issue. Ye wul aiblins on page 7

1 matches

Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
LEET O CONTENTS
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Bolland, John A Chocolate Cowboy, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2008) Central, prose
aither’s tipping some o the contents o the half-bottle an topping
1 matches

Forrest, Liam Hittin the Toon, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Dunfermline, prose
wi their hair lookin like the contents eh a Pot Noodle, their jeans
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 125, (self-published 2004) Central, newspaper
breenge thair wey throu thair contents.
1 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
drawers, then pit the shitty contents back in(!) Whit's the fuckin (2020) search twitter

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
aper cup an stare doon it its contents: a broon tidemark o yisterday on page 43
smell as Ah stare doon it its contents: a christenin goon, rowed in on page 79

2 matches

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
Table of Contents on page 1

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
open the invelope an read its contents. His moo set in an ill-naitur on page 10
roos githerin es she read its contents. She steed up, threw the bit on page 42

2 matches

Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
asp’s been broken open, the contents exposed.
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Tabby Sooker, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ashtray helpin masel tae its contents. Ye’ve nae idea the amount
1 matches

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Dodie's Phenomenal Pheesic, (Shetland For Wirds 2008) Shetland, weans
is fingers, he scoopit oot da contents o a jar o VITAMIN ENRICHED FA
1 matches

Southern

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
CONTENTS
1 matches

@StuartPoet tweeted
er hoose and half-inching the contents of yer drinks cabinet.(2020) search twitter

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
the scullery tae weich up the contents o the larder, still houlin Da on page 1

1 matches

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
Contents on page 3

1 matches

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
rts tae it, hae a luik at the Contents, pick yin an gie it a gae, or on page 1
Turnt upside doon, it's contents poured aintae the garage flur on page 10

3 matches

Stewart, Kenny The Wee Broon Hen, (no publisher recorded 2022) Ulster, poetry
see what was in thon box, the contents I had tae find,
1 matches

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