A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

couples Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.5 3.2 6.4 29.8 0 10.9 0
Number of occurrences146 4 3 0 1 0
Number of authors12 6 3 2 1

Occurrences of couples in Corpus

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Central

Burnett, Mikey nobody remembers the birdman - It's Ladle, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
pair up against each other as couples. Him and his wife, gone heid on page 34

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
o a Dysart pictur-hoose Young couples dinna want ti be seen: on page 18

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Donovan, Anne Not Scotland, (Edinburgh International Book Festival 2010) Central - Glasgow, prose
ame on the edge of the shore, couples strollin airm in airm, cloudl
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
an promisin tae gang back; or couples wi ten shilpit bairns, tryin
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Alston, Connor THE BLACK-EYED CHILDREN OF SCOTLAND, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
y lookin fur lone families or couples or anyhing they can find.
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
ckin intae yin ae the locals. Couples are wonderin aboot lovingly,
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Doric

Gilbert, Jo Tales Fae The Doric Side - The mornin o the waddin, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
olk get merried onywye. Maist couples here hate een anither, spend on page 98

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
bulb at swung fae the widden couples. Ah'd lie an chaa a bit strae on page 88

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ly enjoyin himsel noo, as the couples teen it in turn te stan up an on page 59

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Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
happily along, han in han, in couples: they were all decorated wi h on page 76

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Orkney

Grieve, Ingrid Gallows Ha - A Spell o Good Wather, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
at least twenty couples prancean, on page 31

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Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
roon the center o the Haa wi couples hurlan by. on page 81

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Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
At least twenty couples prancean on page 157

1 matches

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
rrily alang, haun in haun, in couples: they were aw decorated wi ha on page 78

1 matches

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