A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

description Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words11.9 10.3 7.5 0 46.5 0 22.1
Number of occurrences3820 5 0 8 0 5
Number of authors21 12 4 3 2

Occurrences of description in Corpus

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Central

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
been cawed, but that's a fair description. Ae thing is certain, that th on page 94
but there's a feck o fowk the description fits. There's plenty o Englis on page 115

2 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
amang the Dundonians that yon description fits. Tae me Dundee 1s reflec on page 9

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
That fittit his description tae a tee on page 51

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
itterin Bite, whaur Donovan's description o eatin hot maet efter a jaun on page 60

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
t in a gift shop, but the job description still said Cast Member.' on page 89

1 matches

Kay, Billy Lallans 78 - Thochts on the bonnie broukit bairn at hame an abroad, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
Mortality, that sterts wi the description o a wappenschaw - a muster o on page 6
y eyes water" - whit a great description o the pouer o Scots sang...I on page 11

2 matches

McCrory, Pat Lallans 57 - Jimsie’s Maw’s Soup, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central - Cowcaddens, poetry
Wi'oot further description he wrote oot a prescription, on page 29

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 75 - Review - The Shorter fiction, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
e o the yairn is taen up wi a description o the uncle’s sindrie norie
1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
ed an jist hung in the air, a description that haes the eerie ring o ac
that belanged the time an the description soonds mair like a modren UFO
anna lippen on it as a pyntit description o thon time, but it daes shaw
The description abuin is aw the mair intressi
aw the mair intressin for his description o “forky lightning frae a c
5 matches

Nicol, Alissa Poor Wee Livvy, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - North Lanarkshire, weans
the girls and Livvy gave the description ae the 'creepy hing' and wit
1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Kintrae livin, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
be haurd tae pictur sic a job description nouadays but, forby keepin th
1 matches

Philips, Cally Wha's feart o' the library?, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Turriff, prose
s… ah canne gie ye a better description cus suddenly, afore ah proper
1 matches

Young, Clive Creative Scotland an the sowl o Scots, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
s oot “Scots” is a jist a description an no a linguistic “bein”
1 matches

@billykayscot tweeted
he had the hives” Guid Scots description o a dour scunner. Hives are b(2020) search twitter

Doric

Robertson, George C. Lallans 87 - Bluid An Banter, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, script
Bit-part Billie. The Count's description o ye wiz an understatement. on page 40

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Ye'r nae affa like yer description." His date grinned an leent o on page 56

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ortraits oan canvas at defied description. on page 29

1 matches

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
ce. Grunny is ticht-fisted, a description I learnt fae her this wik fan
1 matches

@cligeey tweeted
It wis a description o a sturdy quine ina. A bet s(2020) search twitter

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
Hoosumivver, as yit de ir nae description o da language as it wis afore on page 10
wan- (maks da negated description): wanwirt 'trifle' (wan- + wi on page 43
description. Da siccint kind o predicatio on page 86

5 matches

Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
t’ wis wint ta be a English description o da Shaetlan tongue, noo hit
’ as da naem - no juist da description - o dat tongue. Dis means at
2 matches

@HazelTindall tweeted
romoteShetland Interesting - description o föshinless is whit I’d ca(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
sonnel Specification an' Joab Description on page 11
Description. on page 61

4 matches

@MarkThompStuff tweeted
@fikeane for this marvellous description of the speech and folk of Str(2020) search twitter

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