A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

dod Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words43 21.3 140.9 9.9 0 43.7 0
Number of occurrences13340 88 1 0 4 0
Number of authors22 8 11 1 2

Occurrences of dod in Corpus

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Central

Calder, Bob Lallans 82 - Ae Legend o Sanct Benedict, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
'coud you finnd me a dod o saft moss?' on page 52

1 matches

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
Her beak fu' wi' a dod o' cheese on page 14
Wha fand a fair sized dod o meat on page 16

2 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
Cheers Europe fir yer dod o the Med, on page 21
hauf satellite, hauf dod on page 35
flirty flimsy dod o shooglie fruit, on page 77

3 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
soup wis a lad they cried Big Dod. An what a big dod o man he w on page 57
e o a shovel wi one haun! Nou Dod wis a famous eater an regular on page 58
boss - an wha better nor Big Dod? on page 59
whan the lads cam in but Big Dod. on page 60
ither hauf dozen tables whaur Dod had aye taen his dennir. on page 61

30 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
suddenly fu o geniuses. A wee dod o Rabbie an aa but fist an af on page 45

1 matches

Hodgson, Brent Lallans 59 - Eleiven Quad Bike Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
Bak hame agane an Dod! thair the sheep is, on page 114

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 102, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
Men, Lauch Whan Ye Can, Saint Dod, The Moment, Gang Doun wi a S
1 matches

@DABArbuckle tweeted
@RobertMiggins Wae a big dod o butter an some gravy tae do(2020) search twitter

Doric

Storrie Lewis, Jean Lallans 58 - The Bothy Loon, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
wis tae bide in the bothy wi Dod Milne, the cattlie. on page 124

4 matches

Bolland, John Tales Fae The Doric Side - Hadean Eon: 4.5 Billion Years ago , (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
thi centre o es spinnin dod aat's coolin on page 82

1 matches

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
the kirk social a chiel ca'ed Dod Green 'On the look for a wife on page 15

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
teen fir grantit aat me an my Dod wid meeve inte the fairmhoose on page 22

2 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - The Bigger Hoose, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
"Aye, Dod's the gairdner ...an the plum on page 105
An Dod telt me. Noo Ah'm nae half th on page 106
hae been plunted an aa," said Dod, "gie's it here." on page 107
"Och, Dod," says he, "fa caed ye partan on page 108
ye were pullin ma leg," said Dod. on page 109
Also on pages 110
58 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 63 - Shelts, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Doric, prose
, of coorse. Last wikk, Uncle Dod hid let him inno the byre eft
id loon, we’ll veesit Uncle Dod on Setterday an gie ye a turn
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
he Troot Wallie cottars bedd. Dod Mathieson an his wife Madge,
wi Matthew Bruce, the fermer. Dod Mathieson kent that his maist
t roarin fu maist Setterdays. Dod Mathieson hid bin ane o the f
r shooderbeens. The day, tho, Dod hid his wife tae help him lif
o wedlock. This hairst, anely Dod an his wife war doon on the p
11 matches

Storrie Lewis, Jean Lallans 71 - Snuffy, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Doric, prose
in thair fifties – in fact, Dod will be saxtie this year. I t
1 matches

Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Kieran an Aidan, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
st for e Sabbath denner an by Dod, it’s byous wunnerfu!
1 matches

TheChielMeister Oatcakes 'n' Cheese, (youtube.com 2009) Doric, poetry
A wee dod o' butter spreid an' a'
A wee dod o' butter spreid an' a'
A wee dod o' butter spreid an' a'
3 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Drumneachie Ferm, (Scottish Poetry Library 2019) Doric, poetry
n Birse wis ained bi ma uncle Dod McConnach, an his wife, ma fa
1 matches

@beast_afc tweeted
@cligeey Loon Dod(2020) search twitter

@fittiecrooners tweeted
in hoose the day wee news o' Dod Michael passing awa. still si(2016) search twitter

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
lcroft Are the sure it wisnae Dod gettin' a kick back tryin' ta(2019) search twitter

Orkney

Hume, Caroline Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Add a dod o Sheriff Coort on page 126

1 matches

Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
aitrel. A seem tae think thit Dod Elliot an his faimlie falloet
ies o the Elliot’s wis whan Dod an
afore thay gaed tae Elrig, Dod wis herd it Meadshaw fur ae w
3 matches

@StuartPoet tweeted
wi a cheeky wee Becks Blue, a dod o chocolate and ma feet up. A (2020) twitter link

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