A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

dragon Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words13.4 11.3 30.1 9.9 0 0 0
Number of occurrences4322 20 1 0 0 0
Number of authors17 12 4 1

Occurrences of dragon in Corpus

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Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
thum wur too busy chasin the dragon, eh? insteed ae a brighter to on page 90

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
Feechie Serpent, the Birstlin Dragon wi aw the wappens at her bidd on page 103

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
o the well was a great scaly dragon-like baist an in amang the co on page 79
tae commemorate the end o the dragon-like cratur, an eer since it on page 80

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Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
ty hid his black galleys, his dragon ships fu o Scots that focht t on page ix

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
would look like a huge, black dragon, belchin smoke and steam. The on page xii

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Hershaw, William Eemis Stane 1 - The Laverock’s Nest, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
in the field, a muckle thirlt dragon, as gif it was straining ilka on page 18

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Holton, Brian Lallans 67 - The Nine Sangs: Brian Holton, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
dragon yokit, ay, wi mantill imperia on page 18
fleein dragon yokit, ay, norlin A gang on page 19
fish-scale courts, see, an dragon haas on page 28

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 167, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
Sheena Blackhall's "Dragon Rikk"
DRAGON RIKK is the title o ane o the
Dragon Rikk - Poems and Tales in Sc
3 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
a fiery Dragon was seen flying near the Eart
fiery star, in the form of a dragon with a tail, running through
2 matches

Campbell, Karen Gie it laldy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Glasgow, blog
nbar. Done is a battle on the Dragon black. Sweet rois of vertue a
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s linguistic launscape – Scottish Staunart English and Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
fae John Lewis’ ‘Fud the Dragon’ (in Scotland: Vulva the Dr
’ (in Scotland: Vulva the Dragon) and ‘Mr Jobby’ the handy
2 matches

@jax6754 tweeted
eyes! Nothin can beat Pete's Dragon! Hae a fabby week aheid guys!(2015) search twitter

Doric

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
Ivery hauf an oor, sax golden dragon heids will poke oot o the bui on page 18

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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
Pilgrim wi a sword fur ilkie dragon!
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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
oped the waves up roch like a dragon's teeth. O a suddenty. Nava l
In the first chamber was a Dragon-Man, clearing away the rubbis
mair picters o angels fechtin dragon-baists – they jaloused them
3 matches

Rebecca, Casey and Stephen The Baby Dragon, the Wolves and the Lassies, (Scots Hoose 2017) Doric, weans
w whit looked like a wee baby dragon.
il ane day she noticed a baby dragon fly past her windae. ‘Hud o
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
mou as wide’s a dragon’s cave, an skirled:
dragon. He hid teeth like shears, fe
e dee. He thocht on the space dragon’s moufu o flames an he thoc
nks. As Plinky cam nearer the dragon, it
The dragon noddit.
12 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
Fit! A mannie slayed a dragon - aire is nae sic things as (2015) search twitter

Orkney

Hall, Simon W. Bonny Isle o Sanday, (Brisk Northerly 2016) Orkney, blog
the island’s deceptive baby dragon profile on the admiralty char
1 matches

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