A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

flowers Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.5 4.5 1.5 0 11.6 0 14.5
Number of occurrences159 1 0 2 0 3
Number of authors14 9 1 1 3

Occurrences of flowers in Corpus

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Central

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
s, fizzy ginger, jeely beans, flowers, hearts, chewy toffees an' .. on page

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Donovan, Anne Gone are the Leaves, (ISIS 2014 ISBN: 978-1445099262) Central, prose
the trees and the flowers and the sky and she made me c on page 3

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McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
ician pullin oot a bouquet ae flowers. on page 173

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Armstrong, Kate Lallans 58 - Herman Und Dorothea, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
rt, pickin an haundin the wee flowers in a gairden. on page 43

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Douglas, Sheila Lallans 67 - William Motherwell (1797 - 1836), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
er months of Beauty, Song and Flowers; on page 69

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Robinson, Christine Lallans 74 - Burns an the Dictionar o the Scots Leid, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
al name given to various wild-flowers, either yellow or white with
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Evie OOR WULLIE’S SEASON’S GREET, (Largs Writers Group 2015) Central - Largs, prose
chap there (Tony, who wiz Mr Flowers, A Council Official, nae less
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McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Music, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Aw' Scotland's flowers, we must involve,
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@jax6754 tweeted
Besutiful flowers oot in Edinburgh the day! htt(2017) search twitter

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
lie with her at all, and her flowers be upon him, he shall be uncl
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Shetland

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
Hangin oot wi flowers for a half hour is lik a spa (2019) search twitter
Flowers brighten da grey days walkies(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Millar, Al Echas frae tha Big Swilly Swally, (Ullans Speakers Association 2023 ISBN: 978-0957666238) Ulster, poetry
bouk wheetled bae rats amang flowers o tha sun Weaeful his pictur on page 30

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Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
Nor wear the Poppy, lay the flowers, on page 28

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Cromie, Willie Doon tha Wal Raa, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2024 ISBN: 978-1739905620) Ulster - Ballywalter, prose
Flowers is flooers, hours is oors, a
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