A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

fossils Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.8 1 3 0 0 0 22.1
Number of occurrences92 2 0 0 0 5
Number of authors5 2 2 1

Occurrences of fossils in Corpus

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Central

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
an whit's burriet in it: fossils - like the rig-bane or fit-d on page 100

1 matches

Le Marie, Nicole nothing but a set of eyes for stars - Last Day At East Wemyss, (Association for Scottish Literature 2023 ISBN: 978-1906841546) Central, poetry
l the end itself, not hunting fossils on page 87

1 matches

Doric

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
in fossils on page 3

1 matches

Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
last trace o us until we’re fossils o the future.
1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
rie gless bell domes fillt wi fossils, insects an butterflies. She on page 48
he dust o a hoose draughty wi fossils o the past, in exile frae the on page 49
ne. Margaret cudnae thole the fossils in the jars ony mair than Sal on page 51
"I gien the fossils a guid spring clean whan ye w on page 56
oot ye cud proteck them there fossils frae ruinous gunrays bae turn on page 57

5 matches

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