A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

girls Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words18.1 22.1 9 0 11.6 0 31
Number of occurrences5843 6 0 2 0 7
Number of authors31 21 4 2 4

Occurrences of girls in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
Dinnae believe yer mither, girls on page 33

1 matches

Cunningham, Lucy nothing but a set of eyes for stars - Swedish Fish, (Association for Scottish Literature 2023 ISBN: 978-1906841546) Central, prose
sh tae the bike rack. All the girls wanted tae gie her a wee pet on page 38

1 matches

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
: boys don't super like "nice girls" on Tinder. Boys super like l on page 1

1 matches

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
Tae the wee girls, hear me say this, on page 36

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
t's seen as taboo fur boys an girls tae dance together - althoug on page 26
aw done in time tae watch Bad Girls at nine a'clock. Ah sat doon on page 32
r Brogan an Manhattan if ther girls (that's if the daddy agrees). on page 169

4 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
ere they come again, boys and girls on page 17
They still gang oot, girls turnin intae weemen wi nae ti on page 43

2 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
ursel. Anyhin tae put doon ma girls fur not makin the mistake o g on page 12
s why there's an angel in the girls' room. on page 14
d filled wi ma family fur the girls' communions - it seems like on page 42
gie me cover. But fur all the girls got tae hear aboot another si on page 43
ey hud no right tae atrack ma girls too. Maw condoned the whole h on page 47
Also on pages 82, 90, 117
9 matches

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
boys and girls" the teacher said on page 52

1 matches

Harrison, Jean Lallans 59 - BARRY SCHUIL 1928 - 1934, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
G was for girls, that wis us of coorse, an wh on page 120

1 matches

Calderwood, Lynsey Lallans 68 - Barlinnie Gradyooits, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
t that thi nyoo seereez a Bad Girls is startin back soon wen thi on page 41

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
"Tak it easy, girls. Hercules is oor freend," sai on page 40

1 matches

Nicol, Alissa Poor Wee Livvy, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - North Lanarkshire, weans
Wit's wrong?" Lewis asked the girls and Livvy gave the descriptio
1 matches

Philips, Cally Wha's feart o' the library?, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Turriff, prose
hoo mony ither young boys an girls huv been feart by hum an the
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Flemings o’ Dalnoid, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
end, when Ma died. One of the girls told me, I had tae walk away
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
ed, rightly, at the boys. The girls were staunin’, quietly smug
e the lights!” At which the girls collapsed in fits o’ laught
2 matches

McKillop, Roger Educational (Mis)Communication, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
hotel’s Sauna. Yin o’ the girls (it wis a clothed sauna! afor
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Wee Roge Boobs, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
is an’ a group o’ maistly girls, wha loved trampolinin’. Ev
. For various reasons, only 2 girls came that day. They apologise
es an’ spray decks oot. The girls, Jill an’ Jenny, came doon
3 matches

Philips, Cally Jings, crivens, help ma Boab, it’s independence!, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Turriff, prose
it’s upside. There wis ten girls tae ivery boy sae fer the fir
flies in wur early twenties. Girls. Oor Wullie hud’nae prepare
lie hud’nae prepared us fer girls an’ their wiles. Primrose w
ame in oor Oor Wullie albums. Girls were hings tae keep well clea
4 matches

Lehane, Matt Aye an Ay, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
thae were the anti nuclear girls and boys,
1 matches

Smith, George Electrical Love, (Thi-Wurd 2013) Central, prose
Tony’s nods to girls: Big smiles in reply. Tall th
1 matches

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
@janiesherb Just girls eh ?? My auld bodies packing (2020) search twitter

@jax6754 tweeted
! Go fir it and enter guys an girls, a truly awesome opportunity (2015) search twitter

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
sePat are you Michael and the girls ok? Coping? If your stick can(2020) search twitter

@weenell3 tweeted
ggie1 Morning Sandra ???????? girls are starting tae stir noo ?? (2022) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
ddie a look up tae - 2 a wee girls blouse - tut tut lol (2021) twitter link

Doric

Innes, Brian P. Tales Fae The Doric Side - Thochts o a Teacher, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
"Boys and girls, there is no need to be afrai on page 50

2 matches

Bundy Broch The Doric Min, (YouTube 2020) Doric - Brouch, poetry
We hivna boys and girls, but wi me ats jist fine
1 matches

Gray, Kath Lallans 63 - Aikey Brae Fair – 1962, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
What do you make of that one, girls?”
“Do you girls want a hat to complete your o
2 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Wullie’s Wife: The Hoaspital Veisit, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
Good morning girls – sleep well? Who wants to
1 matches

Shetland

Tait, John M Lallans 58 - Sheltie Prattle an da Blue Lowe (a Pantomime) , (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, prose
ways of the world," he sed. "Girls like that are all right for a on page 35

1 matches

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
& I have to stay home we wir girls #GamerParentProblems oh well (2019) twitter link

Ulster

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
Shows mae girls wi' lovely eyes - on page 34

1 matches

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
organisations laike Boys and Girls Brigades forebye. on page 36
ganisations laike the Boys ir Girls Brigades, scouts ir guides. T on page 49

2 matches

King, Angeline Weans o Latharna, (angelineking.com 2021) Ulster - Larne, weans
nny is on the ither wi thirty girls.
dae the three-han reel wi the girls. There’s a jellyfish on ma
m a right Jinny if ah play wi girls.’
3 matches

@fairfaaye tweeted
he hit @Channel4 sitcom Derry Girls may not have realised just ma(2020) search twitter

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