Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

graces	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	5.3	4.6	9	0	0	10.3	4.4
Number of occurrences	17	9	6	0	0	1	1
Number of authors	15	8	6			1	1

Occurrences of graces in Corpus

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Central

Curran, Doug Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
wi nae airs nor graces. on page 31

1 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
ies, walth, pouer, an airs an graces - but no for the common folk on page 72

1 matches

Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
n' hive nae need oO' airs an' graces like some.' on page 29

1 matches

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
ut owre fu' o' airs n' fairie graces, on page 53
oun aa 'll be silent like yer graces first morn. on page 54

2 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
we nae airs or graces on page 116

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
The nymphs an Graces three, nae langer feart, on page 149

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
mebbe yin or twa o the three Graces. on page 55

1 matches

Neill, Willie Lallans 59 - Christian Henry Divertimento, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
An I kent yir lang-craigit graces, on page 10

1 matches

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
A lady fu o social graces on page 15

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
the wye doon. He'd nae social graces te spik o an hid the table ma on page 48

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Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 58 - Cyaard, the Tattie Doodle, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
e wis widely kent) wis in his graces a strange ane tae ken, but as on page 118

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 73 - Obituary for David Ogston, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric, prose
er denner speikar. His wuttie graces becam the hielicht o the annu on page 12

1 matches

Diansangu, Mae Doric, (Scots Hoose 2021) Doric, poetry
s fur tassies teemt o airs an graces,
1 matches

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
Fit aboot 'airs an graces'. Can it nae be aboot fowk pi (2020) twitter link

Southern

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
The nymphs an Graces three, nae langer feart, on page 216

1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
a relief tae drap the airs an graces that had come sae neteral tae on page 55

1 matches