A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

guests Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words15 13.4 16.6 9.9 5.8 31 26.6
Number of occurrences4826 11 1 1 3 6
Number of authors24 14 4 1 1 1 3

Occurrences of guests in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
er wae herts. Then it wis the guests, maistly Kings an Queens, an on page 78
The ither guests hid taken advantage ae the Qu on page 91
he Queen oarderin her unlucky guests oaf tae execution--wance mair on page 122

3 matches

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
Expectin Guests on page 104

2 matches

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
y aa wore herts. Next cam the guests, maistly Kings an Queens, an on page 44

3 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
hoy covers aff when guests are kept on page 39

1 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
gs, when Sir Alexander an his guests were oot shootin phaisants in on page 66

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
I wadna hae your delicat guests Unsettled ony mair.' on page 9

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
bles, shakin the hands ae his guests. There's definitely maire and on page 167
igate ma wey through aw these guests oan the dance flair. Ah'm gre on page 171

2 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
s. A fadin noise o revelry as guests leave the palace. on page 14

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
"Ma last guests didna behave theirsels," Diom on page 35

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - A Tale o Three Dugs, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
at the waddin table, sat the guests o honour - the three muckle on page 48

1 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
Ye supper guests o misogyny on page 79

1 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 62 - The Cairryin Stream o Tradeetion, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
nin guitarist, when they were guests at Glenfarg Folk Club. This c
s, details o the programme an guests an hou ye can get tickets. It
2 matches

Bates, Gregor The Death Dance, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - East Dunbartonshire, weans
Soon the rest o the guests were ready and the music star
1 matches

Clark, Thomas Yes Nae Mair, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Bellshill, blog
sels that they're no just oor guests. They're oor pairtners. That
1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Kintrae livin, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
istress likit tae serve their guests wi hame growed produce. Ower
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 176, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
rdeen an in front o 40 waddin guests, the Ellon registrar, Gail Du
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
bow an translatit: “We hae guests.”
evidently the monks an thair guests maintaint a strick segregatio
2 matches

Clark, Thomas Till Houletgless an the Soond o Money, (The Scores 2018) Central, prose
yersel, ye could be peyin yer guests tae stey an still wind up ahe
1 matches

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
les fir seein it nicht an the guests aa hiv te aet an sup in the d on page 49

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
i pleasure as she ushered her guests inside. on page 27
," said Sandy, dishin oot his guests' jaickets an haudin the door on page 33

3 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
she giggilt, mockin Fenella's guests. on page 31
uite simply, no conversation! Guests will be provided with paper a on page 36

2 matches

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
orated wi hearts. Next came e guests, mostly Kings an Queens, an a on page 76
E ither guests hed taken advantage o e Queen on page 89
n orderan off her unfortunate guests till execution-wance more e p on page 120

3 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
an, Neil. You awa ben tae yer guests"
1 matches

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
n resource! @Historic_Ally an guests gied a muckle heaze up tae Sc (2020) twitter link

Orkney

Leonard, Ingrid Northwords Now 43 - Ingrid Leonard, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2022) Orkney, poetry
for B and B guests, dividan its silver spoils on page 18

1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
heen oarderin her poor bits o guests awa ta hae der heads taen aff on page 125

1 matches

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
rated wi hairts. Next came th guests, maistly Kings an Queens, an on page 78
Th ither guests hae ta'en advantage o th Quee on page 91
th Queen orderin off hur pair guests tae execution-yinee mair th p on page 123

3 matches

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
atet wi hairts. Nixt come the guests, maistly Kings an Queens, an on page 79
The ither guests had tuk advantage o the Queen on page 92
n orderin aff hir unfurtunate guests tae execution - yinst mair t on page 124

3 matches

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
im, "Dae ye thïnk tha waddin guests wud murn while tha bridegruim on page 9
"Ye cannae mak waddin guests fast while tha bridegroom ïs on page 78

2 matches

@OrangRuth tweeted
l At least the Hanoi Hilton's guests had the good grace to wipe th(2019) search twitter

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