Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

helpfu	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	7.5	10.3	3	0	0	0	8.9
Number of occurrences	24	20	2	0	0	0	2
Number of authors	15	12	2				1

Occurrences of helpfu in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
arly discussions wi the ivver-helpfu local polis soon had the pave on page 103

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
s kelpies and the friendly an helpfu brownies, the fairies were th on page 29
Edinburgh lads that were sae helpfu in providin deid boadies fer on page 108

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
grannies are douce, couthie, helpfu auld buddies, but no this yin on page 2

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
as indicatit by yon extremely helpfu on page 29

1 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
,' said Heehaw, 'but no awfie helpfu.' on page 63
a Graund Teeger, a Muckle and Helpfu Teeger, a Teeger that boonced on page 117
'Astute and Helpfu Bear,' said Hoolet. on page 132
pectations,' said Hoolet in a helpfu mainner. Soon it wis by wi. W on page 134

5 matches

McCrory, Pat Lallans 56 - The Tale ae a Worm, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central - Cowcaddens, poetry
"That wid be certainly helpfu tae me," on page 114

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 73 - Waashin Day Weirriors, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
airmy camp..." Auld Agg seyd, helpfu like. on page 66

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 103, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
'the linguistic flyte wis gey helpfu, syne monie sindert consaits
1 matches

Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
ntakkin BSL). It mibbe wid be helpfu tae mind on the leet o leids
1 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 63 - Auld plain Scottis, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
ntae a text alang wi a bittie helpfu context. Ane o the things at
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Are kind an helpfu, ane an aw.
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 119, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
ent cultures an syne they are helpfu tae European integration."
1 matches

Dempster, Michael DIGNITY, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
helpfu
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ace. Sic a guid lassie. Sic a helpfu lassie. A lassie tae lippen t
it they were that keen tae be helpfu that she allooed thaim tae ta
2 matches

Doric

Innes, Brian P. Tales Fae The Doric Side - Thochts o a Teacher, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
st tae gie ye some idea o foo helpfu they were tae ane anither, ji on page 49

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
t Granny Riddle. She wis that helpfu an guid-hairtit that even the
1 matches

Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
the general uiser bit wid bae helpfu' fer academic study. Thairefo on page 53

2 matches