Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

illness	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	7.5	10.3	3	0	11.6	0	0
Number of occurrences	24	20	2	0	2	0	0
Number of authors	18	14	2		2

Occurrences of illness 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

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
in hersel. She had missed her illness for five o sax months but had on page 55
guid health an scarce a day o illness in aa her thirty years. She w on page 66

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Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
Like every other illness, of the body, mind or soul, on page 63

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
oot tae git oor vote. It's an illness ae the mind, boady, and soul. on page 18

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom Lallans 59 - Leids and Lieder: Walcome ti Helvetiscots, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
wis bedridden wi a paralytic illness fir maist o his short life - on page 5

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
n, That this is a re-occurrin illness and if it persists ah 'll hav on page 25
in tae figure oot whit mental illness he had. Ah asked her if she'd on page 158

2 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
I see the illness like an ochre beam, a yellae on page 129

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
or til ony physical or mental illness or no-cannin. on page 14

1 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
recoverin frae his illness. on page 24

1 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
through his last illness on page 65

1 matches

Heather, Alistair The Body Snatchers, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
, that tyned twa dochters tae illness buirit them wi explosives, sa
1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Kintrae livin, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
wis o a consumptive habit; an illness o the lungs better kent as tu
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Just Another Minute, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
w at an advanced stage of the illness.’ the doactor sais.
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
th as he handin me a terminal illness. He wis the fuckin grim reape
wel movements. Sensin that ma illness widnae be treated as yin ae l
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
nt death fae his unrelentless illness. His show ae calmness and str
1 matches

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Doric

Robertson, George C. Lallans 87 - Bluid An Banter, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, script
s much. Ye've goat a terminal illness. on page 40

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 73 - Obituary for David Ogston, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric, prose
dee'd recentlie efter tholin illness wi gryte humelitie an smeddum on page 12

1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
n't abort Alexandra, but this illness has made me realise she needs on page 25

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Watt, Valerie A faersome feerie, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
is da time o year for trowie illness. We croog undergroond tae bid
1 matches