A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

lament Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.5 11.3 1.5 0 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences2422 1 0 1 0 0
Number of authors17 15 1 1

Occurrences of lament in Corpus

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Central

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
Nae mair wid Rab lament ... on page 10

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Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
meant bi readin a tate o the lament that opens the hail pley an i on page 40
or expression in wirkin that lament in Scots, an mebbe muckle gai on page 44

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Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
THE ITHER MAKAR'S LAMENT on page 47

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
The wood echoes with fierce lament; Dark forms stalk through the on page 6

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
Flora MacDonald's lament on page 184

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
er an used yir disability tae lament aboot how thir's naebdy there on page 169

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
ps cast aff tae the pibroch's lament, on page 15

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McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
him time tae feenish the lament on page 51

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Holton, Brian Lallans 67 - The Nine Sangs: Brian Holton, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
e it's a coronach o a sort, a lament for aa the braw laddies that on page 33

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Robinson, Christine Lallans 74 - Burns an the Dictionar o the Scots Leid, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
their ain leid. We frequently lament that mony scuils daes jist ae
1 matches

Neill, Josie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009) Central - Galloway, poetry
Lament For MacDiarmid
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Wilson, Rab Lallans 62 - Cormilligan, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, poetry
cast aff tae the pibroch’s lament,
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Lament for Ellen
Lament for the Decline of Belief
Lament for a Pet Rabbit
3 matches

Bennett, Peter McShane's Reprieve, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ddle class wankers. They’ll lament the erosion ay traditional co
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Flemings o’ Dalnoid, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
Lament ower the land,
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Douglas, Ashley Fur maist o history, anonymous wis a wumman, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, prose
xemple, poem 89 is a hertsair lament in gender neutral voice anent
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@LairnScots tweeted
'A Dug, A Dug'; 'Crocodile'; 'Lament for a Lost Dinner ticket'; 'W (2020) twitter link
cket...' Click here tae hear 'Lament for a lost dinner ticket': ht (2018) twitter link
and hear Margaret Hamilton's 'Lament for a Lost Dinner Ticket': ht (2018) twitter link

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
Syne Bappy sterted a lament fur the tint bairns – a san
1 matches

Shetland

Jamieson, Robert Alan Lallans 58 - Eicht poems bi Robert Alan Jamieson, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
Lament fir da Tristie on page 27

1 matches

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