A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

layers Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.6 4.6 4.5 59.6 5.8 0 8.9
Number of occurrences219 3 6 1 0 2
Number of authors14 7 2 2 1 2

Occurrences of layers 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

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
joggie bottoms. Means aw the layers heat up. Ave seen maself oot on page 16

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Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
tain. He raked through aw the layers, but his wee sister wis naewh on page 102

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Niven, Liz Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
a hail mixter- maxter o multi-layers. The journalist / narrator's on page 87

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Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
blue colour. The'r twa-three layers tae this warld, stertin aff w
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Robson, Frances Lallans 74 - Soor Ploom Fairy, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
wi layers o nylon nettin jaggin ma hurd
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Bennett, Peter The Sacrificial Doo, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
chipboard hoardin, thick wae layers ay illegible graffiti apart f
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Bennett, Peter TA Hauf an a Hauf, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ost faws aff ay the leaves an layers a dustin oan ma shoulders an
s wae familiarity. Horizontal layers ay grey smoke hang in the air
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Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
s thegither first, syne added layers o bigger anes, tae he wis sha
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Doric

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
millions o years in their layers on page 5
Aa the same in bold, textured layers o pint on page 33

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@72redz1903 tweeted
g fae obliterating history - layers every time. Redefine, turn th (2020) twitter link

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
s is me new freend" - an the layers in "freend" isno ferly clear on page 83
Astrid - touchan trou seiven layers o waakan claes - an leuks ap on page 107
an graabs her claes, waantan layers atween her spacer skin an Dar on page 111

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Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Layers o shaadows strobe owur um on page 148

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Giles, Harry Josephine An Excerpt From Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Future Fantasy, (The Bottle Imp 2019) Orkney, poetry
me neow freend” – an the layers in “freend”
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Giles, Harry Josephine WHIT TAE WRITE NOU?, (https://harryjosephine.com/ 2015) Orkney, blog
a douce blue-grey sky wi saft layers o clood, an a brief wash o pi
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Shetland

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
o da layers at sho's wearin; rowes on page 98

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Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
hit mine hazy in the unfoldin layers o dairkness. The sweat o chil on page 9

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Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
audio steeers an apps tae add layers tae the displays. on page 53

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