A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

lintie Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.2 7.7 9 0 5.8 10.3 0
Number of occurrences2315 6 0 1 1 0
Number of authors16 12 2 1 1

Occurrences of lintie in Corpus

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Central

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
Tae fuff a lintie's feather! on page 5

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 70 - A Bannock Day’s Pley for Thrie Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, script
ower the muir lyke a fleggit lintie, an intil the wuids. He baud on page 48

1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
imagined I heard a lintie sing beyond on page 10

1 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
d sing the auld Psalms like a lintie wi deil a hae © a staumer - on page 22

1 matches

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
lauchs like a lintie at yir jokes on page 48

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 67 - Andra’s Sang, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
Fat wad ye? E'en a lintie's sang maun fail!" on page 50

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McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
t's as lifie as the chirm o a lintie at the skreich o a spring mor on page 129

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Philip, George Lallans 56 - Scotsoun Thereanent, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
creivin skills he sang like a lintie. The Birks o Invermay wis his on page 46

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Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
reiver whussilt lik a lintie, fur he kent he fund hiz jo b
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Douglas, Sheila Lallans 62 - The Wee Tailor in the Haunted Kirkyaird, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, weans
ie, whusslin an singin like a lintie as he plied his tred. When he
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Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
kirk, laird and lug, limmer, lintie, misca, midden, nyaff, pitmir
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McDonald, Alistair Lallans 59 - Huntegowk, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Netherlee, poetry
Tae fricht an fool the lintie lang
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Kirk Jn, Albert Whit, (albertkirkjr.com 2022) Central - Aryshire, blog
She liltit a sang nae lintie cuid ding
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Paterson, Stuart A. Breenge, (Scottish Poetry Library 2016) Central, poetry
imagined I heard a lintie sing beyond
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@mcfarlane_irene tweeted
otnight whaup gowdspink speug lintie hoolet blackie doo. .....aa b(2016) search twitter

Doric

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 79 - The Bonnie Lintie, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
The Bonnie Lintie on page 24
the bonnie tenor vyce. Lik a lintie lat lowse amang craas! It was on page 26
ter on the poopit's brim, the lintie poorin oot its sang aa the fy on page 27

5 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 82 - Beyond The Pale , (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
ae,' says Myrtle, chirpy as a lintie. 'This is Auntie Mabel's wee on page 77

1 matches

Shetland

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
ch n listen" you'd hear wind, lintie/twite, whaup/curlew, shalders(2020) search twitter

Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
speug. Same wi stuckie, craw, lintie. Whit ither country tholed yo(2020) search twitter