Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

memorial	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	13.5	9.4	4.4	9.9	5.8	93	58.1
Number of occurrences	45	19	3	1	1	9	12
Number of authors	23	13	2	1	1	3	3

Occurrences of memorial in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
t the hall, lookin at the war memorial n other displays littered aro on page 58

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Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
a puckle words aboot him at a memorial event at the New Club whaur m on page 23

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Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
the winged figure On the war memorial: on page 24

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Anderson, Elizabeth Lallans 59 - OBITUARY : ALISTAIR TAYLOR 1928 - 2001, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
A Memorial Service for Alistair's life w on page 4

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
They're mindit oan a memorial stane, on page 27

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Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
And the memorial glaur on on page 31

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Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
the memorial on the law has been illuminat on page 34

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Eagle, Andy Lallans 67 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
r awa is the 1887 Black Watch Memorial tae the hielanders that folla on page 65

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McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 67 - review, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
n prent. The beuk is a wordie memorial, but it wad be a haep better on page 109

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Facebook link ( 2022) Central
Terry wis the man as got the memorial plaque unnerway fur William L

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 117, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
Callum MacDonald Memorial Award 2003
THE Callum MacDonald Memorial Award wis brocht oot in memor
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 176, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
The W L Lorimer Memorial Trust Fund wis estaiblisht in
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McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Sport, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
A wis watchin’ the memorial programmes at the time o’ J
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Facebook link ( 2020) Central
e Wigtoun Martyrs. Thur’s a memorial tae Margaret Wilson in the Au

Facebook link ( 2021) Central
saw a photie o the four heids memorial attached tae the wa in Hamilt
he SCMA (Scottish Covenanting Memorial Association) They task themse

Facebook link ( 2019) Central
As fur Lanark itsel the memorial tae the Covenanters hus that

@LairnScots tweeted
y at the inaugural Betty Boyd Memorial Scots Language Lecture at the (2019) twitter link

Doric

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
A Glenbervie Laird Orders His Memorial on page 26
d hands will frame a stane of memorial, that from among the people." on page 34

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 79 - The Tattiebogle, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
ens wi their names on the War Memorial. An hiv ye seen the War Memor on page 18

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Kitchener's Memorial looms ower Marwick Bay. on page 37

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Shetland

Watt, Valerie Tochts fae Tushie Truncherface: Da nicht afore da Trowie Show, (Shetland Times 2009) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
ed Vaila win da Bertie Deyell Memorial Cup for dialect writin at da
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Southern

Purdie, David C. Lallans 74 - I Hae A Drame, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Southern, poetry
staps o the Lincoln Memorial, Washington D.C., August 28,
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Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
ng it the dances i the Forman Memorial Hall Roberton, frae 8.p.m. ti
ter caretakers it the Foreman Memorial Hall, Roberton.
yonner, afore the Forman Memorial Hall wis apent it Roberton. (
sh Schuil an Kirk, the Forman Memorial Hall, the twae bungalows, Kir
rton Wudfit, intil the Forman Memorial
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The Westender Mairchers did oor toon prood, (The Hawick Paper 2007) Southern, newspaper
ay and the service at the war memorial in the park and a' was fair h
ed, some gaithered at the War Memorial tae hear the service, and som
2 matches

Ulster

Alexander, Brian Yarns 3 - Pilgrimage tae Passchendaele, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2024) Ulster - Dufferin, prose
, an we stummled upon the war memorial. Warld War Yin an Warld War T
s name tho is on the Tyne Cot Memorial, an this simmer a’m takken
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Lyttle, A. G. Yarns 3 - Lastin Memorial, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2024) Ulster - Bangor, prose
LASTIN MEMORIAL
iggin a tooer tae be a lastin memorial fur Lord Londonderry?’
Memorial” thing, but he sez he haes
on hill. Tha Lord Londonderry Memorial – or Scraba Tooer, as it’
Lyttle” – his ain lastin memorial.
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King, Angeline Weans o Latharna, (angelineking.com 2021) Ulster - Larne, weans
The Chaine Memorial Park is lush. Frae the tap o
rry an Gary are at the Chaine Memorial Park. The baith o them hasted
ward the pencil-shapit Chaine Memorial Tower an ah pictured masel li
lang the cliff tae the Chaine Memorial Park. We sprachled up the rip
‘There’s the Chaine Memorial Tower in Larne,’ ah saed.
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