| modern | Corpus occurrences | Central | Doric / Northern | Orkney | Shetland | Southern | Ulster | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Occurences normalised per million words | 48.7 | 63.7 | 30.1 | 29.8 | 5.8 | 51.7 | 13.3 | |
| Number of occurrences | 156 | 124 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | |
| Number of authors | 69 | 46 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
Haddow, Kris nobody remembers the birdman - The Incomer, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
ottish names, traditional yet modern at the same time. A happy wee on page 77
1 matches
Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
ppers,-'"Mystery, auncient an modern, wi Seaography: then Drawlin- on page 44
1 matches
Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
daft modern thochts of 'national poetry d on page 50
fore thon views were spyit bi modern haunts on page 77
2 matches
Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
wailin' heebeegeebees o' the modern wurld, they on page
1 matches
Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
by a bittie gairden, It wis a modern brick hoose that couldnae huv on page 86
1 matches
McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
e thoosans o fowk desertit bi modern capitalism in schemes across on page 10
1 matches
Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
A modern-day highwayman on page 49
1 matches
Dareau, Mareau Lallans 59 - The Dictionar o the Aulder Scottis Leid (DOST), (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
e wey o giein a heize tae the modern leid and supportin it, passin on page 59
5 matches
Robertson, Sine Lallans 59 - Newsins fae SLRC, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
at Stirling University had a modern languages conference, ASLS ha on page 87
1 matches
McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
oney tae get himsel the maist modern prosthetic legs that monie cu on page 43
wee stir o pride. Fowk in the modern warld tend tae think that Rad on page 120
ence in the development o the modern warld. on page 124
3 matches
Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
unners a homework - History, Modern Studies, an even oor Drama te on page 31
We did this thing in Modern Studies. It wis aw aboot nucl on page 56
s pure upbeat an intae loadsa modern stuff. on page 169
3 matches
Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
lack, James Watt inventit the modern warld on page 91
1 matches
Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
Eagle, Andy, Modern Scots on page 15
þ' (thorn) equivalent to the modern 'th', /ð/ (eth) as in the, h on page 17
'apologetic apostrophe' throu modern Scots screivars scunnerin at on page 32
5 matches
Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
member Mr Gregory? He wis the modern studies teacher at St Bernade on page 116
1 matches
Purdie, David C. Lallans 59 - Terry Fae Brooklyn, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - Aryshire, prose
ation hoose at Wester Drylaw. Modern-like, ken? Wi a bath an hot a on page 136
1 matches
Calder, Bob Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
Modern Scottish Poetry, Christopher on page 95
1 matches
McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
Modern Times on page 67
1 matches
Douglas, Sheila Lallans 67 - William Motherwell (1797 - 1836), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
t his Minstrelsy, Ancient and Modern in 1827 tae the hinner. Mony on page 69
5 matches
Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
raditional' and claiming the 'modern' (1996: 22-23). on page 56
1 matches
Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 167, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
s. (See STW 143) Thae jyne up modern life wi fantasy in case the w
1 matches
Peffers, Bob A Aboot Mid-Camps, Kirnitten, Bi East Cawther, (peffers50.freeserve 2002) Central - Fife, prose
This wis conseedered tae be a modern addition kis it replaced an a
1 matches
Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
al an sectoral attitudes tae, modern foreign leids.” Taen fae Sc
25. Altho anent the learnin o modern European leids, the “Citize
s perceives tae be the leids (modern foreign, heritage,
provision for Gaelic, modern European leids, Scots, ethnic
4 matches
Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
A History o Modern Scots Orthography
A History o Modern Scots Orthography
Bi "Modern Scots" A mean aathing efter "
n a naitral Scots faur nearer modern Scots. But for practical purp
in Middle Scots, traditional Modern Scots an late twentieth centu
7 matches
Fleemin, Sandy Deid Come Nevermas, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
n o "b"'s efter "m"'s, perfit modern eediom like "The sorry a spar
This is awfu modern-like Scots, no juist wi the m
-like Scots, no juist wi the modern contractions like "what was't
3 matches
Tait, John M Lallans 63 - Expository Scots (2), (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
odel is sought for a standard modern Scots, then Lorimer has provi
1 matches
Robertson, Colin Lallans 81 - Wildlaw, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
but the review has shown that modern lawmaking is anthropocentric
1 matches
Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
bes thus: ‘Another class of modern writers have no feeling for S
Nae accessible tae the modern audience and o its ain time i
dwinlin interest in religion, modern audiences are likely tae be p
3 matches
Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
This modern age o unbelief
1 matches
Douglas, Ashley Whae Were the Pechts, (Dig It Scotland 2023) Central, prose
auncient Scythia (like as no modern-dey Central Asia and pairts o
es or Vacomagi, whae bidit in modern-dey northern and eastern Scot
c as the Gaels o Dal Riata in modern-dey Earra-Ghàidheal (Argyll)
Early modern depictions o the Pechts sic a
air stoatin image comes fae a modern rebiggin that wis producit by
6 matches
Clark, Thomas Aw Aboard! The fecht for the Scots language stairts the day!, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central - Bellshill, blog
loued tae be heard fae in oor modern Scotland.
nalienable place for itsel in modern Scotland - media, education,
2 matches
Smith, Jamie Effeirin tae the formal: Laitinate lendwirds in Scots, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
rm in Middle English or Early Modern English, whether before or af
mediate, intricate, location, modern, narrate, narrative, occur, r
ecause we still lack an Early Modern English Dictionary but partly
3 matches
Holton, Brian An Owresetter’s Tale, (Bella Caledonia 2015) Central - Galashiels, blog
ear o ma MA course readin pre-modern fiction an drama, an tho we r
1 matches
Campbell, Karen Gie it laldy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Glasgow, blog
heen o poetry tae choose fae, modern stuff and Romantics stuff, an
1 matches
Handy, Robbie Forked Tongues, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Dunfermline, blog
Modern Jamaican music maks full use
1 matches
Bennett, Peter TA Hauf an a Hauf, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
wae Tindal’s vision for the modern publican then. He obviously n
1 matches
Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 114, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
81, he didnae juist publish a modern classic, but he pit Glesca on
1 matches
Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 116, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
haes owerset it intae maistly modern rhyming Scots for this contem
beat in its rhythm nor in its modern references aw the wey throu.
2 matches
Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 176, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
to be properly celebrated in modern Scotland". It certainly shuid
1 matches
Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 174, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
ink wi a weel kent classic an modern praisentation is an excitin a
1 matches
Philips, Cally Jings, crivens, help ma Boab, it’s independence!, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Turriff, prose
e even git an apprenticeship, modern or otherwise. Come eighteen a
1 matches
Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
“Wish I'd known there were modern humans here before I let anyb
estors, if you like. But as a modern, you’ve constructed the ill
ree from the maya that haunts modern humans, that illusion of an a
3 matches
Matthews, Lily A SPARK O INSPIRATION, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
its from our understanding of modern science.”
1 matches
Ewen, Allan Pairt twa: Janus leuks aheid, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
t featured Scots sang pit tae modern dance beats as is heard on th
1 matches
Ewen, Allan Pairt Ane: Janus leuks back, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
ign fir a fairer country wi a modern democracy lives on. “The dr
1 matches
Douglas, Ashley The Smeddum o Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
he main sense o ‘syne’ in modern Scots corresponds tae the Eng
snae as muckle tae be seen in modern Scots yaisage.
It is yaised, tae, in modern Scots in a closely-relatit se
ane: the maist neutral modern Scots; guid fur informal forb
Scots, wi kenable cognates in modern Danish (barn), Swedish (barn)
10 matches
Douglas, Ashley The Maitland Quarto and Poem 49, (wee-windaes.nls.uk 2021) Central, prose
gey significant quair o Early Modern Scots poetry. Hooivver, it is
patriarchal doonhauds o Early Modern Scottish society and slippin
The poem is scrievit in Early Modern Scots. It shaws Scots grammat
weak verbs that we aye see in Modern Scots verbs – fur exemple,
rbs – fur exemple, indewit (Modern English: endowed; Modern Scot
9 matches
Facebook link ( 2020) Central
The modern picture whaur the stake wis d
Facebook link ( 2021) Central
armed guards at conventicles. Modern conventicles still huv the re
Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
-kept hoose. Kitted oot in aw modern furniture. And the church bel
1 matches
Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s Linguistic Landscape - Scots and Gaelic, (Translation Services 24 2022) Central, prose
closely relatit tae the ither modern Q-Celtic - or Goidelic or Ga
leid group is makkit up o the modern P-Celtic - or Brythonic or B
utual unnerstaunin atween the modern Q-Celtic leids maunna be makk
The modern term Scots comes fae the medi
had maist mensefu steidin in modern times.
5 matches
Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
dominates and compliments the modern furniture straight fae an IKE
1 matches
Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
hip the telly remote oaff the modern grey solid oak coffee table t
1 matches
@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
hae ae vocabular an lexicon o modern polemical terms, conceits, pl(2020) search twitter
@OliphantWullie tweeted
No.)1 Scots wha invented the modern game o fitba. If ye need proo (2022) twitter link
@billykayscot tweeted
re recently, we came across a modern echo of its 400 year Scottish(2020) search twitter
al connotation though is mair modern. @Historic_Ally @frankieboyle(2020) search twitter
@bigandymccoll tweeted
This woman is oor modern day McRae and Bruce and Salmo (2022) twitter link
@rattlecans tweeted
"Buy new beds and suites wi modern springs and stuffing? No even (2022) twitter link
@annieones tweeted
yny(as i wis tae, tae a point)Modern man is better,but a lot ae pr (2021) twitter link
@LairnScots tweeted
eatured in the @EducationScot Modern Languages newsletter! Click h (2019) twitter link
s' - braw example o Scots in modern usage. Teachers - Tweet yer (2017) twitter link
Maitland, Andrew Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Auld Mannie, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
wi a hale heap o the fanciest modern kitchen gadgets ye could get on page 76
1 matches
Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
As weel's er opinions o modern times on page 15
1 matches
Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
less Meldrum fairmer turns te modern technology fin his best pal, on page 50
1 matches
Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
s the Harpa concert hall. The modern buildin, biggit oot o coloure on page 11
1 matches
Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
benefit o his wisdom. It's a modern-day phenomenon on page 23
1 matches
Carney, Don Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric, prose
t past bit captures aspects o modern-day livin. Her Doric ts easy on page 5
2 matches
Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
pers, "--Myystery, ancient an modern, wi Seaography: then Drawlan- on page 93
1 matches
Vettese, Raymond Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Montrose, prose
fers til him as: a completely modern thinker wha appreciated the h on page 125
1 matches
Vettese, Raymond Lallans 73 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric, prose
fers til him as: a completely modern thinker wha appreciated the h
1 matches
Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - Beggerey’s Greenhoose, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
the sky like ane o them fancy modern airt sculptures.
s incredible,” “affa post modern,” an stuff like that.
2 matches
Uri, Antonia Here's the problem wi the trad wife muivement, (The National 2020) Doric, newspaper
dea o weemin the day rejectin modern feminism an believin that it
1 matches
Uri, Antonia Flooery achievement for the Scots Government, (The National 2019) Doric, newspaper
s fit are noo common place in modern agriculture are likely tae be
1 matches
@cligeey tweeted
@mowgli1977z , Gey modern min(2020) search twitter
@daleser23 tweeted
alking deads ina. Got all the modern family tho(2013) search twitter
@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
ourage Geography, History and Modern Studies teachers to engage wi (2020) twitter link
unk o life'. An a suppose the Modern meaning his tae dee wi the po (2021) twitter link
Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Withoot mobile phones or modern haet on page 115
1 matches
Hall, Simon W. Bonny Isle o Sanday, (Brisk Northerly 2016) Orkney, blog
Sanday is a modern, forward lukkan piece. A gene
1 matches
Tindal, Betty Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
erthshire. We hid nane o thae modern conveniences o piped watter, on page 147
1 matches
Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
ers, - '"Mystery, ancient an modern, wi Seaography: then Drawlin- on page 95
1 matches
@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
ess cos its obsolete in any modern times and we dinnae need mon(2020) search twitter
s whereas The Sooth developed modern English by triangulation itse (2020) twitter link
Logan, Liam Thon Ulster Scots Book, (Galdanagh 2014 ISBN: 978-0992881405) Ulster - Dunloy, prose
hree if you counted RTE, they modern TV stations could only dream on page 46
1 matches
Fenton, James The Lade, (Ullans Magazine 2001) Ulster, prose
ahollet, stud the wee shap (a modern bisness, noo) an the proota s
1 matches