A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

narra Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words13.7 16.4 12.1 0 0 20.7 8.9
Number of occurrences4432 8 0 0 2 2
Number of authors25 16 6 1 2

Occurrences of narra 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

Robertson, James Precious and the Puggies, (Itchy Coo 2011 ISBN: 978-1845023324) Central, weans
a wey doon the brae. It wis a narra, joukin path here and yon muc on page 59

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Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
he tea in China: it's an awfy narra fireplace; bit ah think ah ki on page 38

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Donaldson, Gordon Lallans 82 - Belike a Mishanter, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
at it. It was jist a lether o narra buirds hingit across the pit, on page 29

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Donati, Colin The Student and the Pawnwife , (Itchy Coo 2003 ISBN: 978-1902927817) Central, prose
t wis a "pick" stair, dark an narra, but yin he hud awready got t on page 136

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
gaed on, 'is an unco tall but narra press. The flair is jist ten on page 98
side o the clachan ontae the narra country road whaur there were on page 171
s richt peaceful there on the narra road noo the clachan wis ahin on page 175
Matilda seen a narra clabber path leadin tae a tot on page 177
in whit seemed tae be a daurk narra tunnel. on page 180

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
he packed her toes intae wee narra shoes. on page 12
ith like art an we baith hate narra mindet idiots. | on page 169

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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
Ah walk doon the narra country path tae the shoaps e on page 49

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
a Scots speakers haes skeel o narra-nebbit treatment in ilkaday s on page 6
teracy in thair ain leid? The narra-nebbitness that surroonds the on page 7
ord tae evite shock, grief or narra-nebbitness. For an instance, on page 14

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
Ah narra'd ma eyes as drops o rain fel on page 76
iveways, and the street's too narra tae park oan the pavements. A on page 80

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
faws doun: its reinge is ower narra, time-wise. on page 130

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Peffers, Bob The Pittin Doon o Guid Scots, (peffers50.freeserve 2002) Central - Fife, prose
haim? A yone ilk is like yone narra nebbit dominies at schuil wha
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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2020) Central, prose
he packed her toes intae wee narra shoes. Ma ma knew somethin wi
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Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
ouss. Bot the entrie wes ower narra an the vehikil grun inti
the hens, gaits an gryss. Wie narra peths wumpilt throu the thikf
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Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
mic an social important ayont narra pairty politics. The word mea
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Durie, Nick The Best o the Baith o Thaim, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
anes, the sectarian anes, the narra nebbit anes, the knabbie anes
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McClurg, Fernando Votin isna Democracy. But..., (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
akken manifesto promises, the narra range o opinions an candidate
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Facebook link (Changed Times Historical Novel By Ethyl Smith 2022) Central
aye aifter him. He hud mony a narra escape. Tae prove his defianc

Heather, Alistair Tak tent o the Cabrach, (The Herald 2018) Central, newspaper
will echo far ootside its ain narra borders.
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McDonald, Hamish The Girnin Gates - Chapter 12, (Itchy Coo 2003) Central, prose
Gobbs led us doon a narra path through the trees, anen
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Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 85 - The Clash o the Titans, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
Prof looked back at him throw narra een an nodded. on page 56

1 matches

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
's nay a worken boat!" "She's narra!" "She's nay eece!" "She wisn on page 18

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Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
the narra gauge o his reality. on page 23
an narra their sichts till they target on page 26

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Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 82 - Troke, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
rden in front o't but jist es narra forecoort on edder side o the on page 88

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Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
indicator an turned intae a narra road. He left the truck in th
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Hutchison, Pat Sanners Gow's Tales and Folklore of the Buchan - The Clootie Dummmplin!, (Ayton Publishing 2017 ISBN: 978-1910601419) Doric - Banffshire, prose
n up eynoo. There wiz an affa narra bit atween the shed an the ho
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Hutchison, Pat Bulletbroo, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
and the cairt comin alang the narra road they steed tae ae side t
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Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
"That was a narra escape!" said Ahlice, fair sh on page 19
fur onyhin: this fireplace is narra, richt enough; but Ah hink Ah on page 37

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Ulster

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
Blaw-ins fae owre tha narra sea on page 17

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Bennett, Hazel Tha Near Cut, (Ullans Magazine 2001) Ulster, prose
poliss. Hit wisnae at the wur narra nebbit agin a bodie at dug wi
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