A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

pens Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words9.7 8.7 16.6 19.9 0 10.3 0
Number of occurrences3117 11 2 0 1 0
Number of authors20 10 7 2 1

Occurrences of pens 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
e yees ir built like bookie's pens, man. Seen more solid burds i on page 30
He's put two whiteboards wae pens in the holders at each side n on page 58

2 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
s Viking hordes comes fae the pens o Christian monks wha likely on page 31

1 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
'Pens down, first-year,' Mrs Smith on page 23

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
dinnae hae they fancy checkin pens an cash them. Been daein it f on page 46
1I like that. Hiv ye ony felt pens? on page 68

2 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 67 - Leddy Stair’s Closse, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
y cuid spik, they'd say thair pens, on page 141

1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Eemis Stane 1 - Editorial: Scots Belangs Tae Awbodie And Naebodie, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
mair nor it's thirlt tae the pens o michtie monarchs o centurie on page 3

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Yes Nae Mair, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Bellshill, blog
couldnae bring masel tae bin. Pens, badges, flags, wristbands. O
1 matches

Donovan, Anne Hieroglyphics and Other Stories - All that Glistens, (Canongate 2004 ISBN: 1841955191) Central, prose
n the right places. But these pens were different cos the glue w
the wee wumman let me use the pens again. Sometimes when you thi
t in the first place. But the pens wereny like that, it wis even
s ah could dae wi the glitter pens. Ah really wanted tae make su
hops at lunchtime tae buy the pens. It wis a different wumman th
6 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 74 - The Killie Fleshers - 1786, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
tap-en o the street stuid the pens an stalls whaur sheep, wee no
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
t 2nd half guys n 3 top class pens from mr currie - crackin wat (2021) twitter link

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ll be provided with paper and pens when they arrive and all comm on page 36
"Here's a couple o pens an paper," said the wifie. "A on page 39

2 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - TROUBLE WI WITTGENSTEIN, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
rl. "Time's up! Put down your pens! Put down your pens! Williams on page 91

2 matches

Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Furst Time, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
oryin frae Menzies, sweeties, pens, notepads, though whit the fu
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
pens an they dowpit doon aneth the
1 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
t’s reference tae the missed pens and Toney it’s missing oot o (2022) twitter link

@fittiecrooners tweeted
ng tae put on lottery bit nae pens, asks the boy at coonter & mo(2016) search twitter

@McGoo1888 tweeted
be nice tae see the stats of pens & reds (2021) twitter link

Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
film stills, pens abandoned - twaard an alien on page 26

1 matches

Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Copy books, nib pens, big bottle o ink on page 42

1 matches

Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
(sei A, page 163-anenst Quill Pens).
1 matches

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