Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

pity	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	14	10.8	12.1	9.9	17.4	51.7	31
Number of occurrences	45	21	8	1	3	5	7
Number of authors	28	13	6	1	2	2	4

Occurrences of pity 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

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
"Whit a pity it widnae stey!" sighed the L on page 31
"Did you say 'Whit a pity!'?" the Rabbit asked. on page 81

3 matches

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
ere ah um these days by takin pity oan folk. on page 13

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
continuin ma journey ae self-pity and loathin. Aldo makes himse on page 63

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
y enjoyed the Deep Sea World. Pity ah couldnae've took photies a on page 164
name fur her), an ah totally pity her cause that means she's st on page 169

2 matches

Liddell, Faith Eemis Stane 1 - Ghaist Yairn, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, poetry
Bit Ah'd nae a peck ae pity left on page 19

1 matches

Hardie, George Lallans 76 - Tammy an the Cheese Plant, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
ken naethin?” Tammy luiked pity-
1 matches

Briggs, Susi O Rabbie, I hae seen the day, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, poetry
I pity that lass doon at yon park
1 matches

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
???. Well done you ??. Just a pity yi cannae go oot and celebrat(2020) search twitter

@Chazzbat tweeted
it up. It's an amazin series. Pity it wis cancelled.(2020) search twitter

@DABArbuckle tweeted
@PeterStefanovi2 Its a pity the polis didnae tak the chan(2020) search twitter
cescotland @tartanroots Its a pity yer colleagues sooth o the bo(2020) search twitter
@RobertMiggins Its jist a pity we cannae lock up that fuckpi(2020) search twitter

@bigandymccoll tweeted
ng his reportage every night. Pity you didnae day it - but I'm (2022) twitter link

@weenell3 tweeted
s showing Racism the Red Card pity you cannae dae the same! (2022) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
- works both ways though - pity it wasnt midweek tho lol (2020) twitter link
@hibeesfamily @NicolaSturgeon pity they didnae take the chance b (2020) twitter link
ing land to stay on and its a pity they leave a mess - i agree (2021) twitter link
@JakeMoyes1108 @Westside_AFC pity youve never seen any - or th (2021) twitter link

Doric

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
"What a pity id widna stay!" sighed e Lory on page 29

1 matches

Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
n’s land. They won’t take pity on you forever.’
1 matches

The Flying Pigs Multiple choice voting leaves city cooncil facing, (Press and Journal 2022) Doric, newspaper
overing things oot here, so I pity the drone fit buzzes aboot in
1 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
@Shazom123 @AbzPodcast Pity he couldnae contribute in how (2022) twitter link

@fittiecrooners tweeted
ittie bar will be open again. Pity the bars didnae open earlier.(2016) search twitter
s 2nd Wimbledon. Good on him, Pity he is so dour though, wid gee(2016) search twitter
@Aberdeenshire Its a pity yer binmen werent as efficien(2017) search twitter

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
@BrewToon Och thats a pity.I've voted for Red Riot. All (2020) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
rabban at his throat - "Have pity, Mrs. P! on page 8

1 matches

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Lallans 58 - seiven poems bi Christine de Luca, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
say ta whit's lippened. Takk pity apö dem on page 19

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
say ta whit's lippened. Takk pity apö dem on page 24

1 matches

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
t a muckle plutty sigh o self pity a few weeks ago (I've never b(2020) search twitter

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
But pity those wha'es cares and woe's on page 46

1 matches

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
"Whit a pity eet wouldnae stei!" sighed th on page 30
et!" pleaded pair Ahlice in a pity. An she thocht tae hersel, "A on page 49
"Did ee say 'Whit a pity!'?" th Rabbit asked. on page 81

4 matches

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
"It's a pity it wudnae stye!" sighed the L on page 31
"Did yae say, 'What a pity!'?" the Rabbit axt. on page 82
s gan tae break. Shae feelt a pity on him. "What's makin him sad on page 93

4 matches

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
mwell cum, noo boys that is a pity, on page 44

1 matches

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Faer, ir pity, creepin dread? on page 22

1 matches

@OrangRuth tweeted
feenyins in the real world. I pity you in a drunken abusive fath(2017) search twitter