A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

pley Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words14.7 21.1 0 0 0 20.7 17.7
Number of occurrences4741 0 0 0 2 4
Number of authors13 11 1 1

Occurrences of pley in Corpus

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Central

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
Whitna games dis he like tae pley? Dis he gaither butterflees?' on page 19
'Come pley wi me,' said the wee prince. on page 67

3 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 61 - The Mass Jack, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
oot a bookie's line, hou tae pley pitch an toss, an hou tae kee on page 85
o a bachelor - we've got tae pley wi the heid here! Think aboot on page 86

2 matches

Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
t eicht decades, contemporary pley scrievin - an ither literary on page 33
century. There wis a wheen o pley production in varieties o Sco on page 37
e be a robust native Scottish pley scrievin tradition. on page 38
el. Bit, as is weel-kent, the pley wis greeted wi vituperation b on page 39
en as aiblins the first major pley in the modren Renaissance o s on page 40

15 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 70 - A Bannock Day’s Pley for Thrie Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, script
A Bannock Day's Pley for Thrie Fowk on page 45
iller wul aw be sperfilt: nae pley, nor mait nor maut, nor e'en on page 48

2 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
hissel by the tillie. Bairns' pley ower an dune wi. on page 11

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
Sune, amorous pley on the strand o Nice Exhausts on page 9

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D The Kirk, The Skuil, The Buik (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2007) Central, prose
the wattir frae Grew, an the pley on the wird fur the hailie ey on page 12

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Dalquharter (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2010 ISBN: 978-0-9559-105-6-2) Central, prose
sayed. "A winna ruise ma auld pley-fere; ye maun be weiriet o th on page 2

1 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - Sweet Sang o the Widd, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
"Music, music, pley yer music for me," the Empero on page 108

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 73 - Waashin Day Weirriors, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
"Awa an pley elsewhaur, ye wee buggers" fo on page 63
Fatty telt thaim. "Cuid we no pley hingoseed instid?" on page 64

2 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 82 - The Cream Cookie, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Midlothian, prose
ck o cairds an stertit in tae pley three caird brag. on page 58
tuik a baa intil the perk tae pley keepie-uppie his lane. He blo on page 60

2 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 74 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
us in Wullie Hershaw’s braw pley (extrack) Voices O The Abbey
es O The Abbey Waas (a vairse pley, i the Scots, for thrie vyces
2 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
foryet whitwey ti pley, the auld ti tel the tales an
wuidna pley onie mair, fur hiz harn-pan w
Oniegates, shae ettilt ti pley it wi The Rid Douglas, at, ye
ne. The lest yeir A ettilt ti pley at the Tron we cuidna wun nei
4 matches

Somerville, Shirley-Anne Scots Government Commitments tae Gaelic an Scots an Scots Langages Bill: consultation, (gov.scot 2022 ISBN: 978-1804358313) Central - Holyrood, government
tland hae a virrsome role tae pley in the supportin an developin
s syne hae the chance for tae pley a key role in lowpin the baur
partmental Public Body. NDPBs pley a gey important role in the d
3 matches

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Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
t felt remord, Hei answert ma pley fur forgieness, Hei, thar
ractices, hou shei yaised tae pley wi aa hir pith – ae tait ow
2 matches

Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
nger, the mair sae es hit wul pley a key roul es the plen proces on page 4
y Netwaark hes a key roul tae pley on page 40
acter bes relevant yet an can pley a gyely important roul in on page 50
Scots citizens. Thae projects pley a key roul in heighlichtin th on page 51

4 matches

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