A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

plight Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.4 2.6 1.5 49.7 0 0 0
Number of occurrences115 1 5 0 0 0
Number of authors9 5 1 3

Occurrences of plight 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

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
in yir plight ti say whuts rite, on page 4

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
she wis sae sympathic tae his plight that he telt her the truth; a on page 79

1 matches

Neill, Willie Lallans 61 - Three Tales frae the Brithers Grimm, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Ayrshire, prose
ster wes cryit, an she had ti plight her troth wi the musicker. Wh on page 42

1 matches

Durie, Nick A Scots Letter, (peffers50.freeserve 2002) Central - Glasgow, prose
the hale warld wull ken o wur plight raither nor the pucklie o aca
1 matches

@ThonJacobite tweeted
Ah mind o' tweetin aboot her plight jist afore ah became ill wae (2021) twitter link

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
Withoot ony thocht for his plight "When ye've cleaned up this c on page 15

1 matches

Orkney

Butler, Vera Gallows Ha - Maggie o Quoys and Bessie o Gyre , (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
ht. No a sowl did I tell o me plight. But lyan in bed that night, on page 22

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Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
ond when they heard aboot wir plight on page 24
's tae bleem fur the dowter's plight? on page 79

2 matches

Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
ht. No a sowl did I tell o me plight. But lyan in bed that night, on page 76

1 matches

Grieve, Issy Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Aesy tae see the plight on page 113

1 matches

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