Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

ploo	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	15.3	3.1	46.7	39.7	23.2	10.3	13.3
Number of occurrences	49	6	31	4	4	1	3
Number of authors	24	5	10	3	3	1	2

Occurrences of ploo 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

Curran, Doug Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
he ploo'ed the last furras o the day, on page 25

1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
An lads hae cars no horse an ploo on page 48

1 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
by licht. Speed frae the ship ploo, on page 14

1 matches

Perrie, Walter Lallans 73 - The Tod an the Stoat, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
wha never walked ahint a ploo. on page 53

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
the Seevin Sisters an the Ploo,
o ploo an pasture, field an hill,
2 matches

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 85 - The Clash o the Titans, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
dy, haein set his haan ti the ploo, didna look back. on page 56

1 matches

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
So he ploo'ed throu the hymns, intimatio on page 15

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Nir kent a horse an ploo, on page 6
A face weel kent ahin the ploo, on page 11
a faither: he's meeved oan te ploo is furra oan hicher grun. A t on page 89

4 matches

Goodall, Phyllis J. Lallans 59 - Last May a Braw Wooer, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, newspaper
Wullie Robertson, an they wid ploo their parks an catch their sa on page 94

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
giant tractor pullin a shiny ploo aat gid slicin throwe the cur on page 92

1 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
ence haein pat his han till e ploo, gin he keeps leukin back, is on page 97

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 79 - The Tattiebogle, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
"Gavin wis at the ploo doon bi the river that day. H on page 18

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - TROUBLE WI WITTGENSTEIN, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
swivelled roon, pintin tae a ploo, an a digger thing, an some k on page 87
That's fit wye Ah've come tae ploo it up an plunt a new crap." on page 89

2 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - The Bigger Hoose, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
n his favourite hostelry, The Ploo an Coo, knockin back his fift on page 107

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
its o stick, so fan the dreel ploo
ploo an telt Jonsar Eck tae tak th
dreel ploo he wid get a yark in the ribs
shooders every time the dreel ploo hit a steen, So
ploo oot o the grun, en gang forri
7 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
rawn, the feerins raised. The ploo hid bin oot aa wikk on the pa
chin at its dowp. Whyles, the ploo wad strikk a steen an the plo
wad strikk a steen an the ploo blade wad sheer awa frae the
gs the yokit horse ruggit the ploo ben the clarty glaur till it
t it bein sae verra hard, the ploo she widna go
7 matches

Gauld, Ilene Ilene Gauld - Piper and Poet, (Doric Future 2020) Doric - Keith, weans
She pulls ma ploo or harra.
1 matches

Chapman, Henry , (Facebook 2018) Doric, poetry
ook some beatin’ fin he wis ploo’in’
1 matches

@Franwella tweeted
igeey Is at a singl furra ploo??(2021) search twitter
@SeanBattySTV is that a sna ploo ahin ye?(2012) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
That boat ploo'd through the boilan waves - on page 20
Wi horse and ploo, in wind and rain and aal fur on page 77

2 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Wid tae mak a hanle fur the ploo on page 57

1 matches

Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
o hey tae cairt, no field tae ploo on page 141

1 matches

Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
Da ploo'd rig looks fir da voar speet on page 35
ey feyt wi dey'll mak gear ta ploo wi. Wi gear ta hurt idders de on page 73

2 matches

Williamson, Christie Continuous at sea defence, (damagnifyingless.wordpress.com 2015) Shetland, poetry
wid du no ploo da rich field
1 matches

Graham, Laurence Flans Frae Da Haaf, (Shetland For Wirds 2000) Shetland, poetry
Ower aa at ploo dir lonlie furr
1 matches

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Fond memories o' the ploo on page 34

1 matches

Ulster

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
m, "Naebodie that stairts tae ploo, an keeps lukin behin hïm, � on page 87

1 matches

Gillen, Charles Oot Here Mae Lane, (Words without Borders Magazine 2004) Ulster, prose
tae the ploo yince again,
still ploo an acre a day,
2 matches