A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

pops Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.6 4.5 14.8 19.9 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences229 10 2 1 0 0
Number of authors18 9 6 2 1

Occurrences of pops in Corpus

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Central

Niven, Liz Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central, poetry
An pops locust efter locust atween he on page 6

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
wherr the perty is?" Aonghas pops up behind us. Thir first tyoo on page 3

1 matches

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 104 - Stephen, (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, prose
kness wae songs fae Top o The Pops, lik Bill, Don't Be a Hero. ( on page 12

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
sit there wae ma bowl ae Coco Pops whilst ah watch shows that ki on page 16

1 matches

Bremner, Stewart Haud Yer Wheesht?, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
ootside the exhibition, a vox-pops video shawed fowk's reactions
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando Review: O is for Hoolet, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
McClurg, Fernando pops doon tae the theatre tae see
1 matches

@_Erinboyle_ tweeted
r my favourite Scottish Actor pops up, hope yer with Stella Stev (2016) twitter link

@weenell3 tweeted
AnnieWellsMSP @NicolaSturgeon Pops oot for air noo and again (2022) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
@SConnelly1992 when this lady pops up on tv - i just think to m (2021) twitter link

Doric

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
En oot pops the sin sae fine tae see.
Oot pops the sin noo an again ana.
2 matches

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
I’m supposed tae dee if she pops her clogs, and it’s nae lik
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
ooth on a bit of rock. Off he pops to the dentist https://t.co/f(2017) search twitter

@FaeFoggie tweeted
wirth. Jockys a radge. Still pops roon fir his fly though.(2019) search twitter

@fittiecrooners tweeted
Michty me, pops oot wee ma bandy net & fishin(2016) search twitter
wee a fine piece & ma paper, pops in tae hoose tae use the chun(2017) search twitter
h the channels the nicht & up pops this fae the 80's! Use tae wa(2018) search twitter
virus, wish it wid dee een as pops intae the bar fer a few & thi(2020) search twitter

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
cos yiv jist realised Top o e Pops is on in five minties an Iron(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
The silky surface pops an on page 81

1 matches

Orkney Voices Group Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
The oats sing; the barley pops. on page 111

1 matches

Shetland

@Julie_Dennison tweeted
No Pick of the Pops an no Sounds of the 70s dis w (2021) twitter link