A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

portrait Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.8 5.8 8 0 5.8 0 4.4
Number of occurrences1811 5 0 1 0 1
Number of authors12 8 2 1 1

Occurrences of portrait in Corpus

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Central

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
ht sairious. Here is the best portrait] coud dae o him efterhin. But on page 12

1 matches

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
Huvin his portrait pentit. on page 17

1 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
this that ma Uncle Rab, whase portrait ye see hingin on the waw tae on page 126
e aboot ma Uncle Rab - whase portrait ye see ablow ye. Noo, let me on page 136

2 matches

Falconer, Gavin Lallans 63 - Richt Scots an Pithy Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
mes Joyce’s collegianers in Portrait of the Artist. Mair aften nor
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 175, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
s tae Nancy Rice aboot Phil's portrait o her, "Not jist want to save
1 matches

Lehane, Matt Cubismo Part II, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
intil a portrait than maist harns
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Fur maist o history, anonymous wis a wumman, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, prose
like as no hae a contemporary portrait o her. Siccarly, we hae portr
In this ferlie imagined portrait, commissioned in 2021, her fa
in in style the letterin on a portrait o her brither John, “1586â€
3 matches

@IshbelMcF tweeted
October, 12:45-1:15pm, at the Portrait Gallery(2019) search twitter

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ggie, liftin er glaiss te the portrait o the heidless maanie wi'd bi on page 33

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@DoricPhrases tweeted
Wifies latest pet portrait whilk cost anely £50 an the (2017) search twitter
Pet Portrait Christmas orders are being ta(2017) search twitter
The latest pet portrait from a photo by Mrs Doric Phr(2018) search twitter
The latest pet portrait bi Mrs Doric Phrases usin acr(2018) search twitter

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
vel to town, to have a family portrait taken.' on page 78

1 matches

Ulster

@MarkThompStuff tweeted
@StuartPoet They micht hae a portrait o him inside :)(2020) search twitter