Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

reaper	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	5.6	4.6	9	0	0	10.3	8.9
Number of occurrences	18	9	6	0	0	1	2
Number of authors	8	3	3			1	1

Occurrences of reaper in Corpus

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Central

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
e awready dubbed him the Grim Reaper oan account o his black hoodi on page 8
r o the library like the Grim Reaper. There's a photie o Britney S on page 39
te, no realisin that the Grim Reaper's always runnin efter me. 'Ar on page 50

3 matches

Grae, Emma Jimmy and his wee darlin Alexa, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
t and take a deep breath. The Reaper should come tae ma door again
1 matches

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
tae London, ah nearly met the Reaper efter a routine procedure. It
1 matches

Grae, Emma Billy's Ghost Dug, (liarsleague.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
chtly-fitted clothes the Grim Reaper would approve o. But fur aw s
1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
Grim Reaper
A seen the Grim Reaper is a wis comin’ doon aff a
2 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
lness. He wis the fuckin grim reaper himsel when he muttered ‘Bo
1 matches

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
e dee' an 'wytin fir the grim reaper te appear'. on page 86
n gaithert wi sickle, scythe, reaper, binder an the big yalla comb on page 93

3 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 79 - The Tattiebogle, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
aither caa'd the War the Grim Reaper's Lang Hairst, cos it went on on page 19

2 matches

Storrie Lewis, Jean Lallans 71 - Snuffy, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Doric, prose
itten doun afore the the bold reaper comes chappin at my door.
1 matches

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
But like the reaper wha'e tries tae steal on page 16

1 matches

Ulster

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Tae tha Reaper cum. on page 15
Afore tha Reaper cum. on page 19

2 matches