A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

rubbish Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words21 19.1 35.2 9.9 0 32.8 13.3
Number of occurrences6536 22 1 0 3 3
Number of authors32 19 9 1 1 2

Occurrences of rubbish in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
ah'm talking a right load ae rubbish!" on page 17
"It's a load ae rubbish fae stert tae finish," said t on page 50
urtle; "sounds like a load ae rubbish tae me, but." on page 103

3 matches

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2003 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
e flair's manky an covered in rubbish an auld newspapers. on page 21

1 matches

Beekman, Tony Lallans 85 - The Belt, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
'Are ye daft, laddie? Sugary rubbish lik that will rot yer teeth.' on page 39

1 matches

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
at he wis tae stop talkin sic rubbish. on page 44

3 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
uble wi Friday is the telly's rubbish. An if I start tae read, I'll on page 1

1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
d, dichtit, dishes steeped an rubbish liftit. Ah've been ma daily t on page 77

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
She flung it on the rubbish-cowp. on page 15

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
up three ae they large black rubbish bags. The coffee table and TV on page 143
. The driver quickly tosses a rubbish bag fae the motor before spee on page 149

2 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
he said suddenly, 'dae ye get rubbish pay at the schuil?' on page 187

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
DON'T. Ah said, It's a load a rubbish. on page 107

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
ch them aw ilka day, even the rubbish wans, whaur there's nae shoot on page 40
lates! Nae clarty dishes! Nae rubbish! Nae middens! Jist a wee skli on page 107
. They jist fling it doon the rubbish chute. There! Look! Watch tha on page 126
id Mr Wullie Wonka. 'Doon the rubbish chute.' on page 129
some rubbish gaun doon there the day!' He on page 132

7 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
d she tellt me it wis a lot o rubbish. Yer 12-year-old,' ah mind hu on page 24
appen tae Burns or am ah jist rubbish at writin in Scots? on page 25
v him finkin that ah'm full o rubbish either. on page 42

3 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
e polis. He'd throw them in a rubbish bin somewhaur. on page 41

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
t?' Cathy says, lookin at the rubbish scattered across the gairden. on page 82

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS nummer 109, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
time for aw thon broad Scots rubbish. A've spoken Fisherraw aw ma
1 matches

McKinlay, Kieran Walk Way to Fame, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Dunfermline, prose
test results they were pretty rubbish like.
1 matches

Bennett, Peter TA Hauf an a Hauf, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
dly accumulatin collection ay rubbish the local bloody haufwits lik
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Sport!, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
am tae pass. In reality I wis rubbish at gowf and fitba, couldnae b
1 matches

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
rpokes, wis cuisten ontae the rubbish fire that wis burnin in the y
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
Rubbish dump,” Bill sayed. He pynti
“We used to just chuck the rubbish out anywhere,” sayed Bill,
d bite the hand that throws rubbish at them ... a cannonball coul
3 matches

@LairnScots tweeted
n different contexts. Is it a rubbish heap, a chaotic mess, a misch (2019) twitter link

Doric

Robertson, George C. Lallans 87 - Bluid An Banter, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, script
raan oot through them. That's rubbish. Ah'm a vampire no a gleg. Th on page 40

1 matches

Shearer, Gillian Tales Fae The Doric Side - Guernica, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
the tattie peelins and ither rubbish strewn alang the pavement bi on page 42

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Tales Fae The Doric Side - Mabel, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
The scan lookit rubbish. Nae like a photie at aa. on page 92

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
shin oot compliments - ye're rubbish it aat...jist agree wi gathin on page 57

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Wi'r sortin aa wir rubbish Inte receptacles galore - on page 34

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
barras tryin tae clean up the rubbish.
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
Dragon-Man, clearing away the rubbish from a cave's mouth. . . In t
1 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - Beggerey’s Greenhoose, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
t oot o a kinds o day-tae-day rubbish an a few mair ambitious an in
but they hid mair interestin rubbish, an mair tae the point they w
an that technically were just rubbish.
3 matches

Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
e new lad aboot the noise and rubbish. She did get tae speak tae hi
tidy up noo and jist left the rubbish tae accumulate. If she did sh
2 matches

Hutchison, Pat Tarrarra boomby ae, This is my dying day, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ven worse. He coughed up mair rubbish and saw it wiz a reed colour.
1 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
be an issue. I’ve read it’s rubbish (2022) twitter link

@fittiecrooners tweeted
gger. I'm nae haen yon Lemsip rubbish as tastes like ?? p#ss! Ony s(2016) search twitter
ighbours thra-ing oot a their rubbish fer the Fittie bonfire. Excus(2017) search twitter
Canna believe that rubbish "Through the Keyhole" gets on(2018) search twitter
e ha'in tae sit through a yon rubbish she watches on TV so deserved(2018) search twitter
on that programme as blooming rubbish. Half the folk hae missing te(2018) search twitter
and 2 other occurrences.

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
d ransacked the black secks o rubbish and Jimmack lukked oot in dis on page 16

1 matches

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
"Rubbish!" said Ahlice, awfy loudly an on page 79
tle; "but eet soonds a load o rubbish." on page 104
"Dinnae talk rubbish," said Ahlice mair boldly: "e on page 111

3 matches

Ulster

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
Rubbish ye'd imagine, nae use fur oni on page 10
It contained aa the debris, rubbish, thrown awa. on page 11

2 matches

King, Angeline Weans o Latharna, (angelineking.com 2021) Ulster - Larne, weans
y, but if it’s a load o oul rubbish, ye’ll no get tae pick the
1 matches

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