A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

sales Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words10.3 12.8 9.6 0 0 0 8.8
Number of occurrences3224 6 0 0 0 2
Number of authors24 18 5 1

Occurrences of sales in Corpus

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Central

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2003 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
, shops, fuckin door tae door sales an aw that - everyhing. on page 103

1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
in the sales of three-tiered winterdykes, on page 8

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
It wis a professional sales pitch, likes. Only problem wi on page 79
prompt rebuff though and his sales pitch hus ended. And ah'm ins on page 80

2 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
e bedroom tax, Trident, airms-sales tae despots, discrimination a on page 12

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
awthegether tae spend in the sales. How much money did you get, on page 42
WAY clocked up over a million sales each. on page 169

3 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
in her intent, Tae halt these sales, on page 30

2 matches

McCrory, Pat Lallans 57 - Jimsie’s Maw’s Soup, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central - Cowcaddens, poetry
In fact sales are so frisky, it's oot-selli on page 29

1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
opkeepers as a means o pushin sales and continues tae the present
1 matches

Gilmour, Rosie Shoapaholic, (Scots Hoose 2017) Central, weans
a kin splash the cash in the sales
1 matches

Clark, Thomas Radge Against the Machine: Deid Wirds, Deid Warlds, an Why Scots Maitters, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Bellshill, blog
ut intae his buiks haufed the sales. The same principle has lang
1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth For the fat romantics, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
deleevirt its 17th quarter o sales growth; mair success in the f
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Graftin, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ay the year since the January sales honin their craft an by that
1 matches

Philips, Cally Jings, crivens, help ma Boab, it’s independence!, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Turriff, prose
peration and Rab, he works in sales. Got the gift o’ the gab. W
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 102, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
an aw tae hae a professional sales packman takin the gate roond
1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Here’s the Weather, (Scottish Poetry Library 2017) Central, poetry
in the sales of three-tiered winterdykes,
1 matches

@jax6754 tweeted
hardest tae wait till the Jan sales! Hee hee! ???(2014) search twitter
nae buy anything come January sales cos we're skint! Ho ho ho! xx(2018) search twitter

@DABArbuckle tweeted
n the charity money fae poppy sales because o the like o you. Yer(2020) search twitter

@raiphsays tweeted
oan ma wee cerds fer ma cerd sales! (A sell em fae end a oktober(2020) search twitter

@ThonJacobite tweeted
n the charity money fae poppy sales because o the like o you. Yer(2020) search twitter

Doric

Goodall, Phyllis J. Lallans 59 - Last May a Braw Wooer, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, newspaper
gyan ti tell her aa aboot his sales successes wi combines, aa the on page 94

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
deep breath es he stairtit is sales speel: on page 11

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
d ey a'a started) the firewid sales
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
ae the Hen-Hoose nae tae dunt sales, wi the kintra lyin quaet an
llin gee-gaws rypit frae boot sales. A Robertson bi birth, Jude w
2 matches

@cligeey tweeted
Spike in lavvy paper sales again(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
materials quhan heigh volume sales, (fer example tens o' thoosan on page 55
ir nor £24 million in ticket sales wi' farder ancillary on page 63

2 matches

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