A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

screed Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words10.3 11.7 3.2 39.7 5.8 0 13.3
Number of occurrences3222 2 4 1 0 3
Number of authors18 13 2 1 1 2

Occurrences of screed in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Clark, Thomas Intae the Snaw, (Gatehouse Press 2015 ISBN: 978-0992857370) Central, poetry
ng it is that eats up sang an screed, on page 13

1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
This new warl can gae screed on page 47

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
ma, an rote bein a word for a screed o swaws. Hooanever, this is t on page 12

1 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
onythin, Pooh made a wee bit screed aboot it, sae that awbody wid on page 119
say, afore I feenish, I hae a screed o Poetry tae read tae yese. H on page 154

2 matches

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
'I'm no wantin tae mak a lang screed. I jist want tae say wan thin on page 77

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
his life's screed is intil the air on page 68

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 79 - The Ratton, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
o panics in thy breestie," A screed aff fae memory. A cuidnae sto on page 79

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom Minoritie Status, (Tapsalteerie 2017) Central - Kirkcaldy, poetry
Winna form a weill-composit screed, on page 9

1 matches

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
a saw-like squaiking fae the screed in its thrapple. on page 59

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS nummer 109, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
Fairnie taen exception tae a screed screivit bi John Corbett o th
Bob, makin the pynt that his screed shuid be seen in the licht o
s 'Heich Ploy' - a glossy PR screed then fowk cry it doun an it c
3 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 63 - The Smithsonian Folklife Festival 2003, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
n. Fair eneuch, but the haill screed wis athoot ony mention o the
1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
o the 19t century, the war a screed o regular reports anent orra
1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 59 - The Queen’s Shull’n, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Fife, prose
ither.” The boay luftit the screed, strauchent it oot an haundit
Davie pokered the screed faur intae the hert o the ble
k?” Teenie Finlay shuck the screed afore Annie’s neb. “Whaur
he exposeetion thit the furst screed wis a mistak an shuid hae rae
4 matches

Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
tland in 1897 and set furth a screed o airticles wrutten in North
5 October 2012. It sets oot a screed o rules for the lawfae owersi
2 matches

Wilson, Rab A Newsin Wi Jack Aitken, (Dictionaries of the Scots Language 2021) Central, poetry
Scots wirds – a screed!
1 matches

Doric

McGregor, Iain Lallans 77 - Farquhar, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
. The preachin fae the poopit screed on an on, an wis follaed bi a on page 100

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 85 - The Clash o the Titans, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
Ah didna need ti dee the hale screed; he wis that impressed bi the on page 59

1 matches

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine The future of Scots, (https://www.opendemocracy.net/ 2015) Orkney, prose
, hytert ower the pairt o her screed that wis wrote in Scots?
ost o the Culture Secretary's screed wis wrote in this aesy tong.
heu ran intae the Scots o hir screed's final lines – wirds at ju
the wirds o the policie lench screed wir uncan onywey: thay mostli
4 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
n twa kye an dir calves, an a screed a hens aboot da doors. on page 62

1 matches

Ulster

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
O a screed o blethers in a hauf-deid lei on page 27

1 matches

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
tae read. The' gien hïm tha screed o tha proafit Isaiah, an whan on page 76

2 matches

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