A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

shorts Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words12.9 9 14.4 49.7 11.6 21.9 22.1
Number of occurrences4017 9 5 2 2 5
Number of authors27 12 8 2 2 1 2

Occurrences of shorts 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

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2003 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
through his pure white fitbaw shorts. on page 15

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
Historical Shorts on page 184

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
e sexy Mister Anderson in his shorts cause it's him that's the coa on page 66
PE. the other day instead ae shorts cause she said she wis lik a on page 94
tae be cyein up aw his boxer shorts. Kirsty, she said. NAW. Ah hu on page 169

3 matches

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - Nuhin is Certain, Except, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
rin rain wearin nowt but thin shorts and a t-shirt. It’s near mi
1 matches

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - No In-gleesh, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
xcess baggage allowance in ma shorts.
1 matches

Forrest, Liam Hittin the Toon, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Dunfermline, prose
wiz like they were aw wearin shorts. Awbdy got a gid sniff eh the
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Sacrificial Doo, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
l up wearin a pair ay Bermuda shorts an an auld Nickelson jayket,
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Sport, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Seven blazoned oan his shorts, went flashin’ bye.
1 matches

Alston, Connor THE BLACK-EYED CHILDREN OF SCOTLAND, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
n a pair ae fancy shoes, torn shorts, an incredibly dirty white sh
1 matches

Haddow, Kris Ronnie's Story, (words.krishaddow.com 2011) Central, prose
m wi’ a pair o’ auld P.E. shorts and a scabby t-shirt on. A ha
1 matches

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
of gites tae do up. Some auld shorts and T-shirts. I’d be in heav(2020) search twitter

@DABArbuckle tweeted
RobertMiggins Same here. Wore shorts tae the skuill and then tae t(2020) search twitter

@ThonJacobite tweeted
n telt her she had nae socks, shorts, ties or shirts left she said(2020) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
shorts ready n ma trainers tae n a b (2020) twitter link
b arrested fir wearing khaki shorts! (2021) twitter link

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
ger Or ging oot joggin in his shorts He is a lazy ****** vratch Bu on page 15

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
atchin as anither boy in fite shorts an a vest cam in an stairtit on page 13

1 matches

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
o his fluorescent green shorts on page 54

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
line, nae even stripped intae shorts. Hardie
1 matches

Strachan, Shane Beyond the Sea, (Scottish Book Trust 2023) Doric, prose
lub: a yalla polo shirt, navy shorts and white plimsolls. She has
abeen a reid t-shirt and blue shorts. He leaves the ootline o the
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
xxed tae the boddom o his gym shorts an
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
Geez oh! Are the quines shorts gettin shorter or ah'm ah get(2018) search twitter

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
enFC Even Holly willoughby in shorts is struggling to distract me (2018) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
"Why don't you try some boxer shorts?" the bonny lassie said. on page 46
Weel, Daavit lukk'd at boxer shorts in every kindo guise. on page 47

4 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
First a paer o boxer shorts on page 105

1 matches

Shetland

Sutherland, Hazel Biggin Da Dess, (Shetland For Wirds 2004) Shetland, prose
Dressed in t-shirts an shorts an sandshun, we head ta da lo
1 matches

@HazelTindall tweeted
rieff- maybe breeks instead o shorts!(2015) search twitter

Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
Short, ane o the Shorts whae yince fermed Borth’ick
fit ferm, i the days whan the Shorts
2 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
"Twa shorts wi aal the mishaps o the day on page 1

2 matches

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
'Tae get oot the Reeboks an shorts. on page 57

2 matches

King, Angeline Weans o Latharna, (angelineking.com 2021) Ulster - Larne, weans
in lik a duck. His T-shirt an shorts were sappled. ‘Three hunder
1 matches

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