Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

shouder	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	8.7	10.3	6	0	0	10.3	13.3
Number of occurrences	28	20	4	0	0	1	3
Number of authors	14	10	1			1	2

Occurrences of shouder in Corpus

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Central

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
ison had been keekin ower his shouder, nosey-like. "Whit a funny wa on page 44

4 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 90 - Sally, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
' heckled daft Annie ower her shouder is she daundert awa. on page 59

2 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
an restit a firm haun on his shouder. 'Dinnae fash yersel, John. I on page 30
whaur aforehaun, he cuid only shouder ane or twa himsel. But it fas on page 57

2 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
Mense an Mindin, in oan ilka shouder. Yit Odin wis frichtit bi the on page 14

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Comin owre the shouder o Lowther Hill on page 11

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Pit a shouder-feather o her ain on the scal on page 33

1 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 68 - 1841 – The Plouman, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
m lass gied a glance ower her shouder at the lang, lean man in his on page 17

3 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
shouder ti an onknawn auditour but th
1 matches

Heather, Alistair Rin throu the jungle, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
tit couryin intae her man’s shouder, an he leuked ready tae sprin
1 matches

Heather, Alistair Trains approachin?, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
SNP leadership maun pit their shouder tae the wark an mak absolute
1 matches

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
e, and wis haudin it agin her shouder and leukin at hersel vauntie-
1 matches

Monahan Brown, Ricky Dùn Èideann, (The Scores 2020) Central, prose
An auld shouder bag lee oan the scoorie girse
1 matches

astrothsknot The Auld Man O Jerah, (archiveofourown.org 2018) Central, prose
wummin tosses her hair er her shouder. The food she gave tae a pair
1 matches

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 79 - The Tattiebogle, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
ke myne. Haein somebody at ma shouder bletherin awa nivver did muck on page 12
om, fan he had his haan on ma shouder an ordered me back in. An Ah on page 17

2 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - The Bigger Hoose, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
ot a hunner yairds on, at the shouder o the brae that taks ye doon on page 105

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 75 - The Petrol Tanker, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Doric, prose
ms wis covered wi tattoos fae shouder tae nieve; he showed us eence
1 matches

Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
ee’r richt shouder, yin cuid sei the Fit Brig, a
1 matches

Ulster

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
A lad fae tha clachan at ilka shouder. An him takin tent on page 50

1 matches

King, Angeline Weans o Latharna, (angelineking.com 2021) Ulster - Larne, weans
Ah dabbed Jenny wi ma shouder.
Jenny dabbed me wi her shouder.
2 matches