Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

shouders	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	13.4	19.5	4.5	0	0	0	8.9
Number of occurrences	43	38	3	0	0	0	2
Number of authors	16	13	1				2

Occurrences of shouders in Corpus

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Central

Niven, Liz Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central, poetry
the world oan thir shouders. on page 3

1 matches

Haddow, Kris nobody remembers the birdman - The Incomer, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
he. Hair slicked back oer yer shouders, made up tae the nines. Ye ca on page 76

1 matches

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
y embraced him an clappit his shouders an peppert him wi quaistens, on page 29

1 matches

Beekman, Tony Lallans 84 - The Fate o the Philosopher, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
ffled aboot until his heid an shouders were propped up. A bead o swe on page 47
God's shouders sagged an his heid went doon. on page 50

2 matches

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
sts, Syne they wad hunk their shouders an treat ye like a bairn. But on page 20
id the wee prince, hunkin his shouders a bittie, 'but whirwey dis th on page 44

2 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 85 - Archie Dodds, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
s muckle bumfly lanth. But wi shouders like a barn door an feet thit on page 21
rapt a gressy divot unner his shouders tae haud his heid up oot the on page 25

2 matches

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
tae me wi'oot my shouders. Och, I wish I cuid shut up l on page 12
r, when she fand nou that her shouders were naewhaur tae be seen: aa on page 44

4 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
irms for a day an a nicht, wi shouders heavin, an frichtit starin ee on page 28
tae escape wi his heid on ps shouders; but that proud heid wis stil on page 39
Isabel exclaimed, gruppin her shouders. on page 44
i spades an shuils ower their shouders - an uised tae stell themsel on page 53
woollen plaid happt roun her shouders, she had kiltit up her skirts on page 67
Also on pages 75, 76, 77, 79
9 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
in England thinks stauns heid shouders abune maist ither politicians on page 44

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Begg, James A. Lallans 68 - 1841 – The Plouman, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
raise frae the braid chestnut shouders as he gied the horse a wee pa on page 17

2 matches

Niven, Liz Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
ye'd like tae tak him bi the shouders an gie him a guid shake. Bit on page 87

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
shouders, an the idaia o stravaigin ow
1 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 62 - The Wee Tailor in the Haunted Kirkyaird, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, weans
tur comin oot o the grun. The shouders follaed the heid an syne the
1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Three days in October, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
ithers wi wee anes atap their shouders alangside freends drivin thei
1 matches

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
powtit the door open wi their shouders and the craiturs gaed ben in
he ferm restit upo his michty shouders. Frae mornin till nicht he wi
2 matches

Kirk Jn, Albert The Wit o Solomon, (albertkirkjr.com 2022) Central - Aryshire, blog
shouders ticht an laiden wi
1 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 74 - The Killie Fleshers - 1786, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
wis slung ower the powney’s shouders forenent the saddle, an its n
e an cracked it hard ower his shouders. ‘That’ll learn ye, ye cr
an shakin the wee lad by the shouders. ‘But is it a wee boy or a
lowsin his grip o the lad’s shouders, an feelin his ain shouders d
, an feelin his ain shouders drap at the same time. Anithe
6 matches

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 68 - Gordon’s Gairden, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Doric, prose
n Ah left them baith wi their shouders shakkin, an skirlin wi lachte on page 35

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 81 - Pyntin the Been, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
Ah shrugged mi shouders. 'Weel, maybe, but Ah suppose on page 8

2 matches

Ulster

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
An A poued ma shouders fae tha glaur on page 18

1 matches

King, Angeline Weans o Latharna, (angelineking.com 2021) Ulster - Larne, weans
ked her roller boots ower her shouders an I bunged a half a plain lo
1 matches