Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

sixty	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	21.8	13.9	36.2	29.8	81.4	0	8.9
Number of occurrences	70	27	24	3	14	0	2
Number of authors	32	17	5	2	6		2

Occurrences of sixty 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

Curran, Doug Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
Gaen mair nor sixty year ago. on page 23

1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
uckle airmy o fower hunder an sixty-twa thoosand, five hunder an on page 58

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 90 - Serendipity, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
nae cared less gin she'd been sixty aicht an daunced the yin ligg on page 27

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
come up wae an answer. You're sixty five and yur best years are w on page 89
entitled tae a three quid and sixty pence crisis loan. Then, ther on page 124
t fae someboady who lives oan sixty quid a week dole money. And w on page 165

3 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
ellt it fur seeven hunner and sixty. Got it?' on page 45
'It's twa hunner and sixty-six,' Matilda said, saftlike. on page 67
"Twa hunner and sixty-six,' Matilda said. on page 68

3 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
Fer monie fowk nou past sixty the NHs his been a constant r on page 94

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
of turning three hundred and sixty degrees from the ground up. W on page 162
wis Hygiene, an the Eighteen Sixty-Six Sanitary Act. It wis dead on page 169

2 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Auld Bobby wis sixty, he'd taen a stroke, on page 68
Ah'm sixty-nine, ah'd aye worked doun th on page 76
An went intae the Pits in sixty-nine on page 80

3 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
socks aff at sixty, and Sandra does a great joab on page 63

1 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 58 - Allmairshall, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
nd as it hesna been thae past sixty year. Indeed neither the grey on page 72

1 matches

Calderwood, Lynsey Cantsmell, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2020) Central, prose
wis Hygiene, an the Eighteen Sixty-six Sanitary Act. It wis dead
1 matches

Mc Rae, Thomas The Neep Lantern, (Lowdown-L 2009) Central - Central, prose
That wiz aw sixty year back. But whain it’s a
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Sharks, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
’m awrite tae work Coyle! A Sixty-three year auld Welder wae a
d happened tae his neighbour. Sixty year auld an hud his Incapaci
2 matches

Grae, Emma Jimmy and his wee darlin Alexa, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
no be able tae gie ma wife o sixty year a proper send aff. It sh
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 175, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
t Almighty, look at me ...I'm sixty two an' I'm greetin' fur ma m
1 matches

Facebook link ( 2016) Central
He deid at sixty ... worn oot wi whit he'd bee

Facebook link ( 2016) Central
foot followin him. Mair than sixty on the move is hard tae hide

Begg, James A. Lallans 74 - The Killie Fleshers - 1786, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
d come a lang wey in the past sixty years, wi his uncles an kizze
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
birthday cakes noo that haud sixty candles lol (2021) twitter link

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 84 - Jamie’s Day Oot, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
'Sixty poun, and ten poun for the pr on page 45

1 matches

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
a'm fair weerin on Roon aboot sixty - teeth, looks - athing gon on page 15

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
rowne an, noo, here ye war it sixty. Ye'd the brain o a bairn in on page 20

2 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
FAN I'M SIXTY-FOWER on page 135
SIXTY SABIES on page 167

17 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
sed wi himsel ata. Fin he wis sixty he hid a operation
a car number plate at sixty yards awa. Afore the operatio
n a lot. Twenty five bags for sixty twa pouns
3 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Sheu'd seen some sixty summers and, perhaps, a coupl on page 35
wear them - efter all, ah'm sixty-eight!" on page 46

2 matches

Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
At sixty I got some advice on page 100

1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
as clear in my heid as it did sixty years ago, "He'll tink nae ma on page 46
re been i da vailley fur ower sixty year noo," I said ta Maggie, on page 72
h's man, drappit doon deid at sixty fower, just five munt aff a r on page 76

4 matches

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
60 sixty on page 66

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
yet dy mind is eident, gyaain sixty tae da dizzen, on page 86

1 matches

Cumming, John Da Whillie, (Shetland For Wirds 2010) Shetland, prose
et big buggers. Twa hunder an sixty boxes we took dat day, an no
1 matches

Cumming, John Kirsten, (Shetland For Wirds 2006) Shetland, prose
At wan sixty five, on autopilot, I took da
�d up in trees noo, an at wan sixty echt I failed again. Ginger w
o tryin me third jimp at wan sixty echt, I axed fur da bar ta be
wis a boanny jimper, bit wan sixty echt wis her limit. Shö wan
4 matches

Johnson, Laureen Saands o Maywick, (Shetland For Wirds 2004) Shetland, prose
da boddam, nine mile aff, in sixty faddom o watter. An we kent a
A hunder an sixty-six cod dey wir gotten, a gui
2 matches

Williamson, Christie Slainte Bard, (damagnifyingless.wordpress.com 2014) Shetland, poetry
hunder an sixty fower days
1 matches

Ulster

Reynolds, Charlie Krisamas time is draa’in near, (Ullans Speakers Association 2011) Ulster - Coleraine, prose
Awa baak ower sixty year ir mair, thaur wus nae r
1 matches

Gillen, Charles Oot Here Mae Lane, (Words without Borders Magazine 2004) Ulster, prose
't, it's gyely time I retir't sixty years
1 matches