A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

skye Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.1 9.8 10.6 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences2619 7 0 0 0 0
Number of authors14 8 6

Occurrences of skye in Corpus

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Central

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
In bonders' bluid. Faur roun Skye Eagle hunger saitit; Oan Tire on page 14

1 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
cident that saw ma wee sister Skye transformed intae goldfish. on page 29

2 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
The Wee Hoose in Skye
Tae the wee hoose in Skye?
Fae the wee hoose in Skye.
Is the wee hoos in Skye.
At the wee hoose in Skye.
7 matches

Heather, Alistair Whaur we cam fae: the Pechts, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
in ilka airt fae Gallawa tae Skye an Shetland. They uised a ser
1 matches

Heather, Alistair The ghaist lichts, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
ther wis fae the North-East o Skye. A clachan cried Stenschol at
s that lours ower the north o Skye.
ale o the isle. The lift ower Skye haed been chowkit oot-throu t
3 matches

Holton, Brian An Owresetter’s Tale, (Bella Caledonia 2015) Central - Galashiels, blog
glish under Donald McInnes, a Skye man that gied an equal wecht
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 174, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
e Brither finds the islands o Skye, Muck, Rhum, Eigg an – Kilt
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando Thon Survation poll..., (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
harles Kennedy tae haud Ross, Skye an Lochaber, for example. Lor
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 101, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
eal Ùr furthset as a pairt o Skye's weekly West Highland Free P
1 matches

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
ug friendly pods or cabins in Skye for visitors...coz my twa dug(2020) search twitter

Doric

Maitland, Andrew Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Auld Mannie, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
ottle o whisky fae the Isle o Skye ve been dyin tae try. Wid be on page 75

1 matches

Thom, Bill The Quait Chiel, (Tapsalteerie 2013 ISBN: 9780992663100) Doric - Banff, poetry
Aa fae thi Isle o Skye. on page 28

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
could rint a tint on i'Isle o'Skye on page 135
Ma mither cam doon frae Skye on page 166

2 matches

Murdoch, Steve Schrödinger’s Leid?, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Doric - St Andrews, blog
e Gaelic wi an auld chiel fae Skye). Fyles A haed tae translate
1 matches

@Franwella tweeted
w of’n th Kessock, Dornoch n Skye brig’s shut. If nae a’ th g(2019) search twitter

@JoanHenry7 tweeted
t. He inherited that place in Skye with his wife. If ever a man (2022) twitter link

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