A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

soss Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.8 3.2 14.4 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences156 9 0 0 0 0
Number of authors10 6 4

Occurrences of soss in Corpus

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Central

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
wad ne'er git involved in the soss o playhous politics nor set f on page 28

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
oot there in the soss on page 13

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 67 - Leddy Stair’s Closse, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
Wha sist yon waddin soss throuither, on page 141

1 matches

Foyle, Ghillie Lallans 58 - The Hildebrand Sang, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
Soss it yinst mair throuither on t on page 87

1 matches

Holton, Brian An Owresetter’s Tale, (Bella Caledonia 2015) Central - Galashiels, blog
dna veisit China acause o the soss an sotter of the sae-cried Cu
1 matches

Lehane, Matt Red an Black, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
oestrogen soss
1 matches

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
o them, the feel o the blaik soss, kirnin wi't, sclappin't onno on page 51

1 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 82 - Troke, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
t. It was bad aneugh makkin a soss lik yon i the middle o the to on page 88

1 matches

Goodall, Phyllis J. Berryhill, (timberford.demon 2000) Doric, poetry
wis be naething bit a glaury soss
aye they thocht on the dubbie soss
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
ule in the toon, awa frae the soss o Kilrogie. The Menzies wad b
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
g nor tae doonricht scunnerin soss. The guff aff the herbour wis
1 matches

Johnston, Mary Lallans 81 - A Day at Edinbro Feestival, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric, prose
r hair! Sic a toosled raivelt soss hingin doon eir backs. Margit
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
“I’ve niver bin in a soss like this in ma hale life,”
izzen cloots tae dicht up the soss.
2 matches

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