Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

spanish	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	13.1	11.3	16.6	9.9	17.4	20.7	13.3
Number of occurrences	42	22	11	1	3	2	3
Number of authors	33	16	9	1	3	1	3

Occurrences of spanish 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

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
f anymare, it's like that mad Spanish music. Then he's aff the stag on page 7

2 matches

Cairns, Pauline Lallans 83 - Boeuf Bourguignon, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
yin big Spanish ingan on page 68

1 matches

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
Oot an oantae the warm Spanish tarmac on page 53

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
is still kickin aboot fur the Spanish Flu. on page 140

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
he witterins o ilka richtwing Spanish politician ettlin tae cling o on page 140

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
La Jolla's spanish lights flicker in her eyes on page 11
sooth o the border spanish meatbaws on page 82

2 matches

Waddell, John Lallans 58 - Three Waddins and Fowr Funerals - a monologue, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
He wis a braw lad in a dark, Spanish-lookin wey - a bit like Rudo on page 59

1 matches

Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
finally they git through the Spanish border. Ah think the Tartan P on page 47

2 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 62 - Blue Lift Snaw, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
skin broun as a berry wi the Spanish sun, juist like whan I first
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
our logic’s worse than your Spanish,” he telt her. He beekit at
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando Syriza, an the road aheid, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
allies i Spain, Podemos. Wi a Spanish election due afore the end o
st term in office wad hairten Spanish fowk that’s switherin atwee
2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Matthew Fitt: a word aboot 'bad' language, (Scottish Book Trust 2021) Central, blog
nglish or French or German or Spanish or Scots or aw o them should
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 75, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
ae English, French, German an Spanish an Scotweb, that rins the wab
1 matches

@jack_capener tweeted
a language? English, German, Spanish etc all have varied dialects.(2018) search twitter

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
toms, oregano, paprika (both spanish and hungarian) oh I have some(2020) search twitter
ervos y te sacan los ojos": a Spanish proverb (often applied to ung(2020) search twitter

@Chazzbat tweeted
European leids, like French, Spanish, Italian, etc.(2020) search twitter

@MizLiot tweeted
@yariemari I used tae work wi Spanish fowk involving customer servi (2021) twitter link

Doric

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
In Spanish on page 75

1 matches

Abel, Charlie The Press and Journal (Inverness, Highlands, and Islands) - Doric Corner, (DC Thomson 2024) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
ne o their liberators fae the Spanish colonisers in the 1820s wis a on page 25

1 matches

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
Fan maist fowk think o Spanish maet, paella nae doot is ane on page 4

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
sun she could hae passed as a Spanish grandee's dother, insteid o a
1 matches

Mitchell, Ian R. Lallans 63 - Walkin Woundit, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
“The Spanish Civil War? Ye reading aboot t
Internationalist. I love the Spanish people. Soon they’ll be fre
ma studies. Tell me aboot the Spanish War, the Hunger Mairches, the
3 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ed the seven seas in search o Spanish treasure. The coins were doub
1 matches

@FaeFoggie tweeted
t at I twa chefs teachin abdy Spanish cuisine, een wis Italian and (2019) search twitter

@cligeey tweeted
Adams wis affa excited wee a Spanish lad phoning in cos he couldn'(2020) search twitter

@McGoo1888 tweeted
of a stretch amigo. Which is Spanish for friend and non abusive..I (2021) twitter link

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
th clattered in me mooth like Spanish castanets. on page 3

1 matches

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Lallans 58 - seiven poems bi Christine de Luca, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
in Spanish. (Dat's whit hit's lik fur de on page 19

1 matches

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
contrast, an mair laek da Spanish 3-wye system. on page 64

1 matches

Facebook link (Wir Midder Tongue 2016) Shetland
wid lik ta bide for me tae, "Spanish meat-balls", shu said, an aul

Southern

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
es of Newcastle, told me that Spanish is widely spoken, and said it(2020) search twitter
ter! Its sort of a lesser Spanish Inquisition ?? https://t.co(2020) search twitter

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
Covenanters at the time o the Spanish Influenza, but what wi thair on page 23

1 matches

Logan, Liam Thon Ulster Scots Book, (Galdanagh 2014 ISBN: 978-0992881405) Ulster - Dunloy, prose
had (and continue to have) no Spanish. on page 33

1 matches

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
The Spanish cum tae con'ger, but this cud on page 2

1 matches