A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

spots Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words9.7 11.7 6.4 19.9 5.8 0 4.4
Number of occurrences3022 4 2 1 0 1
Number of authors22 15 4 1 1 1

Occurrences of spots in Corpus

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Central

Robertson, James Precious and the Puggies, (Itchy Coo 2011 ISBN: 978-1845023324) Central, weans
est on her wey hame. But thae spots were guid hidie-holes for sna on page 60

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Lallans 82 - The Banes o Alba, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
hae monie sweet spots on page 32

3 matches

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
ink-spots on page 38
sae fu o cauld spots mind, ye couldnae heat it wi on page 48

2 matches

Bryden, Hugh Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
the spots but on page 94

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
Twa rid spots appeared on the faither's che on page 19

1 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 59 - Rants and Foys, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
chts at a fowk club haes sang spots o twa-three sangs or tunes fa on page 56

2 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
wearin whit they cawd Buddha spots on thir noggins; they wur wal on page 18
n neck were covert in wee red spots. His ma was there anaw and sh on page 134
pe an he's got a big circle a spots aw roon his mooth, He wis oot on page 169

3 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
nie blue birds' eggs wi bleck spots on them, and when ye pit ane on page 13

1 matches

Kay, Billy Lallans 78 - Thochts on the bonnie broukit bairn at hame an abroad, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
ey bide in unemployment bleck spots in former minin communities i on page 7

1 matches

Hershaw, William Eemis Stane 1 - The Laverock’s Nest, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
and green, wi olive and broun spots. Gently, he picked up the nes on page 18

1 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
spreckle-lik spots, on page 25

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
n rises in temperature in sma spots haes been taen tae mean that
1 matches

Calderwood, Lynsey Mumbo Jumbo, (Litro magazine 2006) Central, prose
me intae school wearin Buddha spots on thir noggins; they wur wal
1 matches

Bates, Gregor The Death Dance, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - East Dunbartonshire, weans
he infection kicks in. Purple spots are the first symptoms, then
re, but whit are these purple spots on ma airms?”
2 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
She said there micht be spots o rain,
1 matches

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
t He'd tae dicht up a the wee spots on page 15

1 matches

Ireland, Mark Wi A Facey Like Yours, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Banff, prose
n. Fan he his a look aroon he spots a peer cat stuck in a tree. A
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
eid wings war dottit wi blaik spots. She WIS a
1 matches

@cligeey tweeted
inHall Get a job cleaning oot spots ina(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
He lukk'd at tartans, spots and stripes and wans wi mock on page 47

2 matches

Shetland

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
Casino spots his peerie Kelpie Collie pal (2019) search twitter

Ulster

Dee Har Tha Broon Troot, (Facebook 2020) Ulster, poetry
An admire the spots,
1 matches

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