Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

swally	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	21.8	26.7	16.6	0	23.2	10.3	8.9
Number of occurrences	70	52	11	0	4	1	2
Number of authors	32	17	8		4	1	2

Occurrences of swally in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
but it's a good excuse fur a swally n tae see some elder burds dr on page 5
uck it, man, we've got a good swally here, Addison says. on page 14
ht, cos ae the fireworks, the swally n the Friday Feelin. We kin s on page 18

3 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
I take a big swally. Whin the bottle comes doon, on page 1

8 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
ye doolally and drives ye tae swally on page 8

1 matches

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
mputer, nae scratchcards, nae swally, nae fur-lined breeks, nae mu on page

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
ti swally yir ale. on page 4

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ground wis gaunnae open up an swally me. Ah wis pure mortified. Ah on page 25

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
t it. The bairn's no gaun tae swally that. (Mimicking) Aye, Hamish on page 60

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
undemous muckle that it cuid swally aw the ither planets in oor S
1 matches

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - Where Dae Ye Catch the Bus Tae Sarajevo?, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
can and is chuggin back a big swally, heid boppin tae music on his
1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Deid huddies an the Moray Eel, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
elt Ross an his ilk tae juist swally the transition deal negotiate
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
idge tae the Gallowgate fur a swally an aw.
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
rden shed, where he keeps his swally. If he just takes two or thre
1 matches

Geraghty, Martin 378, (TheCommonBreath.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
oo. Am demented. They won’t swally the disinfectant.
1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
et the bor enjoyin’ a guid swally Then suddenly me an’ you wi
Swally ‘At’s me back oan solids
n solids efter a week oan the swally
3 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Here’s the Weather, (Scottish Poetry Library 2017) Central, poetry
ye doolally and drives ye tae swally
1 matches

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
ade an wider by a muckle guid swally nor Murdo. Hae a think on hoo(2020) search twitter

@PeoplesPoet77 tweeted
ch went well and we had a wee swally with her ?? (2022) twitter link
ves ready to go oot fir a wee swally the toon. (2022) twitter link

@annieones tweeted
a supervised hur havin a wee swally an i "made" hur meringue nest (2021) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
e like a chimney n hae a guid swally oan the touchline at amateur (2021) twitter link
burra win - oo cood hae sum swally on the wee hurl back - ma is (2020) twitter link
it lol - fired up fir a wee swally doon at ma beloved burra the (2020) twitter link
guys - aye n u canna beat a swally! (2021) twitter link
ad b the first tae buy them a swally lol (2020) twitter link
and 17 other occurrences.

Doric

Shearer, Gillian Tales Fae The Doric Side - Guernica, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
doon the pub bi noo, a quick swally wi his mates and then a chipp on page 41

1 matches

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
It kin swally hail boat's, Niver tae be see on page 35

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ed a hale glaiss o wine in ae swally. on page 37

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
sairness grips ma hairt an Ah swally the lump aat's risin in ma th on page 22
med alang as he teen a sneaky swally fae a new bottle o champagne, on page 59

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
xclaimed Muggie, takkin a big swally o er wine. "She can say fit i on page 30

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 79 - The Tattiebogle, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
, muckle holes big eneuch tae swally ten men, an five thoosan guns on page 15

1 matches

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
Fiel Friday.. Bleezin swallyn hoors!! Puckly Sunties scr(2018) search twitter

@cligeey tweeted
Doric swally the nicht https://t.co/TM5SQj(2020) search twitter

@fittiecrooners tweeted
ose, nithing heavy jist a wee swally, until he decides tae invite (2020) search twitter

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
a blooper version o the edit! Swally t (2020) twitter link

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
did it at last, an managed ta swally a peerie grain o da left-haan on page 52

1 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
whin you contradict her. I öswally say naethin, just ta keep da on page 17

1 matches

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
hrase, an da argument(s) is øswally da on page 82

1 matches

Sinclair, James Murmansk, (Scottish Poetry Library 2019) Shetland, poetry
set ta swally you whole an da snaa an frost
1 matches

Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
no @theSNP Wisnae even on the swally! (2020) twitter link

Ulster

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
The lood glug o his swally, tae on page 6

1 matches

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
ne it at last, an managed tae swally a toty bit o the left-haun bi on page 51

1 matches