A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

tennis Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.1 8.5 6.4 0 0 10.9 4.4
Number of occurrences2216 4 0 0 1 1
Number of authors17 11 4 1 1

Occurrences of tennis in Corpus

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Central

Bryden, Hugh Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
murderin folks at tennis. on page 105

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
axed oot a haund the size o a tennis racquet and clautched aw the on page 142

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
play pool an snooker an table tennis an thir's hunners ae board ga on page 151
Nicola's ma goes tae the same tennis club as Yvonne's ma though, a on page 169

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
n, Summer's here! 'Anyone fir tennis!?' on page 43

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Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Perjink, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927565) Central, weans
Fraser had jist got a new tennis set an wis shawin aff. on page 3

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Waddell, John Lallans 58 - fower poems bi John Waddell, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
Tae substitute a tennis ba. on page 62

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 75 - Review - The Shorter fiction, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
a scene in whilk deils pleys tennis wi buiks. Like monie a narrat
fore, thai ir uisin buiks for tennis baws. A hellish owdience bets
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Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Tae substitute a tennis ba.
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 116, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
s seein whit's gaun on frae a tennis umpire's sate in the neuk.
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McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
rshipin’ at the temple o’ Tennis, amid threats o’ dire retri
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McKillop, Roger Wee Roge Boobs, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
re wis ay’ Badminton, Table Tennis an’ a group o’ maistly gi
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@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
t nae hame made treats an yer tennis bas sall be groundit.(2020) search twitter
@WiiShiite ye'll aye hae the tennis bas.(2020) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
@JordanMcCallion if his tennis is as guid as his off road di (2021) twitter link

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 90 - Mrs Cadwallader’s Conversion, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
ere's nae deck cheers or deck tennis. An nae sweemin pool on the u on page 44

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Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 63 - Shelts, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Doric, prose
ir.” The bairn stood like a tennis net, wi the baa o sklaik batt
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@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
ke mannie? Lang may yer ba's (tennis) throb!(2015) search twitter

@DoricPhrases tweeted
ur Andy an play a thochtie i' tennis the morn!(2018) search twitter

Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
instance? Cannae lair playin tennis athoot nets afore playin wi t (2021) twitter link

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
Alfie driv bae the pitch blak tennis club. Sally imaigined a lass on page 1

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