A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

ting Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words17.1 1.1 8 139.1 186 0 0
Number of occurrences532 5 14 32 0 0
Number of authors13 2 3 2 6

Occurrences of ting in Corpus

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Central

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
o teacups wad chynge tae the ting-ling o sheep-bells, an the sk on page 44

1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
NICK Aye, Ting Cassidy!
1 matches

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
arts bein flung Aye the next "ting" - Archie's till bein rung on page 15

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ai bride disaster - yon Ling Ting wis a richt pig in a poke." on page 35

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
oot a stiff dram, the nearest ting tae medecine iver keepit in t
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
ke wi the siller bell gaun ‘ting’ abeen his heid. Winter cam
a wee tinnie. It made a sherp ting. Neist, he
2 matches

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
hit wey will thoo no tell the Ting tae pit me on thee yole?" The on page 39
a submission tae the Federal Ting on the theoretiecal basis an on page 54
whar the wynds meet, whar the Ting sets fees an lots thir quaate on page 61
heu says. "Hid's Orcadia. The Ting kens whit's coman. If thoo an on page 69
teps as meusic fills the teum Ting Haa. Thir gotten a len o twat on page 81
Also on pages 85, 87, 88, 98, 143
11 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine An Excerpt From Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Future Fantasy, (The Bottle Imp 2019) Orkney, poetry
whar the Ting sets fees an lots quaaters,
1 matches

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lenmoncrieff Aye, a brute o a ting! This eens no foond wae you t(2020) search twitter
o, on tap o evry ither bliddy ting!(2020) search twitter

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
Da peerie ting, Guid bliss her, spaeks No mu on page 5
dön wi tryin, da poor peerie ting sat doon an gret. on page 14
Poor ting Alice! Hit wis as muckle as s on page 17
's werr as ever noo," da poor ting tocht tae hersel, "for I on page 20
hö's siccan a dear paeceable ting o cat," Alice guid on, halfli on page 22
Also on pages 23, 32, 41, 60, 61, 62, 63, 72, 95, 102
18 matches

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
arted ta gowl. 'Dunna hurt da ting', shö said. 'Lat her hae him on page 25

1 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
uffed da wits oot a him. Poor ting Julie, shü coodna tink what on page 2
hae ta look eftir dis peerie ting." on page 28
s, he seems a freendly peerie ting, doesn he." on page 31
Floss, dir ting 3 dug, canna even get paece. on page 47

5 matches

De Luca, Christine Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2017) Shetland, poetry
'Rin haem!' I wis da peerie ting on page 26

1 matches

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
erryin oot censuses. Da idder ting is hit's dependent on dis cen on page 19
siccint person) or sum idder ting at's maed clear bi da context on page 52

2 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
We need laa makkers for wir ting a boat, on page 48
A young ting o lass gied ta guttin in Lerr on page 66
Dat young ting o lass gied ta guttin in Lerr on page 67
A ting o lass in Paris haps hersel on page 98

4 matches

Cumming, John Kirsten, (Shetland For Wirds 2006) Shetland, prose
tae da track, a peerie bit o ting in a track suit twa sizes owe
1 matches

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