A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

Occurrences of touns in Corpus

Central

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
aboots o aw the seas, rivers, touns, moontains, an deserts.' on page 53
"Whit aboot touns, an rivers, an deserts?' on page 54
aboot coontin the touns, the rivers, the moontains, t on page 55

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Hodgson, Brent Lallans 58 - The Rooks, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
An in the shell-torn touns on page 112

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
aun ower mony wee clachans an touns that wad see a wheen stranger on page 34
the kintraeside, clachans, an touns, there were still thousans Pr on page 39

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Burns, John Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
The douce wee touns on page 58

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Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
Throu touns whaur wark's ower lang, or el on page 41
spires o the castle an o its touns an cities, the spikes on the on page 75
ive; he scanned the fields an touns we'd left bek nd, filled his on page 77

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
that faimlies wuid gaither in touns an cities, particklarly roun on page 70
clear convoys gangin thru oor touns an cities on page 150

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
fermtoun fowk pusht intae the touns an new model villages were la on page 82

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
an biggit touns, an passed laws that made it on page 120

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Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
sitive effect on the wey that touns, clachans, vennels, howfs, et on page 13

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Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
sa's coorts, fairs and merkat touns on page 8

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Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 59 - A Day Weel Spent, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
Nou o aa the touns bi aa the links in aa o Scotl on page 125

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Kay, Billy Lallans 78 - Thochts on the bonnie broukit bairn at hame an abroad, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
ros in America were fae links touns in Scotland like Carnoustie. on page 9

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McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 67 - Andra’s Sang, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
tin, sen the clachans an ferm-touns o Charles Murray an William A on page 50

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Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
verybody in the ferms and the touns. Be a guid laddie and run owe on page 18

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Eagle, Andy Lallans 67 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
he wey leads tae the mairches touns o Gallae an Melrose wi its ch on page 65

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Douglas, Sheila Lallans 67 - William Motherwell (1797 - 1836), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
rices, as steam pouer, in the touns, tane ower the makkin o clait on page 69

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
r growth is appeirant: in the touns an versities. An he weishes f on page 110

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Sprott, Gavin Lallans 73 - Monument, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
And brunt fairm touns on page 100

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Matheson, Ann Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
Fur centuries, touns, abbeys an ferms were blooter on page 127

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Cameron, Peter Lallans 75 - The Raid on Clydebank, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
there never touns be brunt;
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Fleemin, Sandy A Day Weel Spent, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
Nou o aa the touns bi aa the links in aa o Scotl
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Fleemin, Sandy Deid Come Nevermas, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
ranca in the cities an muckle touns while the native langage is w
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Forde, Iain W D Taid o that Ilk (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2009) Central, prose
na, an sumthin lik the reik o touns, ir is it anerlie clud-stour?
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Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
he pryss. Aw the douce border touns an burghs wes circulat wi wei
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Heather, Alistair Bravehert: The truth anent William Wallace (pairt 2), (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
dward haed taen the principal touns an castles, an nane but Sir W
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Heather, Alistair Trains approachin?, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
terheid. Buckie. MacDuff. Big touns thrang wi cultur, business an
The difference atween the twa touns — ane wi a train station du
pment, but the tale o the twa touns is a uissfu fable for unnerst
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Thoumire, Elizabeth Three days in October, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
rds shawin they haed come fae touns the lenth an breidth o the ki
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McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 59 - A Stot an a Cleg, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central, prose
s hed been fleimit frae their touns an bude tae leive on the guid
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Capener, Jack This laund wis wrocht for you an me, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central - Edinburgh, blog
happy tae swap tuim glens for touns an clachans, an for trees tae
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 101, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
igin throu ferms, clachans an touns an he set aboot tryin tae pit
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 102, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
e be ane o the mair Inglified touns o Scotland, Scots is aye daei
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Heather, Alistair Tartan Tourism nae mair, (The Herald 2018) Central, newspaper
s, oor shootin estates an oor touns as bein infused wi a sense o
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Doric

Blackhall, Sheena The Spikk o the Nor East Leid, (Dictionaries of the Scots Language 2021) Doric, poetry
humbrian dialect, entered the touns o the Nor East
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Southern