A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

turf Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.7 6.2 0 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences1212 0 0 0 0 0
Number of authors7 7

Occurrences of turf in Corpus

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Central

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
s, an support a new theikin o turf an heather. There were field on page 50
snugglt thegither wi an auld turf dyke at their backs an a warm on page 55

3 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Yer Turf Accountants wis a huntit baun on page 121

1 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
at an advantage. This is hame turf fur everywan but me. Ma estat on page 10

1 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 68 - 1841 – The Plouman, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
rp coulter sliced the stibble turf an the share turnt it ower li on page 17

1 matches

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
signal towers, Wuid an a big turf wa, Fae Bridgeness near Bo'ne on page 5

2 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 82 - The Cream Cookie, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Midlothian, prose
e erect a fence roun some new turf they're layin. Mind an get th on page 59

2 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
But ilka turf that A turn ower
1 matches

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@GraemePercy @Domjack8 Turf, seats, dug oots etc.....(2019) search twitter

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