Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

turnit	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	8.4	11.8	6	0	0	0	0
Number of occurrences	27	23	4	0	0	0	0
Number of authors	9	6	3

Occurrences of turnit in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
t mason neer flinchit. Winter turnit tae spring, an the ring o the on page 14

6 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
hooses in the centre o cities turnit ower tae short term lettin fe on page 90
ween twa an three hunner fowk turnit up fae anti-poll tax groups, on page 102
an gairdeners - aw sorts - turnit up tae help feed the fire, so on page 106
al times. Ae day Alex Salmond turnit up tae dae a shift an wis a b on page 107
oyal Labour voters in England turnit on the main pairties' patroni on page 111
Also on pages 115
7 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
ers wi him cam at Wallace wha turnit an ran thru the streets. The on page 23
l tracts o Scotland were bein turnit ower tae big estates devoted on page 82
them were arrestit. Nou they turnit oot tae be Davie Peter, a bla on page 107
le Kirk's meenister's man, an turnit tae the hand-loom weavin tae on page 111

5 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
Days are turnit ti nicht, on page 35

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 67 - review, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
rts o the European theatre we turnit til for the funns o a new dra on page 109

1 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 62 - The Wee Tailor in the Haunted Kirkyaird, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, weans
s owre late for that, noo. He turnit his een awa frae the unco sic
1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Daein it yersel, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
nk cairds I haed bocht online turnit oot tae be mair coorse than f
1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Three days in October, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
catch the een whaur e’er ye turnit: a glent o a muckle puddock a
1 matches

Doric

Maitland, Andrew Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Auld Mannie, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
ir stridin towards them, they turnit roon and sized up the new loo on page 74
Donald turnit his heid back tae the lanky l on page 76

2 matches

Manson, John Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Doric - Dumfries, poetry
Hae Ah turnit roun til see masel alane. on page 125

1 matches

Young, Morna The Twa Chrisses, (Scots Language Center 2021) Doric, prose
isna respond, tae ma mither I turnit and say:
1 matches