A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Concordance

Use in varieties of Scots

Occurrences of women in Corpus

Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
ons. Likely didnae notice the women that sometimes came. But it s on page 1

2 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
women, aye women, and bairns tae slay. on page 67

2 matches

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
An the guid women there wae a key in their haun on page 15
And tae the men so feart ae women on page 36

2 matches

Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
', if ye like, o' aw the auld women o'er on page 10

1 matches

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
blackguard who rails against women on page 36

1 matches

Burns, John Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
an the women at the pump on page 62

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
oms o sad men and even sadder women. on page 34
ed wi a thrang o young men an women aroun him, pretty much in the on page 74

2 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
FIFA should dae suttin aboot women's fitbaw?" on page 29
e they fifty suttin year auld women who couldnae git oor the fact on page 72
welcome fae the natives. Men, women, and children are smilin and on page 147
. She's huddled in a group ae women who ah assume tae be her mate on page 174

6 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
'Yeah, yeah,' ah say. 'Women's troubles.' on page 41

2 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
'She's been huvin women's troubles and needs tae get on page 60
h arrive in the ward, elderly women sleep like weans in most o th on page 87
is spoon-feedin one o the old women. Granny would say she'll get on page 92

3 matches

Armstrong, Kate Lallans 58 - Herman Und Dorothea, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
"Strange fowk, the women, an jist like the bairnies, f on page 43

1 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
Mary: Aye, for women sure - aye, aye. on page 28
e Fower Maries): She's ravin, women, ravin. on page 33
Curb her passion, women, like a queen - on page 34
We women are left alane; that's aa. on page 35

6 matches

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
Amazons were a race o gallus women warriors that lived faur awa on page 38
ackin, the tall strang bonnie women, brocht flooers and kissed th on page 39
eared and whispered intae the women's lugs. "See that Hercules. H on page 40
were caucht and killed by the women. As Hercules sailed awa wi Hi on page 41
ddies, chased by ten-fit tall women and had the sky on his shoode on page 53

6 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
sh - gh as in rough, o as in women, ti as in nation)? Staundart on page 56

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS nummer 109, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
Women Talking Dirty - Isla Dewar
1 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 62 - The Cairryin Stream o Tradeetion, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
thegither ten Scots an Gaelic women singers in a maist wonnerfu g
1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
25, 4s. 6d. About thirty-five women had joined the club for the p
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
women, or wine? No, dinnae tell!
1 matches

Clark, Thomas Radge Against the Machine: Deid Wirds, Deid Warlds, an Why Scots Maitters, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Bellshill, blog
aw aboot proxies. Dingin doon women bi slashin at childcare, dimi
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
white eyes an a boady younger women wid be envious ay but wae age
1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
es aboot Athens: hoo Athenian women tied up their hair an dressed
cks an aff again. Efterwards, women dancers – me amang them, fo
2 matches

Philips, Cally Wha's feart o' the library?, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Turriff, prose
No since ah wis a lassie. Nae women’s fitba in they days. We’
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Al Fresco, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
i oor gear. Frank and the twa women had decided tae go for a wee
1 matches

Macdonald, Ileene Fit’s it aa aboot?, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
politics has become creative, women have become assertive, men ha
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 102, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
fattish—wi round legs like women—generally wi red and white
1 matches

grandeicedcoffees Do You Wanna Touch, (archiveofourown.org 2021) Central, prose
ay way for men to guilt trip women into havin’ sex. —If that
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Fur maist o history, anonymous wis a wumman, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, prose
ancy of (erotic) love between women” – we were naetheless rea
earlier A History of Scottish Women’s Writing (1997) gangs oot
2 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 5, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
The women descends doon the flight ae s
1 matches

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
uncles and siblings when the women were cooking the dinner ????(2020) search twitter
@19Mcculley She’s a wee auld women. I dinnae have the heart tae (2020) search twitter
ounds delicious ??. Funny how women cannae cook fancy stuff like (2020) search twitter
@meandbobbie Like aw the women in ma life ???????(2020) search twitter

@jax6754 tweeted
guest you were today on loose women! Richt Im off tae hairdresser(2015) search twitter

@DABArbuckle tweeted
s onybody else noo think that women's fitba is far mair entertain(2020) search twitter

@bigandymccoll tweeted
is (specifically from 2mins). Women especially, who (obviously) a (2022) twitter link

@rattlecans tweeted
so like a man that eg elderly women can't see she is not a he, th (2022) twitter link
lk that the fight tae protect women fae being raped in jail is no (2022) twitter link
, but will see single men and women left tae die in the elements. (2022) twitter link

@LairnScots tweeted
lWomensDay, we will celebrate women wha write in #Scots! https:// (2021) twitter link

@MizLiot tweeted
But I wid like tae thank the women won’t wheesht.. https://t.co (2021) twitter link
ler. I dinnae stand wi thae ‘women won’t wheesht’ clowns an I� (2021) twitter link
ki @Rogue_74 I’m no policing women, I just dinnae agree wi some (2021) twitter link
@millar_marion A wumman o ‘women won’t wheesht’ telling me t (2021) twitter link
epiness, probably no used tae women dating that (2021) twitter link
and 1 other occurrences.

@Sinethugcat tweeted
owt tae dae wi 'believing the women' whom she claimed not to know (2021) twitter link
can kiss goodbye tae indy and women's rights to exist...?? https: (2021) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
y did ee hae tae mention that women - a wis just chillin oot n n (2020) twitter link
oon game - nip hame n c hibs women against the hertz on the box! (2021) twitter link
e 2 night - celtic v rangers women - bring it oan! (2021) twitter link

Doric

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
She liked Little Women on page 85

1 matches

McDonald, Charlie Doric Scots Books an Poems, (Facebook 2022) Doric, poetry
A' the women folk knitted for a new born
1 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
a - cynical, negative whilst women’s fitba thrives. The novelty (2022) twitter link

@glenlivetloon tweeted
k Unreal what folks say about women in politics. Some comments I (2019) search twitter

Shetland

Southern

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
m muddled atm, ye mean that a women (6’3”) used to be a man, da(2020) search twitter

Ulster