Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

woods	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	10.6	14.4	0	0	5.8	10.3	17.7
Number of occurrences	34	28	0	0	1	1	4
Number of authors	16	12			1	1	2

Occurrences of woods in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
It's forgotten n left fur the woods tae take back. On the left ae on page 3
okin, a mad dark hoose in the woods. Sometimes if yi walked roon on page 4
We go doon the woods and tan our drink. It's aboot on page 16
k oot tae the beginnin ae the woods, stayin close tae the wall aw on page 34
tholic cemetery n towards the woods n golf course. Big Kenzie's b on page 47
Also on pages 48
11 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
Woods? They were aye wids tae aw us on page 15

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
Hoose, cooried in awa in the woods ahint the hills. on page 221

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
losure there. Amang the thick woods tae the north there wis a big on page 14
rs that had been hidin in the woods. Nou baith Couttie an the Kin on page 17
ch o fowk comin doun thru the woods. 'Here,' he said, 'A wis in a on page 31

4 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
in truant and smokin doon the woods. The neds at ma auld school w on page 20
smiles as we walk through the woods, and the first time, ah feel on page 42
We heid doon the woods yet again, and before ah've h on page 46

3 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
ll sonorous like birds in the woods. on page 73

1 matches

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - No In-gleesh, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
t buses in this neck o’ the woods run on Balkan time, an A’m
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
The bonnie fields, the woods sae braw -
1 matches

Donovan, Anne Not Scotland, (Edinburgh International Book Festival 2010) Central - Glasgow, prose
watchin the scenery flee by. Woods in autumn colours, small-hold
1 matches

McClelland, Ben Chicagof Island, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Ayr, prose
cuid mak thaim gang intae th' woods again. Explorers thay wurnae!
1 matches

Alston, Connor THE BLACK-EYED CHILDREN OF SCOTLAND, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
the rest are still roamin the woods tae this day lookin fur lone
1 matches

@PeoplesPoet77 tweeted
like askin if a bear uses the woods fir a cludgie! (2022) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
youth games in ma neck o the woods at weekends m8 - jist gees a (2020) twitter link

Shetland

Watt, Valerie A daander trowe Michaelswood, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
y hiv paid tae him. Much o da woods has been tocht oot tae mind w
1 matches

Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
ayscot @scotgov A Walk in the Woods. Fair enjoyin the film an aw.(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
al aboot, an craalt oot o the woods a weethin tae listen. on page 55
ae had tae rin baak intae the woods fur fear o thim hearin hir; a on page 56

2 matches

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
a, oot intae tha Ballygellick Woods, oot thonder, an buried them on page 14

2 matches