A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

year-auld Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words9.7 15.4 0 0 0 10.3 0
Number of occurrences3130 0 0 0 1 0
Number of authors16 15 1

Occurrences of year-auld in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
ssies: Alice Liddell, the ten-year-auld daughter ae the Dean ae Chris on page v

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
but nearer-haun, his seventy-year-auld _ mither shouts again. on page 1

1 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
n that I hae a puir wee three year-auld mitherless dochter that's bei on page 40
hauflin-lad gaun on fowerteen year-auld. Sae wi God's blessin, and he on page 63
Times, an had been juist five year-auld when the sodgers tuik auld Ta on page 69

3 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
el-kent adult book fur a four-year-auld lassie? Her first thocht wis on page 9
The ten-year-auld laddie scrieved the twa separ on page 45
ow. She hud never kent a five-year-auld afore, or even a ten-year-aul on page 67
ens, ah'm no haein a wee five-year-auld nyaff sittin wi the big lassi on page 82
, 'at the thocht o a wee five-year-auld readin lang grown-up books by on page 90
Also on pages 95, 96, 112
9 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
age. The pictur shawed a nine-year-auld laddie wha wis sae muckle and on page 26
"The nine-year-auld laddie wis seatit afore a muc on page 39

2 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
intae a bog. Hoo a bunch o 12-year-auld's gat a hold o a firework is on page 20
Whit happens tae a 12-year-auld tae huv them come away wi som on page 23

2 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
a body, it is uissfae tae use year-auld raither nor eikin a nummer in on page 13

2 matches

Adamson, Donald Bield, (Tapsalteerie 2021) Central - Dumfries, poetry
Fou blythe, the fowr-year-auld caas oot, on page 15

1 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
ist. As the mither of a three-year-auld, Ah'm vera muckle awaur whit on page 56

1 matches

Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
ettles tae estaiblish whit 12-year-auld pupils in Edinburgh
1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
el till my chafts were like a year-auld bairn's, an' creish my pow wi
1 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 62 - The Cairryin Stream o Tradeetion, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
the noo when I heard fifteen year-auld Sandy Forbes fae Fife fiddlin
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Whae Were the Pechts, (Dig It Scotland 2023) Central, prose
ttit intae the edge o a 1,400 year-auld widden plough fur tae bield i
1 matches

Smith, Jamie William Playfair: faither o data visualisation, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
deith o their faither the 24-year-auld John wis pitten in chairge o
wis pitten in chairge o twal-year-auld William’s education. It wis
2 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ae be approached wi a fifteen-year-auld girl o the opposite species.
ae be approached wi a fifteen-year-auld girl o the opposite species.
2 matches

Southern

Purves, David Lallans 75 - Gie Us Back Oor Place Names, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Southern, prose
s an ill thing ti tell a five-year-auld bairn: ‘The way you speak i
1 matches

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