Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'cans'

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Use in varieties of Scots

cans	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	15.6	50	30
ORK - Orkney	19.9	2	2
SHD - Shetland	11.6	2	2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A	29.4	9	2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen	23.7	2	2
DOR - General Northern	13.3	3	3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	17.9	7	4
WCE - West Central	13.8	3	2
DUN - Dundee	10.6	1	1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow	65.1	12	5
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central	8	6	5
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)	31.4	1	1
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)	88.3	1	1
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster	14.1	1	1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of cans in Corpus

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Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
he oppens cans o Export on page 18

1 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
shards o plastic, roosty cans. on page 49

1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
ng aboot da night wi twartree cans, fur a yarn, an he wis aye bl on page 4

1 matches

Watt, Valerie Trowie time flees an aa, (Shetland Times 2009) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
a grain o tay. Nae swillin in cans o fizzy juice for wis or aeti
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ck box Fir plastic, glaiss an cans. on page 34

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
Auld Mattha coonted the milk cans that his fermin sons at Darra
tae be be stored in pails an cans an basins in the milkhoose, a
milk cairt wis loadit wi full cans fur the echt mile ride tae th
cairt cam back wi teem, clean cans frae the toon. The ither feed
ops in the toon, an the heavy cans frae Widside, Kilbog an Steen
8 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 83 - Dunnottar, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
maist o’s jist had the tin cans .) An the paper pynted oot tha
1 matches

Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
burst pill bottles and bashed cans lying aboot the place. I look
1 matches

General Northern

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
ain nixt an then knockin doon cans wi' a ba on page 111

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
e, came back wi half a dizzen cans o lager, an a bottle o bacard
1 matches

@fittiecrooners tweeted
sonStan Cud be done wee a few cans o'thise jist noo wee ma short(2019)

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
though. Rate he gets through cans the'll be nane left in the dr on page 1

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 61 - Twa poems, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Lothian, poetry
Tume as the Coke-cans in the sheuch, the skirl on page 59

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 177, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
uird the ship wi three billie-cans o reekin het tea in his richt
d the laddie haudin the three cans ahint his back an no kennin w
2 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
lucky so n so - this sookin cans in the hoose is nae guid big (2020) twitter link
etaylor1 add crack open a few cans tae watch that brother psml (2020) twitter link
author jist u go eesy oan the cans oh danderlion n burdock m8 - (2021) twitter link

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
lourescent holdall, wi aw the cans a juice an the criss an the m on page 164
opliftin. They'd been stealin cans a hairspray an deodorant oota on page 169

2 matches

Calderwood, Lynsey Lallans 68 - Barlinnie Gradyooits, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
opliftin. They'd been stealin cans a hairspray an deodrint oota on page 41

1 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
half-full cans an fucked-up plans on page 6

1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
gee yi a pound each fur a few cans, eh?' A Say, actin pure sound on page 12
ore we go fur a few more pint-cans ae Miller n a bottle ae the o on page 16
stand at the back, swiggin at cans ae Tennent's n rollin a joint on page 21

3 matches

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
aff another can an so dis he. Cans ae beer look dead wee in his on page 172
Ah've lost count ae how many cans ah've had so far. The Tennent on page 173
'Couple ae cans fur the road?' he replies get on page 174

5 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
The "Special" cans that made yer auntie Pam on page 45

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Carpe Diem, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
taunin behind me wae a bag ay cans , laughin at ma enthusiastic c
1 matches

Geraghty, Martin A Bad Sport, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
e pipin’…polish aff a few cans ...then a wee bit o’ fun wi
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Arabian Monkfish (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
� . . . just gies wan ay they cans ay Red Stripe ye’ve goat in
1 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
wis keepit. There wis a raw o cans on the shelf, aw colours, ble on page 35
mes o aw the toom bottles and cans. 'Help ma boab, whit a clossa on page 77

2 matches

Steele, Gregor Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
Twa cans o ginger ma wee brither shook on page 23

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Tume as the Coke-cans in the sheuch, the skirl on page 75

1 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
tae drink at hame. Tak a few cans wi ye when ye gan doon the ri(2020)

@changed_days tweeted
@np_loyal They cans remind me ae the arches man! (2021) twitter link

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Gillen, Charles Whun A’ The Kye Had Names, (Ullans Press 2005) Ulster, poetry
nes dae al’ that noo, an’ cans nae langer clink,
1 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Warwick, Matthew Fergie an Freens oan tha fairm, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2011) Ulster - Rural Mid-Antrim, weans
an handy at draa'in tha milk cans doon til tha craimerie stan a on page 5

1 matches

General Ulster

Robinson, Philip , (Facebook 2021) Ulster, prose
tha tay. He had aa tha billie-cans hung frae a bar across tha ta
1 matches