Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'caterpillar'

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Use in varieties of Scots

caterpillar	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	43.4	144	10
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland	162.7	28	1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)	984.6	28	1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A	3.3	1	1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	5.2	2	2
WCE - West Central	4.4	1	1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow	135.7	27	1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central	1.3	1	1
SEA - South East (Borders)	339.1	28	1
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)	878.7	28	1
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of caterpillar 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.

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
ight ida eye, o a muckle blue caterpillar, at wis sittin prunk apo da t on page 42
Advice fae a Caterpillar on page 44
"No, it's no," said da Caterpillar. on page 45
"As for dee!" said da Caterpillar, as if shö wisna wirt spaeki on page 46
o da richt wye o it," said da Caterpillar. on page 51
Also on pages 52, 104
28 matches

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
wance met those o a beeg blue caterpillar, at wis sittan on e top, wi i on page 40
Advice fae a Caterpillar on page 41
"Id isn't," sade e Caterpillar. on page 42
"Ee !" sade e Caterpillar contemptuously. "Who are ee?" on page 43
"At's no sade richt," sade e Caterpillar. on page 48
Also on pages 100
28 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
an doon like a muckle orange caterpillar it the mintion o Roddie Fleec on page 29

1 matches

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
the north, a rail brig like a caterpillar swimmin across the Tay; the t on page 78

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
A widnae baulk at caterpillar ."
1 matches

West Central

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
xpect these ‘hings Lik’ a caterpillar sproutin’ wings Bit a'd say
1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
an met the eyes ae a big blue caterpillar that wis sittin oan the toap, on page 42
Advice fae a Caterpillar on page 43
"Naw it's no," said the Caterpillar. on page 44
"You!" said the Caterpillar wae contempt. "An who ir you? on page 45
disnae seem right," said the Caterpillar. on page 50
Also on pages 102
27 matches

General Central

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
Soon, twa muckle great caterpillar tractors wi mechanical shools on page 22

1 matches

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
ely met thaim o a muckle blue caterpillar, that was sittin oan th top, on page 41
Advice frae a Caterpillar on page 42
"Eet's no," said th Caterpillar. on page 43
"Yow!" said th Caterpillar gie snobby. "Whae are yow?" on page 44
at is no said richt," said th Caterpillar. on page 49
Also on pages 102
28 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
ir een met wi the een o a big caterpillar, that wus sittin on the tap w on page 42
Advice frae a Caterpillar on page 43
"Ugh, it haesnae," said the Caterpillar. on page 44
"Yae!" said the Caterpillar contemptuously. "Wha ir yae?" on page 45
t's naw said richt," said the Caterpillar. on page 50
Also on pages 103
28 matches