Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'lecture'

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Use in varieties of Scots

lecture	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	4.8	16	13
ORK - Orkney	19.9	2	1
SHD - Shetland	5.8	1	1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A	3.3	1	1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen	21	2	1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	2.6	1	1
WCE - West Central	4.4	1	1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow	10	2	2
AYR - Ayrshire	10.7	1	1
LAL - General Central	3.9	3	2
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)	13.9	1	1
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)	58.1	1	1
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 lecture in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
They gied me a good-goin lecture on the poisons in me grub on page 59
he soond And, then, I get the lecture - each year, the theme's the on page 81

2 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
e, bit instead a dat he got a lecture on contraception! Noo Jeemie on page 13

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Mid Northern A

@FaeFoggie tweeted
unnin a wee oor doric spikkin lecture afore i bells. Een o i bairns(2019)

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - TROUBLE WI WITTGENSTEIN, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
afore, an tryin tae lern his lecture notes bi hairt - an there wi on page 85

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 83 - Dunnottar, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
seen as they walked in ti the lecture room ilka Monday mornin. We�
1 matches

(South) East Central

Muir, Glenn David of Seafield, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
the nuisance. There wid be a lecture for Rab on his return frae th
1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
s an ah got this big half oor lecture aboot smokin an how ah should on page 169

1 matches

Glasgow

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
or remonstrate or lecture on page 22

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Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
riendship. It's a kinna movin lecture/therapy wi the backdrop ay th on page 3

1 matches

Ayrshire

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
mitigatin circumstances! The lecture itsel wad be gien in her guid on page 23

1 matches

General Central

@DABArbuckle tweeted
se she made reference tae the lecture during her ain update. Wan th(2020)

@LairnScots tweeted
s fae @billykayscot giein his lecture fir @scotsradiomedia #Scots h (2020) twitter link
Boyd Memorial Scots Language Lecture at the Scottish Poetry Librar (2019) twitter link

South West (Galloway)

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
Kin ye lecture us oan on page 35

1 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Dickey, William Yarns 3 - Annual General Report, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2024) Ulster - Ballymena, prose
h no entirely non-contentious lecture by Professor Donna Naul frae
1 matches