Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'lobsters'

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Use in varieties of Scots

lobsters	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	11.5	37	6
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland	52.3	9	2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)	246.1	7	1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow	38	7	1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders)	87.3	7	1
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)	219.7	7	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 lobsters in Corpus

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Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
" - change lobsters, an step back ida sam oarder, on page 100
Aa da lobsters an da turtles is dat aaber fo on page 101
tak wis up an fire wis, wi da lobsters, oot ta sea!" on page 102
yphon, "at dey wid geng wi da lobsters ta da dance. So dey got: fire on page 103

7 matches

Sinclair, James Yarnin, (Shetland For Wirds 2001) Shetland, poetry
hailed da creel, we got tree lobsters
an hed sixteen lobsters fur wir day.
2 matches

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
"- change lobsters, an retire in e same order," on page 96
y take us up an throw us, wie lobsters, oot till sea!" on page 97
Gryphon, "at they wid go wie lobsters till e dance. So they got thr on page 98

7 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
"_chinge lobsters, an go back in the same oarde on page 98
See how eagerly the lobsters an the turtles aw advance! on page 99
that they used tae go wae the lobsters tae the dance. So they goat t on page 100

7 matches

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
" - chainge lobsters, an retire in same order," ca on page 98
Sei how keenly th lobsters an th turtles aw advance! on page 99
tak oo up an chuck uz, wi th lobsters, oot tae sea!" on page 100
, "that they would gaun wi th lobsters tae th dance. Sae they got ch on page 101

7 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
"- change lobsters, an retire in the same order, on page 99
See hoo eagerly the lobsters an the turtles aal advance! on page 100
tak iz up an clod iz, wi the lobsters, oot tae sea!" on page 101
Gryphon, "they wudnae gae the lobsters tae the dance, sae they got c on page 102

7 matches