Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Concordance

The word 'magical'

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Use in varieties of Scots

magical	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	6.2	20	15
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland	11.6	2	2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A	19.6	6	5
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern	4.4	1	1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	7.7	3	1
WCE - West Central	13.8	3	1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow	5.4	1	1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central	4	3	3
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)
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 magical in Corpus

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Shetland

Williamson, Christie Gairden, (damagnifyingless.wordpress.com 2012) Shetland, poetry
da magical realm o dy imagination.
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Da secret wirld o Santie’s elves, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
him and followed him intae da magical village.
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Thom, Bill The Quait Chiel, (Tapsalteerie 2013 ISBN: 9780992663100) Doric - Banff, poetry
Thi drones they soonded magical, on page 28

1 matches

Gauld, Ilene Ilene Gauld - Piper and Poet, (Doric Future 2020) Doric - Keith, weans
A magical man lik this, widna joke.
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
y learning, its gyan tae be magical! https://t.co/a9MwVJuq4R(2018)

@FaeFoggie tweeted
That awa een. Magical https://t.co/B8uJaXfAEz(2020)

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
nd now I can show bairns more magical Middle Scots to decipher! (2020) twitter link
chool. Bairns thocht he wis a magical wizard. Plays a mean mandolin (2020) twitter link

General Northern

Gray, Kath Lallans 63 - Aikey Brae Fair – 1962, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
or tea. Ye canna bear it. Yer magical day is ower and ye dinna wint
1 matches

(South) East Central

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
azing photo and always such a magical moment when snow falls - won (2021) twitter link
league - who can forget that magical day when the mighty hi hi noc (2020) twitter link
@robertmdaws the magical brazillian team - need a say (2020) twitter link

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
By the magical tune entranced, on page 33
Weavin a faur mair magical canvas, on page 61
When Mrs MacSween wove magical spells, on page 128

3 matches

Glasgow

Donovan, Anne Buddha Da - Chapter 1 Anne Marie, (Canongate 2009 ISBN: 978-1847673459) Central - Glasgow, prose
ry often but usually it has a magical effect on ma da. But the day
1 matches

General Central

Robertson, James Naebody'd Seen Him, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
the hill and doon, and the magical thing had happened: on page 18

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
amoont o the rarest and maist magical vitamin o them aw - vitamin on page 155

1 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
late tae an orphaned boy at a magical boardin school. on page 27

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
his hide was markit wi magical designs on page 43

1 matches