Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'makeup'

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Use in varieties of Scots

makeup	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	3.7	12	10
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
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
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	5.1	2	2
WCE - West Central	9.2	2	2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow	5.4	1	1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central	6.7	5	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 makeup 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.

Mid Northern A

Wilson, Katie Becus a hae a sister a hae a friend, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Buckie, prose
f we using ma clothes n ah ma makeup . There's nae chance. I dinna
1 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
though she's aw dolled up the makeup clearly isnae workin. She soo on page 104

1 matches

Forrest, Liam Hittin the Toon, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Dunfermline, prose
t - way their faces caked in makeup fae the Poond shop, their sho
1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
talkin aboot her hair an her makeup an how she thought Chris Rice on page 24

1 matches

Sutherland, Hope Twa sisters, een room, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Buckie, prose
ame, claiths neatly in piles, makeup arranged neatly roon aboot. I
1 matches

Glasgow

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
Ah check ma makeup in ma pocket mirror. Ah'm aw on page 1

1 matches

General Central

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
Wae makeup on ma puss, on page 35
Make up a mind wae makeup oan, on page 37

2 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
Whit is goan on wi Gemma's makeup? She luiks like somewan's sla(2020)
agine thu'll cover thum up wi makeup. James Bond cannae hae tats.(2020)

@fairpechtoot tweeted
guage Huv ye seen Sara Hill's makeup range? There's a concealer ca(2016)

South West (Galloway)

Haddow, Kris Ronnie's Story, (words.krishaddow.com 2011) Central, prose
curly hair and she a’y wore makeup . She wisnae married or anythi
1 matches