Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'moral'

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Use in varieties of Scots

moral	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	28.2	94	34
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland	46.5	8	1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)	281.3	8	1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A	6.5	2	2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	29.3	12	9
WCE - West Central	22.2	5	2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh	12.4	2	1
GLA - Glasgow	71.7	14	3
AYR - Ayrshire	96.1	9	2
LAL - General Central	19.7	15	12
SEA - South East (Borders)	109	9	2
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)	251.1	8	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	56.9	2	1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of moral 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
canna tell dee eenoo whit da moral o dat is, but I sall mind in on page 90
cht," said da Duchess: "an da moral o dat is-'Oh, hit's love, hit on page 91
ere," said da Duchess; "an da moral is - 'Be du whit du wid seem on page 92

8 matches

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
anna tell ee joost noo what e moral o at is, but A'll mind id in on page 86
is so," sade e Duchess: "an e moral o at is-'Oh, 'tis love, 'tis on page 87
middle o her favourite word 'moral', an e airm at wis linked int on page 88

8 matches

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
on breid an cheese There's a moral to this fishy tale As Willie on page 15

1 matches

Thom, Bill The Quait Chiel, (Tapsalteerie 2013 ISBN: 9780992663100) Doric - Banff, poetry
Its moral ye should mind, on page 31

1 matches

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
elt her. Thur wasnae time fur moral lessons. Cept fur the yins sh on page 1

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
lunatic is somehow takin the moral high groond wae me. | on page 64
nds Aldo decided tae take the moral high ground "Douglas" he said on page 194

2 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
The moral is richt plain tae see on page 9

1 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
elin aboot the centuries-auld moral community and tradition, that on page 95

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 168, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
Sae the moral frae aa this lamgamachie maun
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS nummer 109, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
is throu sports reportin. The moral is that ye stert whaur the le
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
se ye're wantin me tae pint a moral , Ah've nae doot,
1 matches

Clark, Sara Indyref 2: Aulder, Wiser, Kinder, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
t an alien tae me. Ah had the moral hie-groond, an ah wis sharin
1 matches

Hershaw, William The Retour O The Grey Airmy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Fife, blog
elk’s erse (though wi less moral wecht). Mair anent elks anon.
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 116, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
intae Jupiter's mooth haed a moral for listeners. Edwin Stiven h
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
he drills etc - all good for moral - keep safe guys n mon the b (2020) twitter link

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
r time tae write, Tibur wis a moral perspective, the gowden scale on page 101
on that in tryin tae avoid ae moral faut fuils juist end up daein on page 110
gif only oor moral language hud a term tae heeze on page 118

3 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
n a richt-like wey wi a whein moral mindins. on page 138
intil the inequalities, baith moral an ti dae wi siller, at's sha on page 142

2 matches

Edinburgh

Smith, Jamie O pigs and dugs: what for dae we treat them sae different?, (Mak Forrit 2024) Central - Edinburgh, blog
ursel whether it’s richt in moral terms tae kill an animal that
ursel whether it’s richt in moral terms tae kill an animal that
2 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
Thir's a moral tae that story, bit ah cannae on page 88
h," said the Duchess: "an the moral ae that is-'Oh, 'tis love, 't on page 89
r," said the Duchess; "an the moral ae that is-'Be whit ye wid se on page 90

9 matches

Bennett, Peter nobody remembers the birdman - Stovies, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
ink's right an hopin that yer moral compass disnae let ye doon. on page 12

1 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
cey. A kin obviously take the moral superiority cos A'm no a daft on page 6

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Carpe Diem, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
fuckin cauld up there oan the moral high grun.’ ah sais, ragin
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Wan Goal tae the Good, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
otest, tell her naw; impose a moral code oan her that ah don’t
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Stovies, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
k’s right an hopin that yer moral compass disnae let ye doon.
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
talk. I cannae tell whit the moral o that is-but I'll mind it in on page 44

8 matches

Wilson, Rab Lallans 70 - Carnegie, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
Adoptin yer heich carpin moral tone,
1 matches

General Central

Scottish Parliament Scots Leids Bill – Stage 1 Report, (The Scottish Parliament 2024) Central, government
"We hae a moral dutie tae recognise them [the on page 8

2 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 58 - The Dumb Jyner, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
"The moral o the story, ma frien, is thi on page 65

1 matches

Matheson, Ann Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
are kittlet up wi bangstrie, moral blackmail, incest or plain il on page 90

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 67 - In Search o Robert Henrysoun, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
I was stertin tae jalouse a moral in this fable, on page 123

1 matches

MacKenzie, Douglas Eemis Stane 1 - Puir Finch, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, poetry
Could she address this moral teacher, on page 13

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Eemis Stane 1 - Ye’re Still Here? It’s Ower. Gang Hame., (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
at an lat on tae ken whit the moral o the thing wis! Better aff h on page 24

1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 74 - Burns an the Dictionar o the Scots Leid, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
e rigs wi Annie, extollin the moral virtues o a ‘Cotter’s Sat
1 matches

Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
otional, aesthetic, social an moral development;
1 matches

Donati, Colin Universal Declaration o Human Richts, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Central, government
e richt til the haining o the moral and material interests that r
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Smeddum o Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
ience in sair-wechtit dule, o moral and spiritual stoicism and fo
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Maitland Quarto and Poem 49, (wee-windaes.nls.uk 2021) Central, prose
tland, while ithers engage wi moral and romantic themes.
1 matches

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
s himself sae get Catholic an moral (forbye pro-life, sin votes o(2020)
aw a factor at some point not Moral Relativism? I may be talking,(2020)

@rattlecans tweeted
tzpatr13 Those of us who seek moral absolution no where the chape (2022) twitter link

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
cannae tell ee whit th moral o that is, but Ah'll remember on page 88
ugh," said th Duchess: "an th moral o that is - 'Och, eet's love on page 89
ee," said th Duchess; "an th moral o that is - 'B' whit ee woul on page 90

8 matches

Purves, David Lallans 59 - Five Poems frae the Chinese o Po Chu-I, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
wes namelie an haed a strang moral element: he attacked the gree
1 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
ae tell yae jest noo what the moral o that 1s, but A'll mine it i on page 89
o," said the Duchess: "an the moral o that is-'Oh, it's love, tha on page 90
meddle o hir favourite wurd "moral" an the airm that wus linkt i on page 91

8 matches

General Ulster

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
ye see this wee rhyme haes a moral on page 20
Noo the moral o this rhyming story, on page 58

2 matches