Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'pier'

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Use in varieties of Scots

pier	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	13.1	42	18
ORK - Orkney	99.4	10	5
SHD - Shetland	40.7	7	4
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A	16.3	5	1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern	44.3	10	3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee	42.5	4	1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central	2.7	2	2
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)	55.6	4	2
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 pier 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.

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
abster and the bus up fae the pier. on page 20
ered as I draigged him up the pier. on page 21
in the folk aal dancan on the pier. on page 29
Fished mackerel doon at Scapa pier, on page 71

4 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
ng's waatchan the fock on the pier fae the transport - on page 9
es ower the skitey deck o the pier. Thay waatch the gadjets hurl on page 47

2 matches

Cormack, Kevin Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
t'waard the pier - on page 3

1 matches

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
heeded doon twaard the pier, the blue - on page 30

1 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
wartime wire, waakan doon the pier - scared on page 13

1 matches

Grieve, Issy Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
bit didna set feet on the pier. on page 32

1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
year eftir at he fell ower da pier, foo a drink, an drooned." on page 20
ne year aald. Slippit ower da pier. Jessie wis i da horrors a dr on page 44

2 matches

Jamieson, Robert Alan Lallans 58 - Eicht poems bi Robert Alan Jamieson, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
Da pier swæjies, unjieldin, on page 27

1 matches

Cumming, John Da Whillie, (Shetland For Wirds 2010) Shetland, prose
Haven an left her tied tae da pier ; spak tae da costgaird on da
yun, we were steamin intae da pier at Blacksness i da mirknen. I
2 matches

De Luca, Christine Thule Revisited, (Shetland For Wirds 2007) Shetland, poetry
e'd sprit tae beat dem tae da pier , watch
1 matches

De Luca, Christine Smootie gengs ta Lerrick, (SCOTS corpus 2003) Shetland - Bressay, weans
At da pier Smootie waited fur da ferryma
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
we run thi rope up ontae thi pier. A got a curn lad's tae hud t on page 21
eren wid mak a B Line ben thi pier straicht fur thi shore. Oot c on page 28
hee roar's oot, "Lowering the pier's, yea on page 29

5 matches

General Northern

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
ck nichts ye peer oot fae the pier at seas ye canna see but hear on page 10

8 matches

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
n nae lang waaalks aff a sma' pier fur yersel' loon.(2015)

@fittiecrooners tweeted
tching fish fer ma tea at the pier the nicht!(2016)

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
al an their appearance on the pier at Leith, tae tak the ferry o on page 25
sand bank opposite the Craig Pier. He pit up mair sail when som on page 92
lery jist alangside the Craig Pier in Dundee in a lang low-roofi on page 93
an began tae row awa fae the pier. Ithers sprintit awa up the w on page 94

4 matches

General Central

Donati, Colin The Student and the Pawnwife , (Itchy Coo 2003 ISBN: 978-1902927817) Central, prose
sser wi a keekin-gless in the pier atween the windaes, chairs al on page 137

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
time o our lives oan Central Pier that night, skippin our way a on page 31

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
barracks, ferm toun, steamer, pier, on page 30
daes aff an fae the strand an pier on page 32

2 matches

Ross, Derek Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
lean oan the rail o the auld pier, on page 201

2 matches