Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'puppy'

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Use in varieties of Scots

puppy	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	12.5	40	13
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)	246.1	7	1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A	9.8	3	1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen	23.7	2	1
DOR - General Northern	17.7	4	3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	5.1	2	1
WCE - West Central	9.2	2	1
DUN - Dundee	10.6	1	1
EDN - Edinburgh	6.3	1	1
GLA - Glasgow	32.6	6	1
AYR - Ayrshire	52.4	4	1
LAL - General Central	1.3	1	1
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)
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 puppy 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.

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
An enormous puppy wis lookan doon at her wi bee on page 38
stick, an held id oot till e puppy: whereupon e puppy Jumped int on page 39
red an oot o brith, an till e puppy's bark sounded quieter in e d on page 40

7 matches

Mid Northern A

@DoricPhrases tweeted
run which means when a dog/puppy runs around in an "unsound of(2017)
ndly sponsored her an tae her puppy walker Julie. Yeve made sic(2019)

Aberdeen

Uri, Antonia The birds an the bees, (Mak Forrit 2018) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
haein a snooze wi a labrador puppy
haein a snooze wi a labrador puppy
2 matches

General Northern

Cameron, Douglas Tales Fae The Doric Side - Ma New Dug, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
a "puppy-sit" he caad it on page 46

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Tales Fae The Doric Side - Mabel, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
h cudna tak it in - it wis a puppy I'd bin needin. Mam an Dad ji on page 91

1 matches

@cligeey tweeted
nae mair pictures o gin jist puppy(2020)

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ae gold ah'm huddin this tiny puppy in ma airms. And it's starin on page 150
ly went in fur a cheap bag ae puppy pads and ah've came oot a hun on page 151

2 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
en's determint she's gettin a puppy fur Christmas. She's been nip on page 169

2 matches

Dundee

Kerr, Oliwia, Sarah and Amber Fiona and the Ring, (Scots Hoose 2017) Doric, weans
sudden, oot o naewhere, a wee puppy appeared.
1 matches

Edinburgh

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
omed throwback memory tae his puppy days, likes. When his regular
1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
A gigantic puppy wis lookin doon at her wae bi on page 40
stick, an held it oot tae the puppy: then the puppy jumped intae on page 41
n the thistle again: then the puppy stairtit a series ae wee char on page 42

6 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
A muckle great puppy-dug wis luikin doun at her wi on page 39
peared on the ither side, the puppy-dug made anither breenge at t on page 40
en an oot o puff, an till the puppy-dug's bark wis faur ahint her on page 41

4 matches

General Central

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
when yir puppy licks yir face on page 47

1 matches

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
A muckle puppy was lookin doon at hur wi big on page 39
stick, an held eet oot tae th puppy: tae which th puppy Jumped in on page 40
d an oot o breeth, an till th puppy's bark soonded gie faint in t on page 41

7 matches