Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'shadda'

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Use in varieties of Scots

shadda	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	11.2	36	19
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A	39.2	12	6
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen	47.4	4	2
DOR - General Northern	8.9	2	2
NEC - North East Central	46.4	1	1
SEC - (South) East Central	12.8	5	2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh	31.4	5	2
GLA - Glasgow	5.4	1	1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central	8	6	6
SEA - South East (Borders)
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 shadda 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

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
h fuspered, noticin the daark shadda at hid faen ower is face an k on page 66
des o skin; wee potties o eye shadda; coontless lipsticks - shiny on page 83

2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Doric Gruffalo's Bairn, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1785300691) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
A fearsome shadda drapt ower the grun. on page 23

1 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
fowk att sat i the placie o e shadda o daith, a bricht licht will on page 10
chest will come ower ye lik a shadda, an for att rizzin e haily ba on page 80
ikkin, a clood cam an keess a shadda ower them. They were feert as on page 96

3 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
e's as unpopular aiven is ain shadda's refusin te follae im aroon. on page 9

1 matches

Thom, Bill The Quait Chiel, (Tapsalteerie 2013 ISBN: 9780992663100) Doric - Banff, poetry
Oot o darkness there cam a shadda, on page 8

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
s teem forbyes the kitchie in shadda , lowpin wi fire an caunlelich
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
atour the quarry's face, its shadda faain on the lochan like a de
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Bulletbroo, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ig Heed!” and made a show o shadda boxin.
1 matches

Irvine, Owen Eldritch Story, (The Gaudie 2018) Doric - Banff, weans
corner o’ his een he saw a shadda creepin ower the waw. “come
1 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 84 - Jamie’s Day Oot, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
it Ah eesed ti be. Ah'm but a shadda o misel.' Jamie gied a laach. on page 44

2 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 75 - The Petrol Tanker, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Doric, prose
da cantrips went aboot like a shadda , hardly gien ye the time o da
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 63 - Shelts, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Doric, prose
Syne a shadda fell ower his face, like Cous
1 matches

General Northern

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
the shadda 0 mortality hingin owre wis a on page 10

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 81 - Pyntin the Been, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
s dined weel wis noo awa ti a shadda; he compleened o dammerin hei on page 8

1 matches

North East Central

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
feart o the wund and his ain shadda. on page 5

1 matches

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
Like the nicht hud a daurker shadda shiftin in it. on page 1

2 matches

Hubbard, Tom Minoritie Status, (Tapsalteerie 2017) Central - Kirkcaldy, poetry
Shadda on page 24
And the shadda shauchles aff frae my fuitste on page 25

2 matches

Hubbard, Tom Scottish Faust: Poems and Ballads of Eldritch Lore, (Kettillonia 2004) Central, poetry
The shadda o the wuddy athort his pad.
1 matches

Edinburgh

McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
11. The Shaped Shadda on page 112

3 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ike as gin they’d creatit a shadda Beatrice, a lassie mair prese
insult that kests a backwart shadda ower the hale exrelationship.
2 matches

Glasgow

Bolland, John A Chocolate Cowboy, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2008) Central, prose
n paintit great deep plates o shadda intae corners, back greens, c
1 matches

General Central

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
's worn saft. Lairgs wisn the shadda o a fecht.' on page 14

1 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
rees and lowpin oot on Pooh's shadda when it wisna lookin, said th on page 22

1 matches

Morning, Carey Neeps and Tatties, (self-published 2020) Central, weans
They trauchled in the shadda o the wa they'd made. on page 21

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
shauchle intae shadda on page 40

1 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 61 - Glesca dialeck i the modren warld, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
ent at's boun tae cast a lang shadda is free nursery schuil provei on page 9

1 matches

Ewen, Allan Review: Saltire: Invasioun, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
split intae the ‘Hielands o Shadda ’ an the ‘Valleys o Licht�
1 matches