Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'smart'

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Use in varieties of Scots

smart	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	13	43	29
ORK - Orkney	19.9	2	2
SHD - Shetland	5.8	1	1
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	8.9	2	2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	12.9	5	3
WCE - West Central	44.4	10	4
DUN - Dundee	10.6	1	1
EDN - Edinburgh	18.6	3	2
GLA - Glasgow	40.2	8	6
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central	10.5	8	7
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)	27.9	2	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 smart 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
ls aal thowt that the boy wis smart ~ hid he been a lass, they wi on page 77

1 matches

Miller, Alison Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, prose
r hivwvens sek pit by yir new smart phone! on page 89

1 matches

Shetland

Priest, Ena Bonxie Geo, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
er. Mansie hed tae act braaly smart if he wanted tae gyit da spar
1 matches

Mid Northern A

@DoricPhrases tweeted
e, min - English: You're not smart/wise, man (Many thanks to the(2014)

General Northern

@beast_afc tweeted
r. @CormackDavie needs tae be smart and appeal only a couple tae (2020)

@cligeey tweeted
@advancedref Smart min(2020)

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
tle, blockin the lane. Fuckin smart fur dumb cunts, they twa. Yin on page 1

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
had. Aw it takes is fur some smart erse tae come along and tell on page 18

1 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
it’s gonnae prove tae be a smart choice he made. By bringin me
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
its ready to play - well the smart ones will lol (2020) twitter link
opinion on something and some smart arse talks down to you with s (2021) twitter link

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
orpark, she's been pure actin smart. on page 28
wuv aw been tolt tae dress up smart an ditch wur trainers. The ti on page 33
when she wisnae tryin tae act smart. Ah also felt sorry fur her c on page 82
ried aboot. Don't try an be a smart cookie, she said, It disnae s on page 135
aid he thought Chns wis actin smart because he'd took ae stretch on page 169

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
The smart-arsed big baw-heid, he'll get on page 117

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Wha's Like Us?, (Bella Caledonia 2017) Central - Bellshill, blog
r vote will pan oot, cept the smart money is on it matterin no wa
1 matches

Philips, Cally Wha's feart o' the library?, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Turriff, prose
made a decision. Cud huv been smart , cud huv been ma undaein’ b
1 matches

Philips, Cally Jings, crivens, help ma Boab, it’s independence!, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Turriff, prose
ays thocht that he wis a fair smart guy Alec, an’ it mak’s me
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
hown themsels tae be devilish smart, but on page 98

1 matches

Edinburgh

Docherty, John F. Lallans 81 - Lang Summer Days, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
up oan tae a hanger. They wir smart an they had great hair, dark on page 76

2 matches

Higgs, Jo The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols, (berfrois 2022) Central - Edinburgh, prose
tool. Ah’m no sayin it wiz smart nor wiz it kind but it wiz ce
1 matches

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
e should see him, up there aw smart, crooning away, his blue eyes on page 2

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
cannae come back wi somethin smart. Sounds ay cars oan the grave on page 3

2 matches

Kennedy, Julie Ma Mum and William Wordsworth, (Howkin Words Press 2024 ISBN: 978-1399988971) Central, prose
"My, you're a smart girl, she says lookin away fa on page 15

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Not Scotland, (Edinburgh International Book Festival 2010) Central - Glasgow, prose
organised – neat furniture, smart towels, everythin orderly –
1 matches

Bennett, Peter McShane's Reprieve, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
asel up ‘. . .yer clearly a smart man. Ye’ve obviously been s
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part one of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
‘Bloody smart arse, eh? It is your bloody f
1 matches

Geraghty, Martin 378, (TheCommonBreath.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
Less ae yir cheek smart -arse. You tell me how to sort
1 matches

General Central

Clark, Thomas Diary o a Wimpy Wean, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785302145) Central, weans
Ma Da's deid smart abot a ton o tings, but when on page 25

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Matthew Fitt: a word aboot 'bad' language, (Scottish Book Trust 2021) Central, blog
e wey back tae the days afore smart phones or phones or even the
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Maitland Quarto and Poem 49, (wee-windaes.nls.uk 2021) Central, prose
‘unhappie wemen’ would ‘smart [hurt]’ nae langer, but ‘
1 matches

Wilson, Rab A centre of undeemous excellence fir Scots leid, (The National 2017) Central, newspaper
lear that can be accessed via Smart -Boards or doun-loadit tae gie
1 matches

@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
@jjs999jjs Smart but a fud, how I survive is a(2020)
@jjs999jjs ?? Yer too smart for me ya know.(2020)

@changed_days tweeted
@AVK1972 So Ivor could be a smart dug, or a fuckin pussy? Mad h (2021) twitter link

@LowEndJardo tweeted
erday n its actual the asda smart price cola ae fags (2021) twitter link

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
The weather's smart! The weather's boss! We'll le on page 77

1 matches

McDonald, Hamish The Girnin Gates - Chapter 12, (Itchy Coo 2003) Central, prose
"Right then smart -chops, tell mi, whit's that w
1 matches