Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'stain'

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Use in varieties of Scots

stain	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	8.1	26	18
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A	9.8	3	1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	7.7	3	2
WCE - West Central	4.6	1	1
DUN - Dundee	10.6	1	1
EDN - Edinburgh	31.4	5	4
GLA - Glasgow	10.9	2	2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central	10.7	8	6
SEA - South East (Borders)	12.5	1	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)	176.7	2	1
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 stain in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Hutchison, Pat Angels Ten, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
her didna like the dark broon stain on the inside. She said it lo
r. She tried sair tae get the stain oot but nithing she could dee
it. But onywye it wiz aricht stain or no and I wore it in the wi
3 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
n be friends with him. He's a stain on society." Ah mean, dinnae on page 69
bastard in the motor leavin a stain in his psyche. Ah Stare doon on page 153

2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 117, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
hat's our besetting sin—the stain —the fruit-maele o the origi
1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
harlene had a big brown sauce stain right under her chin an she d on page 149

1 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
pent it, varnish it, stain it on page 37

1 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger The Flemings o’ Dalnoid, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
An' tears stain the ground,
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
linen tableclaith, an a reid stain spreid ootower it.
1 matches

Monahan Brown, Ricky Dùn Èideann, (The Scores 2020) Central, prose
re sturdy, muted structures o stain that spoke o a permanence he
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
builder rooond and this wank stain hus scored fuck aw. Then the
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 5, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
�’ he tells me, appearin aw stain faced
1 matches

Glasgow

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Thare's the stain whaur the Wee Wan spilt some on page 131

1 matches

Bolland, John A Chocolate Cowboy, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2008) Central, prose
, nae stars, jist a port-wine stain disfigurement o light fae the
1 matches

General Central

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
n awfy watery broon hot toddy stain at the top o them. Ah hink ah on page 118

1 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
Dishonour's stain he'll help eradicate. on page 22

1 matches

Facebook link (Changed Times Historical Novel By Ethyl Smith 2022) Central
felt a shiver when ah saw the stain an whit it representit. An th
the left o the photies is the stain . Bottom middle is the stane w

Donovan, Anne Hieroglyphics and Other Stories - All that Glistens, (Canongate 2004 ISBN: 1841955191) Central, prose
over where there’s a coffee stain that ma ma canny wash oot. He
1 matches

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
new socks wioot the caffeine stain an in richtfu fit a colours?(2020)
ye but a body noticed the tea stain!(2020)

@ThonJacobite tweeted
food aff the grill as if its stain cauld. She even took a tea ba(2020)

South East (Borders)

@jamie_ginger tweeted
deangillan1 Wat a fuckin wank stain. How ee could do that to a ch(2019)

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Yince mair thut stain oo sorra heavin. on page 30

2 matches