Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'trash'

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Use in varieties of Scots

trash	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	3.9	13	10
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland	5.8	1	1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	2.4	1	1
WCE - West Central	22.2	5	2
DUN - Dundee	10.6	1	1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central	3.9	3	3
SEA - South East (Borders)	12.1	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)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)	35.7	1	1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of trash in Corpus

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Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
why I flit, ta get awa fae da trash nixt door at wis traetenin me on page 27

1 matches

(South) East Central

Grubb, Adrian Bungee, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Kirkcaldy, prose
ye' cos a didny want tae deek trash .
1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
aid, We're stramash we're not trash not some schemers on the run. on page 115
ola. We're Stramash we're No, trash, said Chris, Not some SCHEMIE on page 116
We're Stramash, we're not trash, not some schemies on the ran on page 117
m anybody that lives there is trash. Ah don't know whit thir daei on page 169

4 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Those 'A' List bonkin trailer trash, on page 46

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
ae need tae tak tent o siccan trash. The ill effects o this in bi on page 20

1 matches

General Central

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
Ye're scum, ye're trash, ye're oot ma life, an never on page 48

1 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
ae a young age. White folk ur trash.(2020)

@DABArbuckle tweeted
used tae cry 'inbred trailer trash'.(2020)

South East (Borders)

Stevenson, Gerda Cat Wumman: Tales O Nine Lives - The Witch, (Luath 2025 ISBN: 978-1804252420) Central - Peebles, prose
afore she bokes oot ony mair trash, I grup her fit, an pull her on page 46

1 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
Awa fae tinsel trash an greed, on page 28

1 matches