Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'tricks'

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Use in varieties of Scots

tricks	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	12	40	32
ORK - Orkney	9.9	1	1
SHD - Shetland	11.6	2	2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)	35.2	1	1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A	9.8	3	2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen	31.5	3	2
DOR - General Northern	26.6	6	6
NEC - North East Central	45.9	1	1
SEC - (South) East Central	12.2	5	4
WCE - West Central	8.9	2	2
DUN - Dundee	10.6	1	1
EDN - Edinburgh	12.4	2	2
GLA - Glasgow	5.1	1	1
AYR - Ayrshire	10.7	1	1
LAL - General Central	9.2	7	5
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)	31.4	1	1
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)	58.1	1	1
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 tricks in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
the craa wis back up tae his tricks. on page 16

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Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
it til a laerned him twartree tricks, if-if ony I'd a been da rich on page 42

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Watt, Valerie Cheerio for eenoo . . ., (Shetland Times 2011) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
ves hiv come on wi dir trowie tricks . If a peerie trow jumps oot a
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North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
should hev lecked teachan id tricks awful much, if-if A'd only be on page 40

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Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
lly's, fur Isie wis ay full o tricks , ye niver weariet lang in her
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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
nin new dugs tae perform auld tricks . Pat Duguid wis a pouerfu chi
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Tarrarra boomby ae, This is my dying day, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
e him fae abeen. Sound playin tricks ?
1 matches

Aberdeen

Morrison Murray, Harold Doric, Historic and Humorous, (Peters and Sons 2024) Doric, poetry
Bit tricks there are in every trade on page 11

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - TROUBLE WI WITTGENSTEIN, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
er. A fair fecht, min' - nae tricks. Ah'd be richt gled tae bash on page 89

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 83 - Dunnottar, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
�Munro, is that you up ti yer tricks ? Ah’ll hae yer guts for thi
1 matches

General Northern

Johnston, Mary Lallans 82 - Life Spang, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
aye supposed ti be deein daft tricks an pu'in faces tae mak fowk l on page 26

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Leslie, Deborah Tales Fae The Doric Side - Mabel, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
"Foo's tricks, Callum. Gey big news, eh?" H on page 93

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Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Fan Mr F. performs his tricks doon at i'beach on page 133

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Murdoch, Steve Lallans 63 - Poacher, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
cht, he kent yer een can play tricks sae he ettled tae tak a bette
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@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
press Nae doot uptae his auld tricks, thon loon hiz previous o s(2018)

@fittiecrooners tweeted
in or Bert is up tae his auld tricks again! ????#fittie(2017)

North East Central

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
n the haill wide warld, how's tricks?" said Diomedes when Hercules on page 34

1 matches

(South) East Central

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
The lapdug's tricks did his maister please on page 19

2 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 61 - The Mass Jack, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
Yin o the tricks Cherlie had learnt me, an the on page 86

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
rn. Auld dug, see. Still, new tricks. on page 1

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Malgrati, Paul Ayont the Fake and the Leal: Let's Free the Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
ics whin aabody kens the auld tricks an scances ilka flaws o yers
1 matches

West Central

Neill, Willie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern, poetry
Nou they play lounfu tricks when the daurk hides thaim, on page 129

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
s seeckened wi aa their dirty tricks; on page 79

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
Ane o the great tricks o the time at sic events wis on page 126

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Edinburgh

Docherty, John F. Lallans 81 - Lang Summer Days, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
wi great muscles. He wid dae tricks fur us. An before he did a tr on page 76

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Smith, Jamie O pigs and dugs: what for dae we treat them sae different?, (Mak Forrit 2024) Central - Edinburgh, blog
heir tails whan happy and dae tricks . (They’re juist pink dugs,
1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
e been able tae teach it some tricks, if-if ah'd only been size en on page 42

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Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
fair liked tae learn it some tricks, sae I wad--gin I'd only been on page 41

1 matches

General Central

McGregor, Iain Lallans 90 - Sally, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
y cam fae a circus, sae daein tricks in the watter wisnae bi-ordin on page 63

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Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
ted. 'I want ane that can dae tricks!' on page 127

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Clark, Thomas Diary o a Wimpy Wean, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785302145) Central, weans
bad, cause I can uise aw the tricks on him that Rodrick pulls on on page 19

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Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
is in the hoose an daen caird tricks fur me an Thomas, an ma daddy on page 44

3 matches

Facebook link ( 2019) Central
In his box o tricks ye'll find rose watter, hazel

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
should hae lik'd teachin eet tricks gie much, if-if Ah'd only bin on page 41

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Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
d love tae hae bin teachin it tricks, if-if A had only bin the ric on page 42

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Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Millar, Al Echas frae tha Big Swilly Swally, (Ullans Speakers Association 2023 ISBN: 978-0957666238) Ulster, poetry
Wi sleekit tricks. on page 59

1 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Dornan, Stephen Ode Tae 2021 , (twitter 2022) Ulster - Comber, poetry
politeecians still got up tae tricks .
1 matches