Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'tunes'

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Use in varieties of Scots

tunes	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	20	64	36
ORK - Orkney	39.7	4	2
SHD - Shetland	23.2	4	4
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A	32.7	10	3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern	35.4	8	5
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	20.5	8	5
WCE - West Central	36.8	8	5
DUN - Dundee	21.2	2	1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow	16.3	3	2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central	17.4	13	8
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)	13.9	1	1
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)	31.4	1	1
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	28.1	2	2
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of tunes in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
d player wheezed and spat the tunes o Jimmy Shand. on page 3
toe is tappan as the stirran tunes are played. on page 37

2 matches

Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
ns hunders, if no thoosands o tunes. Thir aa stored in his heed a on page 48

2 matches

Shetland

Williamson, Christie Da windirs o technology, (The Bottle Imp 2019) Shetland - Yell, poetry
purl in, tedderin tunes
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Back tae trowie schul, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
n of coorse, dey learn trowie tunes , trowie dance steps, trow lit
1 matches

@Julie_Dennison tweeted
nds afore dey played any o da tunes ?? #PointlessCelebrities (2019) twitter link

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
ere's great musicians sharing tunes online to keep us cheery ?? a(2020)

Mid Northern A

Thom, Bill The Quait Chiel, (Tapsalteerie 2013 ISBN: 9780992663100) Doric - Banff, poetry
He said tae Wull, "Some tunes A'll play, on page 23
Wullie kent a good few tunes - on page 26

2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
beasts. He anely fussled twa tunes did Spikk, Katy Beardie and t
Mattha Bruce widna pitch his tunes sae low,' Minnie heard Mrs Ba
h, an roon. He didna ken mony tunes , bit then neither did the con
he favourites, mebbe a dizzen tunes at maist. The pye wis sma, bi
4 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
Tunes her nicht-time note. Syne wi
1 matches

Johnston, Mary Lallans 81 - A Day at Edinbro Feestival, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric, prose
ookin at fowk. Ey played some tunes on a fussle like thing, steed
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
t their nebs, an wheeplit wee tunes tee them Syne aff he’d merc
ce, tae daunce tae the bonnie tunes that floatit up tae his misty
2 matches

General Northern

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
n mair tae me than jist gweed tunes | like tae sing. on page 10

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
echt or yowl or sing daft wee tunes an lowp in an ooto skippin to on page 51

2 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
auld tunes an if Jonsar wisnae dancin he
1 matches

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
g chat like? Whaurs e rockin' tunes ken?(2016)
ma lugs in yer awfa awfa guid tunes the nicht! #AuralSex(2016)
ne Clara pumpin the #crimbo tunes oan @originalfm #Aha Sun ni(2018)

@72redz1903 tweeted
Aye right - een or twa good tunes but overall a useless exercis (2020) twitter link

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
illin oot. Listenin tae a few tunes, ever since. It's no the same on page 143
he DJ cranked up the deafenin tunes ae Calvin Harris. Some folk h on page 167

2 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 62 - The Cairryin Stream o Tradeetion, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
t and drap graith o sangs and tunes and convoy them alang on its
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 177, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
manuals), new lyrics tae auld tunes , (Ban Polaris, Hallelujah), f
1 matches

Lamb, Darcie T in the Park, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Kirkcaldy, prose
A've been brocht up wae their tunes . A felt fair emotional when A
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 119, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
ell Polka an ither weel loved tunes playin canny like in the back
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
aw music these days. Ah mean, tunes tae slit yur wrists tae, ken?
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
stening to some early morning tunes - mud - the cat crept in - (2020) twitter link

West Central

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 59 - Rants and Foys, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
ear a haill variorum o sangs, tunes an crack at a festival, muisi on page 56

4 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ddin away tae her weirdo goth tunes, whilst flickin through a cop on page 169

1 matches

Hardie, George Lallans 76 - Tammy an the Cheese Plant, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
can play happy tunes on yer Jewish piana.”
1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Tasteless, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Saltcoats, prose
istine whin it comes tae guid tunes . A 'hink she jist waants a gu
1 matches

Sands, Finn THE GHAISTLY FITBAW MATCH, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
oon. He was listening tae his tunes . The music wis roakin his sou
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
MsM (a name fer a band whause tunes are dreck?) are aye tellin us on page 11

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
the dockside tae play popular tunes as they set aff. On board the on page 32

1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
We're listenin tae tunes comin fae the tinny speaker i on page 16
lin merry n A'm singin Orange tunes. - on page 41

2 matches

Bennett, Peter Carpe Diem, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
k aboot when it comes tae his tunes , the waiy it should be, know
1 matches

General Central

Douglas, Ashley The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - Sweet Sang o the Widd, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
he lay there. He kent aw the tunes that weel he couldnae get the on page 104

1 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 67 - William Motherwell (1797 - 1836), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
it tae the singers' swatches. Tunes were sindle times prentit, ha on page 69

4 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 58 - The Sang o the Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
reet, an haes forbye pit fine tunes tae the wirds o Angus poets l on page 77

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 59 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central, newspaper
lans 63 (The Daftie names his tunes ) wis statit ti be frae Le Tes
1 matches

Dempster, Michael DIGNITY, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
tunes
1 matches

@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
@rainbowsr4shar1 your tunes are amazing the night Sandra (2020)

@jamieonkeys tweeted
Made charts for a few of my tunes. Ony jazzers oot there can do(2019)

@jax6754 tweeted
ma ane, a listen tae ma fave tunes? xxx(2014)
eavey or put oan some calming tunes X(2015)

@fourmenterian tweeted
@verlaine101 Fitba' tunes https://t.co/WVwpx2FsPk(2020)

South West (Galloway)

Evie OOR WULLIE’S SEASON’S GREET, (Largs Writers Group 2015) Central - Largs, prose
played some rollickin moothie-tunes tae waarm the coackles and ge
1 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Cartmill, Claire Three score years an ten, (Ballymoney and Moyle Times 2014) Ulster, newspaper
Oul tunes I hear delicht my ear... the
1 matches

General Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
here ir the wurds set tae the tunes they maide fer thaim. Langsin on page 30

1 matches

@TheFarrierPhil tweeted
@kerry_mclean Some crackin' tunes the day for driving along too (2021) twitter link