Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'turtle'

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Use in varieties of Scots

turtle	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	109.1	364	12
ORK - Orkney	9.9	1	1
SHD - Shetland	348.7	60	1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)	2074.7	59	1
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
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow	312.6	61	2
AYR - Ayrshire	651.3	61	1
LAL - General Central	2.6	2	2
SEA - South East (Borders)	714.6	59	1
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)	1851.6	59	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
SYN - Synthetic (no region)	18.2	1	1

Occurrences of turtle in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
I set tae wi the turtle wax and upholstery shampoo. on page 41

1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
Da Mock Turtle's Tale o it on page 89
ta Alice, "Is du seen da Mock Turtle yit?" on page 93
n tak dis lass ta see da Mock Turtle, an ta hear his history. I ha on page 94
een far afore dey saa da Mock Turtle, a piece aff, sittin lonly an on page 95
us' in English," said da Mock Turtle, tirn: "du's truly no aafil c on page 96
Also on pages 97, 98, 99, 100, 102, 103, 104, 106, 107, 125, 126
60 matches

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
E Mock Turtle's Story on page 85
ll Alice, "Hev ee seen e Mock Turtle yit?" on page 89
one far afore they saw e Mock Turtle in e distance, sittan sad an on page 90
So they went up till e Mock Turtle, who looked at them wi beeg e on page 91
onstant heavy sobban o e Mock Turtle. Alice wis awful near gettan on page 92
Also on pages 93, 94, 95, 96, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 120
59 matches

Mid Northern A

@FaeFoggie tweeted
y wee mannie wis like a blate turtle. Div yi ken fit hotel yir in.(2019)

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
The Mock Turtle's Story on page 87
Alice, "Hiv ye seen the Mock Turtle yit?" on page 91
s wee lassie tae see the Mock Turtle, an tae hear his history. Ah' on page 92
So they went up tae the Mock Turtle, who looked at them wae big e on page 93
"Wancee," said the Mock Turtle finally, wae a deep sigh, "Aw on page 94
Also on pages 95, 96, 97, 98, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 122, 123
59 matches

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
hit is she comparin me tae? A turtle? Whaur wid a turtle be withoo on page 1

2 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
The Mock Turtle s Tale on page 44

61 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
ies and a green papingo and a turtle and a bool o gowdfish and a c on page 127

1 matches

Holton, Brian Lallans 67 - The Nine Sangs: Brian Holton, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
striddlin the white turtle, ay, huntin sprecklt fish on page 28

1 matches

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
Th Mock Turtle's Story on page 87
Ahlice, "Hae ee sein th Mock Turtle yet?" on page 91
ot far afore they saw th Mock Turtle in th distanee, sittin glum a on page 92
Sae they went up tae th Mock Turtle, whae looked at thum wi muckl on page 93
hlice. "Ee did," said th Mock Turtle. on page 93
Also on pages 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 104, 105, 123, 124
59 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
The Mock Turtle's Story on page 88
Alice "Hae yae seen the Mock Turtle yit?" on page 92
t far afore they saw the Mock Turtle a brev bit frae thim, sittin on page 93
awa they went up tae the Mock Turtle, wha lukt at thim wi big waat on page 94
"Yae did," said the Mock Turtle. on page 95
Also on pages 96, 97, 98, 99, 101, 102, 103, 105, 106, 124, 125
59 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
d tae offer a secryfice o twa turtle doos or twa young pïgeons. on page 72

1 matches