Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'unicorn'

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Use in varieties of Scots

unicorn	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	18.4	59	7
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B	131	1	1
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern	93	21	1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	76.7	30	1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central	5.3	4	2
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)	41.7	3	2
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)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of unicorn in Corpus

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Mid Northern B

@McGoo1888 tweeted
rath...free Scotland come oan Unicorn break those chains (look at y (2022) twitter link

General Northern

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
The Lion an the Unicorn on page 90
"Atweel, the Lion an the Unicorn, in course," said the Keing. on page 95
jist aan, an the Lion an the Unicorn dvstit doun, pechin, file the on page 97
ferlies fae fables!" said the Unicorn. "Ts it leivin?" on page 98
e black bun, aal mannie!" the Unicorn heild on, turnin fae her tae on page 99
Also on pages 100, 101
21 matches

(South) East Central

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
The Unicorn an the Circus on page 97
ion frae the Queen," said the unicorn. on page 98
op, it wisna big enough fer a unicorn. He started fleein roond an r on page 99
. unless they came an saw the unicorn fer themsels. on page 100
y laughed. An that is how the Unicorn wis allowed tae join the circ on page 101

30 matches

General Central

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
The Lion An The Unicorn on page 26

3 matches

@LairnScots tweeted
alang tae the Peppa's Bonnie Unicorn event oan Saturday 7th March (2020) twitter link

South West (Galloway)

Tindal, Betty Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
Glimpsing the Unicorn on page 155

2 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
Whit if the Unicorn coud spik? on page 78

1 matches