Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

aged	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	16.9	23.5	7.4	19.9	0	20.7	0
Number of occurrences	56	47	5	2	0	2	0
Number of authors	28	20	4	2		2

Occurrences of aged in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 82 - Joco Geordie, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
hilp passed awa lest Novembar aged 81, no sic a lang life bi the on page 10

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
lit kitchen windae, a middle-aged wummin stauns waashin dishes on page 1

1 matches

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
aund like gairds pertectin an aged saicret on page 11

1 matches

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
ations. There's a photie o me aged fower taen ootside the Nurser on page 23

3 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
semi circle an wait. A middle aged nurse, a wee wumman wi huge e on page 3

2 matches

Scottish Parliament Scots Leids Bill – Stage 1 Report, (The Scottish Parliament 2024) Central, government
n' anither leid. 94.5% o thon aged 3 and aulder said that their on page 6

3 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
the seat. Oot comes a middle aged elegant looking boay wae read on page 52

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
t twa hunner and fifty bairns aged fae five tae jist unner twelv on page 60

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
s yin had the body o a middle-aged mannie that had died in an ac on page 110

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
id doon the River Cart. He is aged between twelve and fourteen y on page 133
wan's thir cousin an thir aw aged between fourteen an seventeen on page 169

2 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
ueen o Scotland an the Isles (aged 25) on page 14

7 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 61 - Glesca dialeck i the modren warld, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
culty gettin thrang wi middle-aged men. Houanever Ah hung in. It on page 9

1 matches

Hardie, George Lallans 67 - Ane Amang Monie, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central - Hamilton, poetry
1st Batt. Gordon Highlanders, aged twinty, was lost athoot trace on page 143

1 matches

Scottish Parliament Gaelic and Scots in Scotland: Whit daes the census tell us?, (The Scottish Parliament 2024) Central - Edinburgh, government
id. This kythed that fur thon aged ower twa, 0.3% o fowk haed Sc
me. This kythed that fur thon aged ower twa, 1.1% o fowk yaised
s in Scots or Gaelic are thon aged 35 and ower. Fur Gaelic, ther
ony skills in Scots or Gaelic aged unner 50 wis seemilar, 58% an
o 11,200 in the nummer o thon aged 3 tae 15 wi ony skill in the
9 matches

Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
men wid be envious ay but wae aged, sun beaten skin that’s loa
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Guru an Zander, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
usherin an overweight, middle aged cunt oot. He’s aw flushed l
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Builders, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
0 the phone wrang. It was oor aged Principle, “Mr McKillop, di
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
it wis het. A gurthie middle-aged lady turnt doon his offer tae
comer. He wis a ruddy, middle-aged Uighur wi a pawkie mainner. H
2 matches

Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s Linguistic Landscape - Scots and Gaelic, (Translation Services 24 2022) Central, prose
Scottish census, 87,100 fowk aged 3 and ower in Scotland - 1.7
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 5, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
urprised tae find this middle aged wuman hudin a large boax in h
1 matches

@Cobradile94 tweeted
This haes aged like milk https://t.co/E4aHgX(2020) search twitter

@rattlecans tweeted
me we were 5, aulder weans - aged about 10 would be the herders (2022) twitter link

@LairnScots tweeted
Dae ye teach bairns aged atween 11 an 18? Then this is (2020) twitter link
n yer kin' project fir schuil aged bairns: https://t.co/AIrqazbE (2020) twitter link
wi audio fir lairners o Scots aged 3 - 18: https://t.co/Ezjapsm (2020) twitter link
Whit resources dae lairners aged 3-18 need tae lairn Scots? Cl (2019) twitter link

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
et teenage bride turnt middle-aged, her black hair threedit wi s on page 90

1 matches

Johnstone, Ian Tuney Loon's low doon, (The Fraserburgh Herald 2000) Doric, newspaper
n the liberation o the middle-aged, the aalder generations that
e young, or mebbe even middle-aged come tae that.
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
weel eneuch tae please middle aged Scotsmen weariet fur thochts
1 matches

@FaeFoggie tweeted
@aberdeentaxi1 She's nae aged iv'aa(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
And watch some aged heart-throbs in a B.B.C. repe on page 33

1 matches

Leonard, Ingrid Northwords Now 43 - Ingrid Leonard, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2022) Orkney, poetry
as I wakked, aged 16, tae a kerfl o fock, on page 18

1 matches

Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
t tae Girnwud, ae late middle aged couple
1 matches

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
ences, a can see every deafie aged from birth intae elder share (2020) search twitter