A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

angles Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words9.9 12.2 1.5 19.9 23.2 10.3 0
Number of occurrences3224 1 2 4 1 0
Number of authors17 13 1 1 1 1

Occurrences of angles in Corpus

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Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
, leanin against the waw. Twa angles oan thum. She'd seen aw the T on page 1

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
ok'n at ma face fae different angles. The light's unforgivin, sure on page 2
tae yir thighs an knees at aw angles. Wan day I'll huv proper grow on page 3

3 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
ences fae the auld leid o the Angles an Middle Inglis, but Scots h on page 21

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
he rod intae hunners o shairp angles, leavin tottie wee cuts on he on page 116

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
jalouse the angles on page 23

1 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
angles aff intae the Noarth Atlantic on page 12

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
Fordoun) an ootland (the Auld-Angles Chronicle). The reader follae on page 131

1 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
kin wi the English, oor fella Angles!). Dae we wint tae turn ower on page 56

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
Germanic *erþō. In the Auld-Angles leid it wis eorðe an in Auld
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 119, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
The angles are a altered
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Challengin' Times, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
eir wheels straight, at right angles tar the grid. The first boys
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
As Angles fa’, we drapped frae grace,
1 matches

Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
fore Barbour’s day, in Auld-Angles an Auld Norn. In coorse, Lati
e time that the terms ‘Auld-Angles’ an ‘Celtic’ – ilka a
2 matches

Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s Linguistic Landscape - Scots and Gaelic, (Translation Services 24 2022) Central, prose
ish” or the “speech o the Angles”. This tribe arrivit in soo
ae sooth-east Scotland by the Angles. This Scots takower wis conne
2 matches

@pmcm1355 tweeted
NESCO. It's descendit fae the Angles, Jutes, Saxons an Friesans th (2022) twitter link
c source broucht ower bae the Angles, Jutes Saxons an Friesans in (2022) twitter link
n it wis broucht ower bae the Angles, Jutes Saxons an Friesans jis (2022) twitter link
English, broucht ower bae the Angles, Jutes Saxons an Friesans thi (2022) twitter link
English broucht ower bae the Angles, Jutes Saxons an Friesans thi (2022) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
aye a seen that - av got awe angles covered nudge nudge wink wink (2021) twitter link

Doric

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
ls dig intae ma back at funny angles every time I pit ma heid doon
1 matches

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
o sepratist Angles: bred, snod, on page 21
ret black reums, i'the shairp angles o thir slite black waas, some on page 30

2 matches

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
t's noo da nort o Denmark; da Angles cam fae da Nort on page 13
n sooth-wast o England; an da Angles gød tae twa big areas: Merci on page 14

4 matches

Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
kayscot Sae there's nae richt Angles then?!(2020) search twitter