Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

bats	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	9.9	6	13.3	0	23.2	41.3	15.5
Number of occurrences	33	12	9	0	4	4	4
Number of authors	12	5	4		1	1	1

Occurrences of bats 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

Robertson, James Naebody'd Seen Him, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
. At nicht shairly there'd be bats fleein aboot, mibbe a hoolet on page 16

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
ing, int it? Bit dae cats eat bats, ah wunner?" An here Alice st on page 10

4 matches

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
ous, ye ken. But dae cats eat bats, I wunner?" An here Alison st on page 10

4 matches

Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Perjink, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927565) Central, weans
rocks intae the sky wi muckle bats. on page 18

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Wanlit o muinbeams, whaur bats tove an birl on page 74

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 61 - Twa poems, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Lothian, poetry
Wanlit o munebeams, whaur bats tove an birl on page 58

1 matches

Doric

Robertson, George C. Lallans 87 - Bluid An Banter, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, script
se and shine; time fir aa you bats tae dine. (Silence, syne Bruc on page 40

3 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
faivver ye please an naebody bats an ee. on page 65

1 matches

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
oose, ee ken. But do cats eit bats, A winder?" An here Alice beg on page 10

4 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
guff o deid puddocks, fooshty bats, an rattens taenails biled wi
1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
e, du kens. But does eats aet bats, I winder?" An here Alice sta on page 10

4 matches

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
ose, ee ken. But dae cats eat bats, Ah wunder?" An here Ahlice s on page 10

4 matches

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
e, yae know. But dae cats ait bats, A wunner?" An here Alice sta on page 10

4 matches