A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

blind Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words13.1 13.9 9 39.7 0 0 22.1
Number of occurrences4227 6 4 0 0 5
Number of authors25 16 5 2 2

Occurrences of blind 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

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
l placed, n aw. And she swore blind efterwards that it wid be her on page 67
thick cunt!!" bawls Aldo in a blind rage. on page 107
f every cunt in there must be blind. Still, ah'm lookin fur ward on page 177

3 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
Blind on page 10
blind on page 11

3 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
she said,. Cause you're no a blind bat lik her. on page 62

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
ntoun's Kronykil (c.1420) and Blind Harry's Wallace (c.1478) may on page 15

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
in front o her as if she wis blind, Violet picked her wey across on page 157

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
lang. Efter that, ah turnt a blind eye tae the porny magazines u on page 51
makin a point. Mum's turned a blind eye tae all sorts over the ye on page 61
s fightin, men staggerin hame blind drunk, dugs shaggin and folk on page 80
he end o ma bed and the green blind hangin above ma tiny window. on page 83

5 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
gallant an rank in defeat, is Blind Harry's Wallace, is Joe Jorda on page 17

1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
v tae go up it, it wis either blind optimism or a blatant lie. Th
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Builders, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
€™ his employability bit naw, blind bureaucracy won!
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Coyle Loyal, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
rse crack oan display, is too blind-sided wae the sudden appearan
e ma protestations, just that blind, tunnel vision again.
2 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
e Bill, “Bill, that man’s blind. But he saw us in the alcove.
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 105, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
It wis braw tae see Old Blind Dogs and Dannsa dae rare turn
1 matches

Kirk Jn, Albert Whit, (albertkirkjr.com 2022) Central - Aryshire, blog
An blind ony gangrel takkin the gate;
1 matches

Haddow, Kris Ronnie's Story, (words.krishaddow.com 2011) Central, prose
ger, and then in a state o’ blind panic and wi’ a wave o’ h
1 matches

@FaetheRye tweeted
in the grocery, they turned a blind eye to me serving my granny. (2022) twitter link

@weenell3 tweeted
odÂ’s as guid as a wink tae a blind horse (2022) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
n if u dont see it u must b blind - who gives a fuck if folk g (2020) twitter link
a covvy officer thats colour blind - weel am eer man bhoys lol (2020) twitter link

Doric

Strachan, Shane The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - An Eggs-traordinar Egg, (Itchy Coo 2020) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
n his wye tae a cottage far a blind wifie bedd wi her cattie and on page 20

2 matches

@FaeFoggie tweeted
s fan, like me ye were colour blind ??(2020) search twitter

@72redz1903 tweeted
ce and following a project of blind isolation as per the current (2022) twitter link

@cligeey tweeted
risJohnson @RishiSunak Roon a blind bend heid on into Brexit(2020) search twitter

@Franwella tweeted
ce the night awa we Mind Gone Blind in Ro'hes woop woop(2011) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
very efternoon, her eyes near blind wi tears on page 51
Half blind and nearly naked - and the o on page 56
Sheu said the Lord wid blind us fur he keeps note o wir si on page 63

3 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Shae's nearly blind on page 103

1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
e licht, released the blakoot blind an ris the scullery windae. on page 46
the blind an teuk a deep breith as the on page 48

2 matches

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Blind tae dreym oo coo ir grain, on page 15
Blind tha mind til' hanest brawlin' on page 31

2 matches

King, Angeline Weans o Latharna, (angelineking.com 2021) Ulster - Larne, weans
oon ontae the Coast Road on a blind bend. Harry an Gary were ahei
1 matches

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