A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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bullet Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words9.9 6 25.2 9.9 0 0 11.6
Number of occurrences3312 17 1 0 0 3
Number of authors14 9 2 1 2

Occurrences of bullet in Corpus

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Central

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
, we're World an we're I. The bullet o hope fired intae a box, on page 77

1 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
est - till that providential bullet at Killiecrankie - as he tos on page 47

1 matches

Cunningham, Lucy nothing but a set of eyes for stars - Swedish Fish, (Association for Scottish Literature 2023 ISBN: 978-1906841546) Central, prose
fat but she still ran like a bullet. on page 37

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
is, ah jist need tae bite the bullet and open this hing. Slowly pe on page 119

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Save wi a siller bullet. Wad ye credit that? on page 29

1 matches

Hershaw, William Eemis Stane 1 - The Laverock’s Nest, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
founs o a nest. A blaff fae a bullet had cawed awaa the croun o a on page 18

1 matches

Hawkins, Rudi None Shall Rest Easy, (Scottish Book Trust 2023) Central - Stirling, prose
ifle smoke came an ah saw the bullet refleck aff ma sword.
1 matches

Capener, Jack No Guid Eneuch, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central, blog
eids. It michtnae be a siller bullet, but it'd be an important fir
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
it the timetable. There wis a bullet train fae Siliguri at nuin, b
ower. The waas wis pittit wi bullet holes. At strategic pynts wha
s anxious face. “He tane a bullet oot his melt an shewed him up
the larry muvin, she bit the bullet. “Billi, about the mammoths
4 matches

Doric

Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ower bodies were examined for bullet wounds but neen wiz found, so
d drawn a complete blank. The bullet used wiz completely unknown t
2 matches

Hutchison, Pat Bulletbroo, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
!” and fired his rifle. The bullet hut Douglas richt on the broo
“Yer a lucky man. If that bullet hidna been a spent round then
e’d say if he tellt him the bullet hid been fired feet awa. But
t’s exactly fit happened. A bullet clipped the underside o the h
n an roon afore the reed hett bullet stopped and drapped doon the
6 matches

Hutchison, Pat Tarrarra boomby ae, This is my dying day, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
d been knocked fae him as the bullet pierced low doon in his left
tryin hard tae avoid fin the bullet hut. “Jesus Christ the fuck
wiz jist a wee hole made by a bullet and nae a shrapnel wound, tha
Rab wint on tae say that if a bullet did hit yer rifle butt then i
ywye. Here the sojer lay wi a bullet jist abeen an tae the left o
6 matches

Hutchison, Pat If I Catch Ye I'll Eat Ye, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
“I'm pitten in the bullet, quine!”
y, ye winna kill a ghost wi a bullet, ye'll need leven siller, min
2 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
Hypothetical- Glass gets the bullet, fit happens tae Broon? (2022) twitter link

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
ugh the kitchen window like a bullet fae a gun. on page 55

1 matches

Ulster

HRConnect Candidate Wittens Beuklet, (Northern Ireland Executive 2025) Ulster, government
daeins at meet thae bullet points. The examples irnae ex on page 8

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Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
Gallipoli's shores, it rained bullet and bomb. on page 30
at naethin's bin settled, bae bullet nor gun. on page 32

2 matches

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