Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

bullets	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	8.3	7.1	15	0	5.8	0	8.9
Number of occurrences	27	14	10	0	1	0	2
Number of authors	17	12	2		1		2

Occurrences of bullets in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
An siller straiks o bullets stowed the shaw on page 100

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Matheson, Ann Lallans 84 - Attrition, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, poetry
o German bullets, a rictus rivin whit wis left on page 8

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 61 - The Mass Jack, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
an forrit lik hails o six-gun bullets. Ye wis takkin yer life in ye on page 86

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Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
t doon bi rain. Aye, rain. No bullets, planes nor bombs on page 77

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Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
Atween your arms or bullets, jist gie me the gun on page 83

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
s tae a war or twa, an makkin bullets an shells tae keep the guns g on page 114

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
w he cuidnae be killt by lead bullets. In truth Clavers did rise hi on page 117

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
lot a pants - yiv tae dodge bullets an bottles every time yi come on page 169

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Hardie, George Lallans 67 - Ane Amang Monie, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central - Hamilton, poetry
fired the bullets and the shells on page 143

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Crawford, Ross At Stake, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
y goat absolutely shredded by bullets. Ah had nightmares aboot it f
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
a rifle or polishin hame-made bullets. Maybe it wis the haurd, bony
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Matthews, Lily A SPARK O INSPIRATION, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
twas hammerin doon lik’ wee bullets. Th’ clouds hud massed o’
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Crawford, Ross At Stake, (productmagazine.co.uk 2022) Central - Stirling, prose
guy goat totally shreddit by bullets. Ah hud nichtmares aboot it f
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@DavidJWood2 tweeted
en thrown in the chipper. Wee bullets in the center ?? Cannae be ba(2020) search twitter

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 90 - Mrs Cadwallader’s Conversion, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
afin. There'll be shrapnel an bullets aawey.' It wis lik Jerry had on page 41

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 79 - The Tattiebogle, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
min oot the lift, machine gun bullets comin at ye lik hailsteens, t on page 15

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Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ination, it hid a clip wi twa bullets in it but again nae ordinary
in it but again nae ordinary bullets like ye’d expect. Oh no! Th
ke ye’d expect. Oh no! This bullets were designed tae fit the spe
aebody could explain. The two bullets were for the ‘Double Tap’
ox o fifty o these specialist bullets but twenty two were missing.
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Hutchison, Pat Bulletbroo, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
tae horse shite and shooers o bullets came at him finivver he showe
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Hutchison, Pat Tarrarra boomby ae, This is my dying day, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
s were that if ye got hut the bullets wid mair than likely hit yer
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Shetland

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
mantin wind is, lik sniper's bullets, on page 97

1 matches

Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
guid thocht fer iz an no mak' bullets fer thaim at dinnae. Thon wul on page 18

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Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
Fur Kaiser Bill's bullets an bombs didnae care on page 31

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