A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

carrier Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5 6.2 3 0 0 10.3 4.4
Number of occurrences1612 2 0 0 1 1
Number of authors12 8 2 1 1

Occurrences of carrier 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

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
rted stuffin the pack intae a carrier bag. on page 1

4 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
ick, John Broun the Christian Carrier wis thrang in the spreadin o on page 28
cross John Broun the Chnstian Carrier - an his nephew John Brownin on page 61

2 matches

Cunningham, Lucy nothing but a set of eyes for stars - Swedish Fish, (Association for Scottish Literature 2023 ISBN: 978-1906841546) Central, prose
ups so a went and grabbed the carrier bag. 'Am sorry Da, a didnae w on page 40

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
got in the hoose ah opent the carrier bag tae show ma ma whit ah'd on page 54

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
toilet rolls intae a plastic carrier an went ootside. Mary had fin on page 41

1 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
ipe it oot. Namin an aircraft carrier eftir yon is alike tae the Ru on page 39

1 matches

Tindal, Betty Lallans 73 - Mither, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
an whiles an egg-box oan the carrier. on page 58

1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
“You’re not a carrier, are you?” he speirt urgent
1 matches

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
n baith wirkit in the culture-carrier unit that hid pyed the wages
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
nd in yer bets bi telegram or carrier cushie-doo!(2018) search twitter

Southern

@jamie_ginger tweeted
obile phone. Better sending a carrier pigeon. #answeryourphonr(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Stewart, Kenny The Wee Broon Hen, (no publisher recorded 2022) Ulster, poetry
On the carrier at the back o the bike strapp
1 matches

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