A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

carrots Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words9.1 6.2 22.6 0 11.6 0 0
Number of occurrences2912 15 0 2 0 0
Number of authors17 9 6 2

Occurrences of carrots 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 Black Cuddy, (Scottish Book Trust 2019) Central, prose
wis waitin. She had a puckle carrots for him in her pooch, sweet a on page 1

1 matches

Bennett, Peter nobody remembers the birdman - Stovies, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
the dish ay stewed sausages, Carrots, totties an onion. on page 13

1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
eeps an batter cabbage, kale, carrots, ingins, beets, on page 77

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
piles o tatties and neeps and carrots, an mebbe Brussels sprouts or on page 56

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
late ae lamb chops wi peas an carrots an totties. Ah said, Ah'll ji on page 86
ay dinner alang wi totties an carrots an brussell sprouts. Ah tried on page 92

2 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
ick, leathery sausages, diced carrots and three pathetic wee roast on page 84

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 167, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
I telt ae wee bairn, 'Ett yer carrots
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 111, (self-published 2003) Central, newspaper
We cuid buy mair local neeps, carrots, ingans an kail insteid o buy
1 matches

Campbell, Karen Gie it laldy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Glasgow, blog
s guid news tae. Please. Gies carrots as weel as sticks. Wir Bard a
1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Tasteless, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Saltcoats, prose
m as ri leg a' lamb. Ri mash, carrots an' sprouts wis aw pre-cooked
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Stovies, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
the dish ay stewed sausages, carrots, totties an onion.
1 matches

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
float they'd heaps O tatties, carrots, yalla neeps Scones an bannoc on page 15

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
temmin dishes full o tatties, carrots, gairden piz, broccoli an her on page 28

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
ye dee wi a pucklie leeks an carrots? on page 140
Buys twinty carrots an a ling on page 156

2 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
ts, tatties the size o neeps, carrots? you
iv nivver seen the like. Some carrots were aboot three fit lang. Ta
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
er darg in the hoose, scrapin carrots an neeps fur the muckle blaik
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Tabby Sooker, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ld use. He’d scatter bits o carrots aboot the fleer cut intae the
le until I ate so much fuckin carrots I turned orange and could see
ked them doon my throat. Fuck carrots!
by the shop and bocht a pun o carrots.
s at aa the tabbies an bits o carrots across the table. Some o them
5 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
the burrow an pit twa crunchy carrots an a daud o sweet neep on ilk
“Sup up yer carrots an neeps.” quo his mither,
yoamed o diced Carrots, sliced ingins, chappit tatti
3 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
"Du'll fin tatties an carrots i da pantry," Jenny said as d on page 48

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
da bicht o tender carrots, on page 30

1 matches

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