A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

chant Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.7 8.6 3 39.7 5.8 0 4.4
Number of occurrences2517 2 4 1 0 1
Number of authors17 10 1 4 1 1

Occurrences of chant in Corpus

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Central

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
tart up the Here We Fuckin Go chant again while ah root aboot in on page 26

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Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
irt-sair gowpers, thon whae'd chant O Flooer o Scotland whiles ge on page 77

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
That ayewis made her chant and sing on page 21

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
he began beltin oot the fans chant ae on page 100
doorweys; "Aldo! Aldo!" they chant. It really wis summit, likes. on page 146

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
chant. on page 103

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Ritual chant o catechism hosannas, on page 17
'Don't Ban oor Buckie!' chant the yobs on page 32

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Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
theirsels fae chitterin they chant Pooh's sang richt through sax on page 6
I thocht o.' And he begun tae chant. on page 130

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Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
e bairns roond aboot used tae chant whenever they saw them. on page 5

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McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 67 - Andra’s Sang, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
Mireille o Fréderic Mistral, Chant Premier, st. 35-43. Owerset f on page 50

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Hershaw, William Lallans 67 - In Search o Robert Henrysoun, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
Or mibbe even chant the sweet refrain around the on page 123

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Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
r different languages and tae chant poetry and tae be a maister o on page 2

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Wilson, Rab Lallans 62 - Cormilligan, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, poetry
Ritual chant o catechism hosannas.
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Crawford, Ross Awa in a Dwam, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
tle emanated fae them, like a chant. Wan ae the figures stood in
1 matches

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
wis sent tae gar the littlins chant their tables in a neuk. Miss
e line sae the halflins micht chant it efter him:
2 matches

Orkney

Miller, Alison Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Orkney, poetry
He'll aye start up tae chant and rant awey on page 40

1 matches

Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Bit such a sheem that folk chant on page 125

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Giles, Harry Josephine Slipan, Sweechan, (harryjosephine.com 2017) Orkney, prose
tae poor bit a pretens: “to chant is to try to put one over on
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@johnkmitchinson tweeted
@MarjoleinR Chant in Orkney! (2021) twitter link

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
skyimp as dey chant on page 68

1 matches

Ulster

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Chant an daince an lurch aroon on page 34

1 matches

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