A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Intro a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Texts Writers Statistics Top200 Search Compare

Concordance

Enter a word to find all occurrences of, for example ablow

- pre-sorted concord - post-sorted concord - map and chronology - chronogrid - similar spellings - fine-grain concord -

Use in varieties of Scots

characters Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words26.8 37.5 12.1 0 11.6 10.3 8.9
Number of occurrences8673 8 0 2 1 2
Number of authors34 26 3 2 1 2

Occurrences of characters 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

Donati, Colin The Student and the Pawnwife , (Itchy Coo 2003 ISBN: 978-1902927817) Central, prose
ses an vennels, sic heronious characters wis met for ordinar amang the on page 134

1 matches

Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
t in period, bit reshapin the characters. An that wis produced bi Stra on page 40

1 matches

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
m no daein coursework. Aw the characters urr complete pricks. It's gre on page 1

2 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
n. No tae mention the cartoon characters that hover aboot the screen t on page 28

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
tae be swampit bi richt dodgy characters, an times whan siller, or wid on page 108

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom Lallans 59 - Leids and Lieder: Walcome ti Helvetiscots, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
r lauchs baith at, an wi, his characters. But the tragic tensions are on page 5

2 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 81 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Prestwick, newspaper
hood in whilk the indiveidual characters ir verra compellinlie wrocht on page 5

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Wee characters ye met, the things they'd dae on page 77
He met a wheen o characters though, on page 146

2 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
he landscape an humours o the characters as weel as thair twa-wey crac on page 57
he 20t century an it landward characters brawly an for aye. on page 59

3 matches

Kay, Billy Lallans 78 - Thochts on the bonnie broukit bairn at hame an abroad, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
n Argentina tae Don Roberto's characters in the pampas an ports o Soot on page 11

2 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
The twa central characters o Robin and Nanny ir an eiden on page 142

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 82 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Prestwick, prose
nar presairver o the vyces an characters o oor brawest Scots makars, s on page 6
i praisent the memories o his characters (wham we furst met in wi in L on page 7

2 matches

Hodgson, Brent Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
An whit's this? The owther's characters speik wi-oot sweirin. Nane o on page 91

2 matches

Higgs, Jo The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols, (berfrois 2022) Central - Edinburgh, prose
ols, but it’s true to their characters n aw. Equally as might be ass
1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
ated tae the spaek o Scottish characters in novels the likes o wis wri
1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
here are references tae local characters sic as Rab Ha the Glasgow Glu
1 matches

Corbett, John Lallans 70 - Owersettins o Modren Drama intae Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
is a snod diversion wi pawkie characters and slee, and the kind o plot
n argies that the Scots o his characters is Glaswegian, but the glegge
bauchle o Molière’s title characters, whase braid uiss o Scots in
3 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 147, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
n registers acknowledgin that characters can dae this dependin on whae
play itsel, the pairts o the characters Cléante, Marianne, Valère a
. The words o the play an the characters in it dictate the kinna langu
3 matches

Bennett, Peter TA Hauf an a Hauf, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
oan. Some ay the more popular characters may even get a commemorative
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 114, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
e lives o the three heidmaist characters. An example o this is the see
tae wan o the three heidmaist characters in turn an in each case thair
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 115, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
weel as a guid kennin o thair characters an thair commitment tae thair
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 176, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
The characters is fu o surprises the likes o
cried Being Fiona. Donovan's characters' lives is hanked thegither li
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 175, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
Scotland, the three heidmaist characters, Phil McCann, Lucille Bentley
lip, "a feeble erection". The characters is Byrne's paintins brocht ta
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 174, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
e goat tae dae it'. The ither characters disnae juist hae braid Scots
tility bi playin twa or three characters each. Three o thaim includes
ce. We're aw fameeliar noo wi characters that lives dooble lives, the
. We're yaised tae seein thae characters shawn wi thair dumfoonerin ph
o this. He pynts oot that the characters in the story, Dr Jekyll hisse
6 matches

Geraghty, Martin A Bad Sport, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ed this kind ae behaviour fae characters at the local municipal – no
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
nlicht, bit it wis in Chinese characters. “Ah canna read characters,
. “Ah canna read characters,” she sayed.
“Dae ye ken characters?” she askit.
“Ah canna read characters,” sayed Bill. “We yaise p
Gin ye’d been leeterate in characters,” he sayed, “Ah cud hae g
12 matches

Monahan Brown, Ricky Dùn Èideann, (The Scores 2020) Central, prose
r accomplice cuida readit the characters that he hid stepped ower, tha
1 matches

Facebook link (Changed Times Historical Novel By Ethyl Smith 2022) Central
h excitin an terrible an fu o characters worth kennin aboot.

Facebook link ( 2019) Central
ent ah spoke aboot some o the characters involved in the struggle atwe

@mcfarlane_irene tweeted
ortrayal of Highland life and characters.(2019) search twitter

@Chazzbat tweeted
dge, but Ah thocht the Muslim characters wur awfy weel portrayed.(2020) search twitter
up spectacularly. Nane o the characters iver learn fae experience. Th(2020) search twitter
ohedoro on Netflix? Wan o the characters is daft on gyoza. https://t.c(2020) search twitter
integral tae the fate o ither characters. #BraveNewWorld(2020) search twitter

@LairnScots tweeted
e in Dunkeld, cried yin o her characters Mr Tod. Anither character is (2021) twitter link
We ?? these! Braw characters, creatit yaisin #Scots. Oor f (2020) twitter link
epictions o Julia Donaldson's characters bidin at hame an lookin efter (2020) twitter link
in Scotland, or hae Scottish characters an so oan. Some hae nae Scots (2019) twitter link

@ThonJacobite tweeted
istmas novel based aroond the characters wha mak up the current Tory P(2020) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
- top drawer darts n 2 great characters on the oche (2021) twitter link
@robertmdaws 2 of thee best characters ever in the game! (2021) twitter link
otball is full of great clubs/characters/great banter - its just one (2021) twitter link

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
-coloured, life-sized cartoon characters; 'hole-in-the-waas' spewin oo on page 38
meet 'n' greet time!' Cartoon characters fae ilky film he'd ivver seen on page 41

2 matches

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Montrose, prose
the author gies us a wheen o characters tae amuse or wunner aboot, ch on page 124

2 matches

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 73 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric, prose
the author gies us a wheen o characters tae amuse or wunner aboot, ch
gs a dootsum haar … aa thir characters skelp the story alang til its
2 matches

@d_anderson878 tweeted
airly haunnle a story. An yer characters! Braw. (I really enjoyed your(2020) search twitter

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
kers. Da øse o silent e an w characters is fun aawye ithin da communi on page 36

1 matches

@HazelTindall tweeted
@ShetlandLibrary Yea, Shetlan characters need ta ös da richt wirds.(2020) search twitter

Southern

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
o the auld characters.
1 matches

Ulster

Logan, Liam Thon Ulster Scots Book, (Galdanagh 2014 ISBN: 978-0992881405) Ulster - Dunloy, prose
rse there definitely wus mair characters aboot years ago; there wus a on page 44

1 matches

Dornan, Stephen The Widenin Sheuch, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Ulster, blog
We hae novelists forbye: mony characters inaboot the Ulster novels o J
1 matches

Web Analytics