A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

classes Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words15.3 19.5 7.5 39.7 11.6 0 0
Number of occurrences4938 5 4 2 0 0
Number of authors28 20 4 3 1

Occurrences of classes in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
time tae git chased tae their classes. Ma maw geed me both barrels on page 51

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ho doesnae believe the middle classes own a patent fur a wee hing c on page 47
n fur the days when the upper classes lived in fear ae the common m on page 52
er crusade against the workin classes. And aw ae a sudden boays lik on page 86
youth ae the abandoned workin classes. Some ae ma mates chose a lif on page 90

4 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
ns o the Msm an the political classes o the British state will get on page 50
best efforts o the Gatekeepin classes. on page 60
awin rooms o the professional classes in Embra an the successfu mer on page 64
as maist o the English upper-classes an their supporters - but th on page 116

4 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
thi masses oot ah yir social classes on page 48

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
ganisation amang the criminal classes his had a lang history aw owe on page 104

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
she went every week tae dance classes in the Paisley toon hall an s on page 22
next tae him fur maist ae ma classes cause wuv got the same surnam on page 85
he'd huv been in aw the dunce classes. Wully's cousin John's a righ on page 126
wur hardly in any ae the same classes an we hing aboot wi different on page 169

4 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
n circles, and ye'll find yer classes eventually. That's wis his ad on page 4
Harry and Ruth in maist o ma classes. But maybe the teacher will s on page 21

2 matches

Steele, Gregor Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
Doon tae the techie classes. on page 20

1 matches

Hodgson, Brent Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
'a resting place for the high classes'. on page 91

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Mindin on Willie McIlvanney, (Bella Caledonia 2015) Central - Bellshill, blog
el as a champion o the wirkin classes. His pynt wis that the ordina
1 matches

McKinlay, Kieran Walk Way to Fame, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Dunfermline, prose
But it was mostly fir skippin classes tae play a game or two eh fit
1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Fae Mooth tae Page, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central, blog
lish teachers his request for classes aboot Scots because it is ‘
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Guru an Zander, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
h but at least wae the middle classes, they ostensibly, lack the ne
1 matches

Bennett, Peter McShane's Reprieve, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
MW tae rough it wae the lower classes fur ten minutes afore fuckin
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part one of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ey paint a picture, the rulin classes, ay meritocracy an egalitaria
1 matches

Donovan, Anne Buddha Da - Chapter 1 Anne Marie, (Canongate 2009 ISBN: 978-1847673459) Central - Glasgow, prose
gie it a try. They have these classes, embdy can go, so ….'
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Challengin' Times, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
lassies, we can’t agree in classes.
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Builders, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Back tae Adie, durin’ their classes the Paintin’ students had t
y times durin’ ma Furst Aid classes, o’ sic events are legends
2 matches

Crawford, Ross At Stake, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
During the efternoon’s classes, ah realised there wis wan sm
1 matches

Donovan, Anne Hieroglyphics and Other Stories - All that Glistens, (Canongate 2004 ISBN: 1841955191) Central, prose
y stealin affy us (the workin classes he cries us though he husny w
1 matches

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
Tae sort oot online classes tae impruive an lairn mair o (2020) search twitter

@OliphantWullie tweeted
ap the wife at her lip readin classes at Pathheid kirk then see ye (2022) twitter link

@fairpechtoot tweeted
Will be yaisin this wi classes nixt week! Guid fir weans tae(2016) search twitter

@rattlecans tweeted
Bullshit Jobs for the middle classes who love nothing better than (2022) twitter link

@LairnScots tweeted
Evenin classes, online courses, language caf (2019) twitter link
list of eldritch wirds wi yer classes nixt week! #Scots #Hallaeen h (2017) twitter link
A guid way tae yaise Scots wi classes is tae hae a Scots wurd o the (2017) twitter link

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
hings ye've bin till - Salsa classes, line duncin, digital photogr on page 50

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
is storytellin tae the aulder classes. They likit the story, though
uf-myndit that in his culture-classes at the skweel he'd bin telt o
2 matches

Martin, Keiron Ma Worst Nicht Oot, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
aye turnin up late tae a his classes, gein the techers chic! A tel
1 matches

@FaeFoggie tweeted
e. I'd hae ye runnin language classes aawye. If I set up a clonin m(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Eveneen Classes at the Grammar, fur twenty-wa on page 3
And ah'm gaan tae cookeen classes when they start again in June on page 4

2 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
no gaan oot tae classes an meetings on page 119

1 matches

Grieve, Issy Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Me trainers for gym classes, on page 102

1 matches

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
n'll look first at da lexical classes o da noun phrase, dat is noun on page 46

2 matches

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