A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

cliffs Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words9.2 7.6 12 19.9 29.1 0 0
Number of occurrences3015 8 2 5 0 0
Number of authors23 12 4 2 5

Occurrences of cliffs in Corpus

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Central

Curran, Doug Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
seek thir refuge high on the cliffs o Lagg, on page 25

1 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
ber, tae be wrecked ablow the cliffs o Deerness in the Orkneys in on page 39

1 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
May, Ah rin ower tae the hie cliffs tae luik doun oan grey seals on page 14

1 matches

Mackintosh, Jim The Banes o the Turas, (Tippermuir 2022 ISBN: 978-1913836313) Central, poetry
the fine fillock tae quietlik cliffs, an loss masel in the sun tae on page 23

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
The steed makes for the cliffs of Fife The waves rage below. on page 6

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
fae Russia ti thi cliffs o Dover. on page 57

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
e field wis fou o hummocks an cliffs o ice an ye cuidnae see far a on page 38

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
kin fart the tune o The White Cliffs o Dover' on page 43

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Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
ventually they saw the muckle cliffs o the island. on page 30
ugh burns, clattered roon the cliffs and burst its wey through hoo on page 33

2 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
cliffs, yon soor sho'oer o bastirts on page 66

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 71 - The Concreit Bouer, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
h dwinin awaa til the far-aff cliffs. Doris pushed wi braw
1 matches

Stewart, Anna An Alien Feeling, (Scots Hoose 2019) Central, prose
he house, in the field by the cliffs. Do yi believe me? Could yi b
iddle o the field towards the cliffs and headed fir the light. And
ng oot towards the edge o the cliffs. The sea is louder, and fae t
3 matches

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
fy seat owerluikin the quarry cliffs an the sheer drap doon tae th
regrine falcons nestin on the cliffs. They're makkin documentaries
built palaces in the immense cliffs..
3 matches

Mitchell, Ian R. Lallans 63 - Walkin Woundit, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
at the back, and the coast wi cliffs nae far awa. Even though they
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ermin stood at the heed o the cliffs lookin oot at the sea. He shu
him staanin at the heed o the cliffs lookin doon at Tarlair an oot
2 matches

@FaeFoggie tweeted
walk three times a day roon i cliffs o Cove near Aiberdeen. He's n(2019) search twitter
wi een. He wis aimin aff the cliffs and let go wi his thoomb stil(2021) search twitter

Orkney

Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
s caals echo on the Skiba Geo cliffs on page 16

1 matches

Orkney Voices Group Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
anticipation, walks on the cliffs, on page 123

1 matches

Shetland

MacInnes, Morag Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Shetland, poetry
ither folk; or saw blue cliffs miles aaf, topped on page 21

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2017) Shetland, poetry
the mind, mind has mountains; cliffs of fall (GM Hopkins) on page 29

1 matches

Nicholson, Hannah Samhain - Usher in the Dark - Minni-Babbi, (Leopard Arts 2021) Shetland, prose
uld see fokk staandin apö da cliffs, lookin oot an watchin as dey
1 matches

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
in da Romaniera. Breathtaking cliffs #Shetland(2013) search twitter

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
tae Eshaness Lighthoos daday #cliffs #Shetland #Scenery #sea #coas (2018) twitter link

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