A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

colin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words20.6 27.6 13.4 0 11.6 10.3 0
Number of occurrences6755 9 0 2 1 0
Number of authors23 18 3 1 1

Occurrences of colin in Corpus

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Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
his pure midden ae a boy cawd Colin fae wan E that looks lik he's on page 11
heard the teacher shoutin oot Colin's name. How did he get wan, a on page 14
oy an aw. After that thir wis Colin an Roland, he said. They wur on page 61
ure manky lookin. That stinky Colin Kellerman (Smellerman mair li on page 95
our gaun roon oor school that Colin Kellerman's gay but ah think on page 158
Also on pages 169
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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 81 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Prestwick, newspaper
r non-creative prose skreids, Colin Robertson gies us a fescinati on page 5

2 matches

Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
Text an owersets bi Colin Donati, Joy Hendry, James Rob on page 2

2 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
Parliamentarie records, an Colin Robertson on aspecks o the le on page 7

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
t bi Prof. Duncan Glen an Dr. Colin Will. I wadna contradick aith on page 120

1 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
reatness' (19 March 1964), an Colin Milton haes kamed his hair ag on page 56

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 82 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Prestwick, prose
braw skreid at the hinneren, Colin Robertson gies us 'Impression on page 7

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 74 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
til the vocabular o Burns, an Colin Robertson cairries on the lex
1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
Colin Wilson haes lately brocht up
hy ver'near the neebor o what Colin's suggestin could be gotten b
n leaves ye wi anither wird). Colin agrees that this micht be a i
3 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2020) Central, prose
his pure midden ae a boy cawd Colin fae wan E that looks lik he
heard the teacher shoutin oot Colin’s name. How did he get wan,
2 matches

Calderwood, Lynsey Cantsmell, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2020) Central, prose
Colin Cantwell’s got nits. Evrubd
n she’s tae share a desk wi Colin Cantwell. Laura said she’s
e disnae huv tae sit next tae Colin Cantwell. Ah know he’s ming
3 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 62 - The Cairryin Stream o Tradeetion, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
rock an pop “big names.” Colin Hynd, the organeeser threaps,
1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
wa freens, cryed Gary Wood an Colin Wright, wis drivin in a caur
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Thoumire, Elizabeth Deid huddies an the Moray Eel, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
efter the transition period. Colin Clark MP for Gordon wis askit
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ew.’ McDade sais, ‘Fuckin Colin McRae in that van, by the way
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Guru an Zander, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
Colin? Is that his name?’
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 176, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
A Doric Waddin For Colin and Fiona
nspeckle Scots leid upsteerer Colin Wilson an his new guidwife Fi
Efter the service, Colin said that Doric wis a livin l
3 matches

McKillop, Roger The Appin Murderer, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, prose
y friend, it was me! I killed Colin Roy, I watched as Red Soldier
ye died. Weel, we aw’ ken't Colin Roy Campbell o’ Glenure, wi
eared, there wis The Red Fox, Colin Roy directly in ma field o’
’ the ithirs an’ watch as Colin Roy evict oor folk!
still escape noo unseen, when Colin Roy spurred forward tae answe
6 matches

Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
om o thair ain souch. In 2004 Colin Donati set the hail text o th
1 matches

Young, Clive Creative Scotland an the sowl o Scots, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
is jist as kenspeckle. There Colin Wilson’s Scots language coo
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 100, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
COLIN Wilson's new buik haes juist
Scots-Language Learner bi L. Colin Wilson. Luath is threapin it
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 106, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
COLIN WILSON haes lat it be kent th
ie on the 9t. September whaur Colin will be tae haund for the sig
H Smith's stertin at 6.30pm. Colin will be haudin anither ongaun
muckle "naethin". Sae aiblins Colin's learn yersel Scots buik wil
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@DavidJWood2 tweeted
@ColinBell2505 Mornin Colin. Cats and Dugs aw day here.(2020) search twitter
@ColinBell2505 Mornin Colin. Have a guid yin ??(2020) search twitter
o very posh for cream up here Colin. Slowing down now, time tae s(2020) search twitter

@OliphantWullie tweeted
nie wid 'scoff' at yir dreams Colin. If the heidie kent that wan (2022) twitter link
urnett16 A dinnae agree wi ye Colin fir we had maist o the 'cultu (2022) twitter link

@weenell3 tweeted
NDER2 I'm also an Arsenal fan Colin hence I cannae agree the day (2022) twitter link
4 @RSRHIGHLANDER2 Dinnae tell Colin ???? (2022) twitter link

Doric

Morrison Murray, Harold Doric, Historic and Humorous, (Peters and Sons 2024) Doric, poetry
Colin Campbell MBE (Morayshire Ball on page 14
Colin aye ca's me a millionaire on page 15

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@DoricPhrases tweeted
It wis great fun working Colin's lyrics inta the narrative a(2016) search twitter

@72redz1903 tweeted
r so I completely agree wi ye Colin (2021) twitter link

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
n dan dey wir a wharvin, an a colin, an a shakkin doon, an colin on page 8

2 matches

Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
@LiamRudden Colin's a really guid writer, great(2020) search twitter