A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

comedy Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words10.3 14.4 3 9.9 0 20.7 0
Number of occurrences3328 2 1 0 2 0
Number of authors20 15 2 1 2

Occurrences of comedy in Corpus

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Central

Burnett, Mikey nobody remembers the birdman - It's Ladle, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
embarrassinly unfunny openin comedy bit, Brookes dad smugly sugge on page 34

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Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
c an subversive weys in thair comedy series, The High Life, broadc on page 33

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
es, it wis the number yin hit comedy ae the year. This boay struts on page 120

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ezer. Haha, ah said, You're a comedy genius sumdy should employ yi on page 41

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Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
ss o domains aften tae dae wi comedy, sang or oral history. In the on page 12

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
fen used tae portray Scots in comedy. Thay michtna aye be used bi on page 38
n affa touchin. A'v aye loved comedy that's rootit in the swaws o on page 58

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McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 67 - review, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
A braw gallimaufry o comedy we hae here! The five plays i on page 109

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Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
gettin wattered doon and the comedy and entertainment side o the
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Corbett, John Lallans 70 - Owersettins o Modren Drama intae Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
a sibness atween Molière’s comedy and that o Scots, and the pyn
ame trajectory frae satirical comedy tae lyrical tragedy we hae se
the o the emotions frae braid comedy tae heich and lyric tragedy,
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Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
lugged intae a comedy series set in Glesga that wis
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 75, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
brates the history o Scottish comedy an comedians an features a wh
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 86, (self-published 2001) Central, newspaper
Scots speakers as a subjeck o comedy an ridicule? Whit is it gauna
a wee bit licht hertit fun an comedy an shuidna be compared wi oni
ist a bit licht hertit fun an comedy wad haud mair watter gin thai
sairious programs as weel as comedy anes insteid o juist comedy o
anes insteid o juist comedy on its lane. If thae fowk tha
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Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
ne tae inhale ma light herted comedy routine. Whatever he’s been
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@jax6754 tweeted
you fir making ma first ever Comedy gig viewing awesome at The St(2014) search twitter
been tae 1 Book Fest event 2 comedy and 1 singing ???(2014) search twitter
ducation" Series 1 coming tae Comedy Central soon! Does this get m(2014) search twitter
oan "Live at the Apollo" oan Comedy Central! Guid job as always @(2016) search twitter

@DABArbuckle tweeted
reeks laughing at that tweet. Comedy gold ma freend.(2020) search twitter

@bigandymccoll tweeted
mbra. He dis the best ranting comedy I've ever seen. Loved him eve (2022) twitter link

@ThonJacobite tweeted
ons oan this oan his Facebook comedy show next week?!(2021) search twitter

Doric

@FaeFoggie tweeted
cht. Fumin' #doric #teuchter #comedy #farming #aberdeen #aberdeens(2019) search twitter

@_DawnLeslie tweeted
We’ve hid plenty of Scots in comedy, drama, etc. ower the years, (2020) search twitter

Orkney

Hall, Simon W. No the Six o Clock News, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Orkney, blog
lmost entirely restricted tae comedy and football. Still Game or T
1 matches

Southern

Purves, David Lallans 67 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Southern - Selkirk, newspaper
eonic abyss an delytin wi its comedy: on page 5

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@StuartPoet tweeted
an bi aabody, ayont academe, comedy, the Sunday Post and Russ Abb(2020) search twitter

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