A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

cons Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3 4 1.5 9.9 0 0 0
Number of occurrences108 1 1 0 0 0
Number of authors7 5 1 1

Occurrences of cons in Corpus

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Central

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
dae as we're tellt bi the neo-cons an English nationalists that on page 28
ate that sae flusters the Neo-cons, an their psycophantic follae on page 129

2 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
wi Charlene. Thir wis a lot a cons an no sa many pros, but the t on page 82

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
In Maryhill Barracks wi cons galore on page 110

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy A Day Weel Spent, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
r for my praisence tae be ony consíderâtion. He turned a slaw
1 matches

Smith, Jamie O pigs and dugs: what for dae we treat them sae different?, (Mak Forrit 2024) Central - Edinburgh, blog
peciesism’, whaurby society consíders ae species as bein mair
1 matches

Smith, Jamie Effeirin tae the formal: Laitinate lendwirds in Scots, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
the piece there, haes gart me consíder the naitur o Latinate (o
if they’r a Scots speaker, consíders thir Romance wirds tae
2 matches

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
o nae-wye his leen Wi nae mod cons like water an poo'er He vroch on page 15

1 matches

Orkney

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
ae an aesy life, no minny mod cons around tae help on page 35

1 matches

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