A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

constable Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.4 2.5 28.3 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences245 19 0 0 0 0
Number of authors6 4 2

Occurrences of constable in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
class. 'Sergeant Muldoon and Constable Blakley, we are ready to begi on page 58

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
s an in the meantime the toun constable wis cawed in by magistrate Lo on page 27
erenae onie kind o threat the constable wis sent oot tae convey the n on page 28

2 matches

Robertson, Colin Lallans 73 - Auld Scots law, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
uck o an umquhile local chief constable towarts himsel. The shirra re on page 25

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
ang o Scott an the publishar, Constable. Bot the liks o J.M.Barrie ke
1 matches

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
id tae Huntly jail An tellt a constable his tale He asked the man tae on page 15

1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
smaa. But fitiver, the Chief Constable wiz teen ower the coals for n
innin throwe her gairden. The constable duly noted her statement and
the detective sergeant and a constable peyed her a visit. They chapp
door but got nae answer, the constable peered in the windae but jump
The constable, still shakin, tellt him aboo
16 matches

Hutchison, Pat If I Catch Ye I'll Eat Ye, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
yed by the parish as a kind o constable faa keepit the peace. Jist as
day he got peyed for bein the constable. He got the quines tae calm d
2 matches

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