Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

cood	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	79.7	13.2	211.7	0	528.9	0	0
Number of occurrences	258	26	141	0	91	0	0
Number of authors	8	3	2		3

Occurrences of cood in Corpus

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Central

Calderwood, Lynsey Lallans 68 - Barlinnie Gradyooits, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
weelie bin as well so's they cood get away qikur; That's a lota on page 41

3 matches

Watt, George T. Lallans 73 - Wir we that young!, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
cood prevent thi flame's leap? on page 48

1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
@ajmc1066 ee cood use brian paceys hair clipper (2020) twitter link
day - as fir the wd 40 - a cood dae wae a spare can fir ma mo (2020) twitter link
the responses - only a fifer cood faw hook line n sinker fir th (2021) twitter link
addAth @keithburgess9 mind ee cood aways huv sum boat trips wae (2020) twitter link
usselburghAth @NittenStar1890 cood b a wee while afore u get a p (2021) twitter link
and 16 other occurrences.

Doric

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
Bit the podlie's an geetie's cood be fussy sumtyme's, They wer on page 1
k, an matst tyme's he did. Ye cood niver beet him et eis he wis on page 3
in, fyle en thi baakgroon yea cood heer, bleepin an buzzing, cum on page 5
tae thi clump a cast cis hee cood,an theiy tyed on thi cheyn. " on page 6
lly, "Their weis licht an eit cood be seen fur myle's on page 7
Also on pages 9, 12, 17, 19, 20, 26, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 37, 38, 40, 41, 46, 48, 49, 50, 55, 56, 57, 60, 61, 64, 65, 67, 68
56 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
Aye she wis richt as richt as cood be.
Blaws throo a win, abody cood greet.
Och a better day you cood nae get.
Rains aa day cood mak abody greet.
Cood I say this maun be Simmer tim
59 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
imsel. Fit wis wrang? Weel he cood hardly mak oot fit the mannie
s his tay withoot milk. If he cood he wid
nsar Eck smiled tae himsel he cood see Geordie Grip hingin on ta
cood". Says I. "You ken I'll be sa
Cood this mean, Spring is in the a
26 matches

Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
issins. He med dem so dat dey cood hae bairns, an so dat dir bai on page 4
at up wi it fir as lang as he cood bit der cam a time whan da ha on page 7
hel an her fedder said dat he cood mairry his dochter if he wroc on page 12
Joseph. Tae his fedder da boy cood dö nae wrang. He even med hi on page 13
soon as he wan aside dem, he cood see dat aa da men wir doon ap on page 23
Also on pages 25, 43, 47, 55, 59, 79, 83, 85, 87, 109, 116, 125, 131, 133, 137, 147, 158, 160, 165
31 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
s da brukks o a munt till dey cood hae da funeral. It wis aa bee on page 5
wi da spedd dey cood wirk da grund aerly, no laek on page 8
llin up wirms fur bait, so he cood tak dem i da trootie burn, sh on page 9
r a life an death. I wiss dey cood see dis faimly da day. Dey ma on page 10
ennirs whatsoever. Tocht shü cood come here an say what shü la on page 13
Also on pages 14, 15, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 28, 29, 30, 31, 33, 38, 39, 43, 44, 45, 47, 49, 50, 51, 53, 58, 59, 60, 63, 71
58 matches

Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
it can mean onything. Sae you cood ey claim at dae wir a ‘Shet
act, haein a standard spellin cood hae da opposite effect, if on
2 matches