A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

count Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words15.1 14.6 25.4 0 5.8 10.3 4.4
Number of occurrences4929 17 0 1 1 1
Number of authors23 14 7 1 1 1

Occurrences of count in Corpus

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Central

Bennett, Peter nobody remembers the birdman - Stovies, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
Ah count oot a thoosand poun an leave on page 10

1 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250242) Central, prose
bits o jewellery than ah kin count. Granny Cathy's hair couldnae on page 7

1 matches

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
, fuckin drippin wet, then ah count tae three. on page 76
eans kickin aboot. Ah've lost count ae how many cans ah've had so on page 173

2 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
t in oor hoose ~ no unless yi count the goldfish Karen got fur he on page 169

2 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
The Weel-Uised Count and Ill-Uised Countess on page 33

2 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
e next. Ony meenit, I thocht, Count Dracula is gaun tae rise up f on page 21

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
'Count me oot o family gatherings. A on page 15
ok at David. He's oot fur the count, snorin away like a pig. Ah t on page 38

2 matches

Sprott, Gavin Lallans 73 - Cain, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
Fowk wes learn't tae count on page 72

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
wer ither families, haein tae count ilka plack an bodle, wi deil on page 127

1 matches

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 76 - The Factory, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
? Na, na, I answert, binna ye count ae chiel cam ower a
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Carpe Diem, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
‘Here, count that.’ he sais, flingin it
n as he realises he’s loast count again. ‘Stevie!’ McNulty
2 matches

Grae, Emma Jimmy and his wee darlin Alexa, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
“Mair than ah can count.”
“It doesnae count when ye pay fur it,” ah sai
2 matches

Stewart, Anna An Alien Feeling, (Scots Hoose 2019) Central, prose
torch in the sky at night, I count one...two...three, I blink du
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Wee Roge Boobs, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
protect her. “Noo Jints, count oot clearly, when your happy
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Stovies, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
Ah count oot a thoosand poun an leave
1 matches

@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
i have so many suppers i lose count ?? freedom tae eat when and w(2020) search twitter
d a few double Deckers dinnae count ?(2020) search twitter

@bigandymccoll tweeted
. Too little and too late tae count as journalism ?? https://t.co (2022) twitter link
indy supporting parties would count in a de-facto plebiscite. Tha (2022) twitter link
@AlfrescoDent Count yer lucky stars that yer no i (2022) twitter link

@rattlecans tweeted
Pea brains never learned tae count tae they were in the labour w (2022) twitter link
shite on Monday, or will that count as "offensive" tae the Royali (2022) twitter link

Doric

Robertson, George C. Lallans 87 - Bluid An Banter, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, script
in the coffin. Ee caz imsel, Count Conrad. Ee telt me straicht o on page 40

8 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
him, sae's the Vricht cwidna count fou mony he glammach't: conte on page 56

1 matches

Facebook link (Doric Scots Books an Poems 2022) Doric - Aberdeen
ps in the toon, ower mony tae count

McDonald, Charlie , (Facebook 2022) Doric - Aberdeen, poetry
ps in the toon, ower mony tae count
1 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
for themselves on the ‘crime count’ - tae pit in kindly, Mothe (2021) twitter link
mean Miller et al shouldn’t count appearances against Sion on t (2020) twitter link

@beast_afc tweeted
y lips hoodoo on oor team tae count. Have yae been tested?(2020) search twitter
@Cameron68653932 Disnae count if he doesn't regain control(2020) search twitter

@fittiecrooners tweeted
Should count themselves lucky tae hae job (2016) search twitter

@McGoo1888 tweeted
uld still dae it....obv still count tae ten in Japanese due tae k (2022) twitter link

Shetland

@shaetlan_rose tweeted
@MarjoleinR does peat count? i think there's a few peaty (2018) search twitter

Southern

Purves, David Lallans 73 - Ten Owersettins frae the Chinese, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
n no weill that lang Ah canna count the days on page 40

1 matches

Ulster

@the_gellick tweeted
wi "Humpty Dumpty" in dinnae count? (2015) twitter link