A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

county Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words11.7 14.7 4.5 39.7 0 0 8.9
Number of occurrences3829 3 4 0 0 2
Number of authors18 11 1 4 2

Occurrences of county in Corpus

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Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
Banned from every pub In our county, on page 55

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
a, preferably intae the neist county or even furder. on page 4

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
rse James V, wha wanderit the county as a gaberlunzie or licensed on page 16
king wis somewhaur aboot the county an had nae wish fer a troop o on page 17
he English invaders oot o the county, anither king'll be pit in in on page 20
land. Nou Scotland had been a county lang afore England cam intae on page 22
ity-dwellers but nae mair nor county yokels. Sic jests cin be on t on page 51
Also on pages 55, 56, 57, 74, 83, 84, 86, 127
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Kay, Billy Lallans 78 - Thochts on the bonnie broukit bairn at hame an abroad, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
ent in the area roun Scotland County, McNeill scrievit thir braw v on page 9

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Begg, James A. Lallans 68 - 1841 – The Plouman, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
"Were ye born in the County?" Auld Craig gruffly interrup on page 17

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 177, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
ld War by poets born...in the County of Renfrewshire). Hubbard fei
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Bennett, Peter TA Hauf an a Hauf, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
for work when he came oer fae County Donegal in nineteen twinty th
1 matches

Geraghty, Martin A Bad Sport, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
est golf course in the entire county. Ma auld man is shellin’ oo
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 76, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
e Jooks Cleeks in wi Scottish County Press.
been acceppit bi the Scottish County Press for prentin in the Muss
2 matches

@jax6754 tweeted
ekend tae you fae oot here in county o East Lothian X http://t.co/(2015) search twitter

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
wer I maun get tae ken mony a county o oor kintra better; *disna m(2020) search twitter
y Boy and the Lineman for the County, and, for his antecedents, Do(2020) search twitter
will hae The Linesman for the County and his activities in his onl(2020) search twitter
nna tell the Linesman for the County https://t.co/9gxlRcRUUo(2020) search twitter
eel coos The Linesman For The County!(2020) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
ssion - easy street for ross county - hibs were basically shite! (2020) twitter link

Doric

@72redz1903 tweeted
plinty chances in the Dundee, County, Livi games tae get shots on (2022) twitter link
e PPV and put cash intae Ross County and D Utd, however, next seas (2020) twitter link
d Celtic games fan it’s Ross County is een o the game sides apply (2020) twitter link

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Shoppeen Week - and tae the County Show! on page 20

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Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
furst wael hear fae Jeck, the county man on the state o the corsh. on page 86

1 matches

Orkney Voices Group Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Whaar they haad the County Show - on page 138

1 matches

Hall, Simon W. No the Six o Clock News, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Orkney, blog
a man’s name, and kent is a county in England’. But ken and ke
1 matches

Ulster

@Angelinekking tweeted
h95 Not wer? Is wer unique to County Antrim?(2020) search twitter

@MarkThompStuff tweeted
poozhant- still used in east County Down(2020) search twitter