A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

coupla Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.7 5.6 0 0 0 10.3 0
Number of occurrences1211 0 0 0 1 0
Number of authors7 6 1

Occurrences of coupla in Corpus

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Central

Tindal, Betty Lallans 67 - Two poems by Betty Tindal, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central - Dumfries, poetry
movin closer. A coupla heids th'geither on page 129

1 matches

Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
Well, a coupla years efter that the Ingrid B on page 46
wir put in the jile! Bit in a coupla weeks they wir free an they g on page 47

2 matches

Donovan, Anne Not Scotland, (Edinburgh International Book Festival 2010) Central - Glasgow, prose
ow close, marble stairs and a coupla doors on
e daein the noo? Only another coupla weeks and ah’d see them.
2 matches

Donovan, Anne Buddha Da - Chapter 1 Anne Marie, (Canongate 2009 ISBN: 978-1847673459) Central - Glasgow, prose
n shop? Well, ah wis gettin a coupla rolls for ma lunch when ah me
1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Tasteless, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Saltcoats, prose
e' ri fridge tae lerrit huv a coupla 'oors et room temperature afo
1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Afore we hud ri telly, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Saltcoats, prose
s through yur heid whin yuv a coupla meenits tae spare. It musta b
1 matches

@bigandymccoll tweeted
GeorgeSq with the threat by a coupla dozen unionist neanderthals ? (2022) twitter link
commending consideration of a coupla NEC candidates. Roddy, here, (2022) twitter link

@johnstone_shane tweeted
oonDL Met Billy at a waddin a coupla year syne, some boay. Bit les (2020) twitter link

Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
patchy in the port these last coupla nights but we'll catch up, ay(2020) search twitter