A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Concordance

Use in varieties of Scots

Occurrences of crime in Corpus

Central

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
Tae perpetrate his crime. on page 34

1 matches

Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
Atoning for a crime she did not want on page 40

3 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
ee since we had committed nae crime on English soil... He gruppit on page 31
ther wis sie a foul abhorrent crime that the spreadin news o it r on page 62

2 matches

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
punishment lackin a crime. ' on page 21

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
Och, whit a tale o crime on crime! on page 34

6 matches

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
this isnae livvin son, its a crime on page 48

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
n blinded by a world ae petty crime. Masit ae thum wur too busy c on page 90

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
body hud ever accused her o a crime she'd definitely no committed on page 156
ched back. "There's nae worse crime in the world agin a Heidie! N on page 157

2 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
eh've committed crime, many a time, on page 12
thirs been nae crime on page 29
anither crime committed, time ti think on page 63
Got a hundred oors fir thi crime committed on page 64

4 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
cter, by the intensity of the crime, the audacious bar air, and t on page 103
, murder wis nae that common. Crime wis rife an no jist aroun the on page 104
Howiwver, eftir this crime in Dundee began tae faw aff, on page 107

6 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
, aye, weel, that wis juist a crime, on page 77
ae mak the punishment fit the crime?. on page 119
ir aa guilty regardless o the crime are flummoxed on page 120
tae sned evri crime, large an sma alike - on page 121
wa or three year will it be a crime? on page 145

6 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
tae dae somethin kent in the crime business as "takkin a shoofti on page 114

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
whase crime wis want o skeels. on page 50

1 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
He'd hae his crime shovelled awa! on page 35

2 matches

Jarvie, Gordon Lallans 74 - Ballad o an Irish student, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
an left us here tae a life o crime?’
1 matches

Corbett, John Lallans 70 - Owersettins o Modren Drama intae Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
Whan scrievin Scots is near a crime, ’ There’s no one speaks
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
A think they should mak it a crime
1 matches

Clark, Thomas Tae Kathleen Jamie, an ither Scots Scrievers, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Bellshill, blog
intae, nouadays. The cardinal crime o "makkin is up as ye gan ala
1 matches

Heather, Alistair The Body Snatchers, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
t in the mercat square for ae crime or anither, an wha’s faimil
1 matches

Hershaw, William The Retour O The Grey Airmy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Fife, blog
l bring oot a polietical hate crime law gin ye yuiss the word in
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
kheid - his only discernible crime. He didnae blag any fuckin bi
1 matches

Lehane, Matt La Le La Le La Iron Mountain, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
at ten cents a war crime
1 matches

Monahan Brown, Ricky Dùn Èideann, (The Scores 2020) Central, prose
e is gonnae be ma pairtner-in-crime?’
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 106, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
bi novelists sic as the U.S. crime owthor, Dasheill Hammett.
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
Ma partner in crime attempts tae play peacemaker.
1 matches

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
ious/linguistics the American crime writer, lane amang sic writer(2020) search twitter
Farq @thetimes House o Bruar, Crime Fiction Seafood an shortbreid(2020) search twitter

@Chazzbat tweeted
Ah've watched a few Korean crime dramas, an every single wan d(2020) search twitter

@bigandymccoll tweeted
MurrayOrg I thought that the 'crime' of sedition (which my old ma (2022) twitter link

@rattlecans tweeted
a stopped you getting a Hate Crime on yer Record! Sorry, yer jis (2022) twitter link

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
Tae some it's a bit o a crime Writin poetry withoot ony rhy on page 15

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
deein ma time - guilty o the crime o livin ower lang. Bit Ah'm c on page 48

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
hae ayewiz thocht 'at it's a crime on page 102

2 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
t Wednesday, an in course the crime comes lest o aa." on page 66

2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
r, Pat Duguid, wis heid o the Crime an Punishment Depairtment at
tor wad stert electronically. Crime hid dwined winnerfu since Pat
2 matches

Diansangu, Mae naebdy likes a clype, (Scots Hoose 2021) Doric, poetry
her crime, possession o
her crime, tae be female an
2 matches

@d_anderson878 tweeted
r opinion: bein wrang's nae a crime. ?? https://t.co/XuZMTx6QMH(2020) search twitter

@DoricPhrases tweeted
oors o watching a Sundi nicht crime drama ah dinna ken fa did fit(2020) search twitter

@72redz1903 tweeted
t half of 2020 was a govt-led crime. (2021) twitter link
speak for themselves on the ‘crime count’ - tae pit in kindly, (2021) twitter link

@Franwella tweeted
Nicol1 too late, i've deen th crime. My waistline will noo pay th(2012) search twitter

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Ulster

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
ir proved hae had committed a crime. on page 31

1 matches