A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

crimson Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5 4.6 6 9.9 0 20.7 0
Number of occurrences169 4 1 0 2 0
Number of authors15 9 3 1 2

Occurrences of crimson in Corpus

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Central

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Whaur peonies erst in crimson bled on page 2

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McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
if it wisnae fur their crimson on page 56

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Robinson, Christine Lallans 74 - Burns an the Dictionar o the Scots Leid, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
famously representit by thon crimson tippit flooer which haed a st
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Higgs, Jo The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols, (berfrois 2022) Central - Edinburgh, prose
ly cid’ve been described as crimson or puce or anything mair deli
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Thoumire, Elizabeth Three days in October, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
their autumn claes o orange, crimson, gowd, russet, lime green, ye
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Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
’s guzzlin in response, the crimson liquid pishin oot his nose.
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Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
le fae the coast o Phoenicia; crimson madder roots fae Phrygia; an
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Alston, Connor THE BLACK-EYED CHILDREN OF SCOTLAND, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
d wis drenched ‘n a strikin crimson liquid which lookt awfa like
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Fyall, Aitken Lallans 74 - Rabbie’s Retrospeck, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
A wrote o crimson tippit flooer,
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Doric

Gilbert, Jo Tales Fae The Doric Side - A hame is a hame is a hame, is it nae?, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
enough tae burst yer skull crimson. on page 33

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Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
, carryan e King's crown on a crimson velvet cushion; an, last o al on page 76
E Queen turned crimson wi fury, an, efter glaran at on page 77

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Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
were a bricht crimson. On tap o ae door it said the
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Orkney

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
crimson tendrils feathered on the san on page 49

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Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
The fire exudes, a crimson hue on page 39

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Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
carryin th King's croon oan a crimson velvet cushion; an, last o aw on page 78

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