A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

curiosity Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words10.5 12.1 6 9.9 0 20.7 13.3
Number of occurrences3424 4 1 0 2 3
Number of authors18 12 3 1 1 1

Occurrences of curiosity in Corpus

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Central

Donati, Colin The Student and the Pawnwife , (Itchy Coo 2003 ISBN: 978-1902927817) Central, prose
tae himsel. An he vizzied wi curiosity the cotton hingin draped owre on page 137

1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
My curiosity wis weel kittelt by this word on page 16

1 matches

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
oot o it, an fair burstin wi curiosity, she skelpt across the meedow on page 8
frae?" Alison speirt wi some curiosity. on page 44

2 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
eerits raised faur eneuch for curiosity tae owercome grief, gif only on page 30

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
boot what hud happened cos ma curiosity goat the better ae me. on page 33
rkin: "Yur right, Dougie." Ma curiosity goat the better ae me and bef on page 44

2 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
that were there oot o simple curiosity but there were twa groups tha on page 89

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
Granny used tae say curiosity killed the cat. Now ah fink a on page 85
Unable tae hold back hur curiosity, Lauren asks if the police kn on page 91

2 matches

Tindal, Betty Lallans 67 - Two poems by Betty Tindal, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central - Dumfries, poetry
Curiosity was the life-blood o thon aul on page 129

1 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 68 - 1841 – The Plouman, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
The fermer wrote it doun. Her curiosity satisfied, the kitchen lass s on page 17

1 matches

Smith, Elaine C. The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - A Totally Princessy Princess, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central - Glasgow, weans
's noo n display in the Royal Curiosity Kist for aw the world tae see on page 14

1 matches

Hardie, George Lallans 81 - Annie and the New Chairs, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
d ti fin a wey ti slake thair curiosity. The problem was solved bi th
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
couple o langage beuks oot o curiosity. But she had never, ever thoc
thee?” askit Iskander, his curiosity kittlet.
thee?” askit Iskander, his curiosity kittlet.
tell him aboot the rw, an his curiosity sparkit aff her enthusiasm.
Nanetheless, his curiosity wis revived, an he mentiont t
7 matches

Bennett, Peter Wan Goal tae the Good, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
he booth. McDade deflects his curiosity by tellin him he’s pishin o
1 matches

Facebook link ( 2021) Central
as taen it hud gone ther oota curiosity aifter hearin aboot it.

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
re awake, and it wid seem his curiosity hus went intae overdrive.
1 matches

Doric

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
en 'oO' eit, so Dassin throo curiosity lookit en throo thi windae fy on page 37

1 matches

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
l take oot o id, an burnan wi curiosity, she ran across e field efter on page 8
at Alice for a whiley wi beeg curiosity, an iss wis ae first time he on page 65

2 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - Beggerey’s Greenhoose, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
by bit he kept addin things o curiosity interest, an fae there it jis
1 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
I burned wi curiosity and oot-and-oot frustration. on page 80

1 matches

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
kin ower heis shooder wi some curiosity. "Whit a funny watch!" she re on page 68
kin at th Cat's heid wi great curiosity. on page 83

2 matches

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
fur a quare while wi a lock o curiosity, an this wus the furst hae ha on page 68
at the Cat's heid wi pooerfu curiosity. on page 84
o?" Alice axt in a tone o big curiosity. on page 102

3 matches

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