Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

curses	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	2.5	3	0	9.9	0	0	4.4
Number of occurrences	8	6	0	1	0	0	1
Number of authors	6	4		1			1

Occurrences of curses in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
they cuid get oot oO him wis curses an moans. Tam had been on the on page 49
cious bar air, and the partin curses. What a set of she-devils wer on page 103
enister, his vyce stillin the curses, 'A'm fair taen aback wi a ma on page 109

3 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Or rain curses like canker roond the edge o on page 130

1 matches

Perrie, Walter Lallans 73 - The Tod an the Stoat, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
wha curses him for takin wan on page 54

1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
whit wis obviously threats an curses. Bill shuik the man aff him.
1 matches

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
s pangit wi maet. The day, he curses: The maet's green. Øyvind sc on page 78

1 matches

Ulster

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
at hates ye. Bliss thaim that curses ye, an pray for thaim that wu on page 79

1 matches