A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

dancer Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words9.7 11.8 6 9.9 0 10.3 8.9
Number of occurrences3123 4 1 0 1 2
Number of authors24 16 4 1 1 2

Occurrences of dancer in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
"Ya dancer! That's ma heid free again!" on page 51

1 matches

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
t ti dae. Her faither wis nae dancer, but Kate realized nou whit s on page 27

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
To such a darting dancer, for to feast on page 31

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
O you're a bra dancer. on page 100

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
h heard he's a pure brilliant dancer but, said Charlene. He is, sa on page 24
class that ah wis a brilliant dancer. on page 26

2 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
a lap-dancer ae nicht an introduced her ta on page 112
ime eithers! Ah'm the brawest dancer in toon, on page 124

2 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
glish fur ma first period. Ya dancer, ah fink. Harry and Ruth hud on page 6

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
"Ya dancer!" shoutit a vyce frae the cro on page 152

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
says she wasnae just the best dancer in Thistlegate, she wis the m on page 3

1 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 62 - The Cairryin Stream o Tradeetion, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
plays keyboords an is a fine dancer forby. I wis mindit o the fac
1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
mpellin studie o ‘Deir Deid Dancer’ follaes, (an Robb’s resa
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Bates, Gregor The Death Dance, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - East Dunbartonshire, weans
one. Only efter I saw another dancer patrolling the corridors, con
1 matches

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
the Holy Grail: haun gel. Ya dancer. Ah walk inside. There’s a
e waitin at the taxi rank. Ya dancer.
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Bennett, Peter Coyle Loyal, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ein flitted intae, an the tap dancer, right-haun side – the wan
door ay the flat oan the tap dancer when ah get there, his clench
2 matches

Monahan Brown, Ricky Dùn Èideann, (The Scores 2020) Central, prose
rd wis illegible. Then – ya dancer!
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 86, (self-published 2001) Central, newspaper
lar intrests sic as musician, dancer, story-teller, club or festiv
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
bark as if tae exclaim ‘Ya dancer!’. He then charges at me, e
1 matches

@ClashCityClarky tweeted
YA DANCER, YE. https://t.co/zMKJzdKfg1(2018) search twitter

@MartinBroon tweeted
@ClydeFC Get in Ya Dancer!! ??. ??. ??????????. ???????(2019) search twitter

Doric

Murdoch, Steve Lallans 63 - Poacher, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
him mutterin variously “ya dancer, ya beauty” tae hisel ower
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@sovereigndaisy tweeted
Ya Dancer ??????.... https://t.co/6Xsyi(2019) search twitter

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
@BBCNorthEast @djhenshall Ye dancer!!!(2019) search twitter

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
Ya dancer! Oor buik chapter accepted an (2020) twitter link

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
I nivver wis much o a dancer - Cheust a puir thing wi twa on page 66

1 matches

Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
oond. Ay, Geordie wis ae keen dancer, an weel A mynd on ‘um danc
1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
grave fur he aye said a finer dancer was niver seen than Winifred on page 31

1 matches

Logan, Liam Thon Ulster Scots Book, (Galdanagh 2014 ISBN: 978-0992881405) Ulster - Dunloy, prose
d ower the grun laik a ballet dancer with defenders in his wake la on page 32

1 matches

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