Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

denim	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	2.8	3	3	9.9	0	0	0
Number of occurrences	9	6	2	1	0	0	0
Number of authors	8	5	2	1

Occurrences of denim 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

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
wis in the hoose. He's wearin denim jeans and a standard black Ad on page 131

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
wid yi like denim fir thi colour on page 66

2 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
wear yir Auntie Jackie's auld denim jacket wi their logo on it. on page 52

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 71 - The Concreit Bouer, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
The lad’s airms in scuffed denim raxt forrit, his side-face sh
1 matches

Connor, Bailey A SCOTS HORROR STORY, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
fae a runnin nose and ringin denim.
1 matches

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
aa. Ah'm plannin on weerin a denim sark an ma cowboy hat an beet on page 56

1 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
ons wis there tae wear wi yir denim jaiket in 84? Chinos can ge (2020) twitter link

Orkney

Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Bell bottoms - 'Sea Dogs' in denim blue on page 42

1 matches