A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

designer Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8 7.1 11.9 0 23.2 0 0
Number of occurrences2614 8 0 4 0 0
Number of authors18 10 6 2

Occurrences of designer 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

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
the wanes run riot roon his 'designer concept' on page 47

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
lls us we need a flash motor, designer clothes, a holiday abroad yin on page 24

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
botherin as long's it's got a designer label on it thir's folk that' on page 52
Linsey owns has got tae be a designer label; an her, Nicola an Heat on page 169

4 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
an helped her tae pick oot a designer frock. Soon she wis kitted oo on page 81

1 matches

Robson, Frances Lallans 74 - The Tartanic, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
nae say it wis an aff the peg designer hoose,
1 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 63 - Stravaigin The Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
her bi graphic airtist an wab designer J.D. Knight aw his lane. Inby
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 142, (self-published 2005) Central, newspaper
want o designer shops forbye. Howanever, it w
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 174, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
laes, claith an fabric an set designer Becky Minto haes creatit muck
1 matches

Lehane, Matt Red an Black, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
a designer label
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McKenzie, Roddy Cataracts, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2018) Central - Dundee, prose
ht nippie sweetie, her an thi designer hanbag. Some o` them that com
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
moisturizer n make up n there designer hair cuts wae the fancy hair (2021) twitter link

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
ruce an clean They dinna need designer sheen on page 15

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
-shirt and a pair o skinticht designer jeans wi a great ryver o a ho on page 11

1 matches

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
el, an illustrator an graphic designer, hiv creatit murals independe on page 12

1 matches

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
designer hair style back on page 54

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
r merriage – as an interior designer. Thon wis the wye she'd met h
heid-huntit the best interior designer he cud afford – nane ither
oor littlin. Private skweel, designer claes, furrin holidays – th
3 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
outure experts, getting their designer drars in twist - it’s a fuc (2020) twitter link

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
bocht a peerie shop sellin da designer label things at you wir never on page 11
tistic, wants ta be a fashion designer. Hits sic an uncertain career on page 42

2 matches

Watt, Valerie A skoit trowe da shops, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
eenit Shetlan goods alangside designer fashion an smelly gaer. I hed
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Da secret wirld o Santie’s elves, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
ey. “Meet Wunorse Openslae, designer of Santa’s sleigh and reind
1 matches

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