Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

disgrace	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	19.2	20.3	21	9.9	5.8	20.7	17.7
Number of occurrences	62	40	14	1	1	2	4
Number of authors	43	28	9	1	1	2	2

Occurrences of disgrace 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

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
Mr McGiver. It's an absolute disgrace. Kicking him on the ground. N on page 54

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Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
"I thocht my black disgrace." on page 11

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McGregor, Iain Lallans 87 - The Neep Lantern, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Central, prose
ak it ower nor A wad be sic a disgrace thay wad aw lauch at iz. Thar on page 22

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Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
wha hinks ae Scots as a disgrace! on page 104

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Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
ma eye. A big, brutal, purple disgrace. It had burst on its ain, sin on page 2

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
h'll blooter ye oot o here in disgrace! Ah'll get the prefects tae c on page 156

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
and's eleckit government is a disgrace (mind that A haud nae brief f on page 49

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
now that's whut eh call a disgrace on page 50
shi loves me, we nae disgrace. on page 84

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
But whit they did wis a total disgrace! on page 69

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
otie o hur and Bettie. It's a disgrace, isn't it?" on page 113
. 'This is why Marie's such a disgrace.' on page 119

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Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
ye'll baith be in disgrace. on page 47

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 58 - The Dumb Jyner, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
le gin I haed ma wey! Ye're a disgrace til the uniform ye wore!" on page 65

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McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
At the stoursheet o disgrace hung on page 112

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Briggs, Susi The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - The Princess and the Grumphieman, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
he pair o them wannert awa in disgrace and they ended up in a forest on page 92

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Beckett, Mavis Duncan Lallans 59 - Auntie Aggie, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
ll nivver ask us back. Whit a disgrace." on page 118

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 103, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
big hoose? Weel it's a richt disgrace bit the fowk wha hae had the
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Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
afore the time o man's disgrace,
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Clark, Thomas A Scots Pairlament?, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Bellshill, blog
But we'll no cry it a disgrace, no whiles there's plenty els
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Heather, Alistair Bravehert: The truth anent William Wallace (pairt 2), (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
ries wad hae it that this wis disgrace for Wallace, an he couldnae r
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McKillop, Roger Uprisin' an' Doonfa', (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
tae die, in battle's, nae disgrace,
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McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
p as only he could! “It's a disgrace, can ye no’ dae withoot boo
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Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
laugh lines so that's nae big disgrace
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 101, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
airried on wis juist a muckle disgrace an rid-faced embarrassment. H
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Wallace, Lorna A Scot’s Lament fur her American Fellows (Oan their election of a tangerine gabshite walloper)., (lornalouwriting.wordpress.com 2016) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
Oarange-faced disgrace.
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Wallace, Lorna Tae A Selfie, (lornalouwriting.wordpress.com 2014) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
This fine disgrace.
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@billykayscot tweeted
s an twatts. Yere an ugsome disgrace tae yer faimily, yer kintrae (2020) search twitter

@Chazzbat tweeted
@nowthisnews That's a disgrace. It needs stricken fae the bu(2020) search twitter

@DABArbuckle tweeted
e winter months. Yer an utter disgrace o a human. I'm quite shair ye(2020) search twitter

@fairpechtoot tweeted
cloths every day...' #Scots #disgrace ;-)(2019) search twitter

@ThonJacobite tweeted
e winter months. Yer an utter disgrace o a human. I'm quite shair ye(2020) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
atement is spot on - biggest disgrace i have ever seen in football (2021) twitter link
@elcourier thats a disgrace guys - surely a life ban fro (2020) twitter link
@garyshearer1 m8 its a disgrace if it happens - changin the (2020) twitter link
ise out in the fresh air - a disgrace ma erse lol (2020) twitter link
as for up here - its just a disgrace! (2021) twitter link
and 3 other occurrences.

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
id booed aneth the wecht o ma disgrace. on page 67
siller they war sikken wis a disgrace, an hauf the things at war oa on page 81

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"That's a disgrace! An absolute disgrace!" A pri on page 43

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Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
It's a bloomin disgrace. on page 52

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Thom, Bill The Quait Chiel, (Tapsalteerie 2013 ISBN: 9780992663100) Doric - Banff, poetry
Maistly, aye, a richt disgrace, on page 20

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Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 82 - Troke, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
aa tae see. It was a shockin disgrace, A'm here tae tell ye. Ye ken on page 88

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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
neuk his lane, sent there in disgrace fur hodgin aboot an nae pyin
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Johnston, Mary Lallans 81 - A Day at Edinbro Feestival, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric, prose
her loon oot e door lookin a disgrace like att!
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Hutchison, Pat The Tabby Sooker, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
nging voice, ‘It’s jist a disgrace the state o this pavements!�
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@72redz1903 tweeted
ying the guidelines. It was a disgrace the situation at Soul on Sete (2020) twitter link

@daleser23 tweeted
fit i mean paul. Its a fuckin disgrace(2014) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
ie hovel's cheust an absolute disgrace. on page 35

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Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
"Yis! Isn yon a disgrace," I said, "Shü just lives fu on page 44

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Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Auld Reekie's shamed disgrace on page 16

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@cammyrudkin tweeted
be a happy man ??????? bludy disgrace...(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
Shae thocht is wiz a disgrace; on page 45

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@OrangRuth tweeted
Thon Bertie Ahern is a disgrace. One should only deck teenage(2019) search twitter
Its a disgrace. Thon hair needs peroxide bad(2018) search twitter
g Irish in Irishland. Thons a disgrace, so it is.(2019) search twitter