Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

fallin	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	14.8	21.7	1.5	9.9	0	10.3	8.9
Number of occurrences	48	43	1	1	0	1	2
Number of authors	15	10	1	1		1	2

Occurrences of fallin in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
the rotation, orange bombers fallin fae the tip. The on page 4
y the tap men n everyone else fallin in behind. Big blue eyes, nat on page 26

2 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
Michael Douglas fae that film Fallin Doon. on page 124

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
FRUIT DROPS KEEP FALLIN ON MA HEAD on page 169

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Fallin on page 65
Fallin on page 68
Fallin on page 69
Fallin on page 81
Fallin on page 82
Also on pages 84
8 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
ned, fixin the fence that wis fallin doon at the back o their gair on page 37

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
ved hur when she said men wur fallin over themselves tae ask hur o on page 3
ie, asked if there hud been a fallin oot wi ma sisters. Ah said we on page 12
t the garden fence, which wis fallin doon even then. on page 41
in at the wooden fence that's fallin apart ootside. She rung hur f on page 82

5 matches

Monahan Brown, Ricky Eemis Stane 1 - The Mindin, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
lik the earth wis swellin an fallin aneath his feet as he began t on page 8

1 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 70 - St Anndra’s Day, 2008, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
nae eventide fast fallin but the slow rise
1 matches

Percy, Ely The Family Situation, (The Interpreters House.org 2020) Central, prose
FRUIT DROPS KEEP FALLIN ON MA HEAD.
1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 76 - The Man Wha Jeopardeized The Continued Existence O The Universe, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
towarts the easin. "A fallin stern."
thie-like. "Ilk time ye see a fallin stern, ye can mak a
fallin stern." Juist twa thrie saico
"A wush A saw anither fallin stern," Dauvit straucht gien
fallin stern. Ay; thare it is. A wus
19 matches

Donovan, Anne Not Scotland, (Edinburgh International Book Festival 2010) Central - Glasgow, prose
y the paint fumes, the nights fallin intae a stupor of tiredness o
1 matches

Grae, Emma Billy's Ghost Dug, (liarsleague.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
tae the gairden. The fence is fallin doon, and the pots are overgr
1 matches

@fourmenterian tweeted
reechin' and bawlin' all over Fallin #ScotRiots(2015) search twitter

Doric

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 58 - Cyaard, the Tattie Doodle, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
Quality, wis compressit by a fallin tree on the B574 tae Fetterki on page 118

1 matches

Orkney

Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
and the feathers fallin out o yer tail. on page 144

1 matches

Southern

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
s smashed to the pieces after fallin forward... ????(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
Ye know the walls are fallin, on page 45

1 matches

@HurchinHome tweeted
e hairtsome sunshine an a tha fallin leaves(2020) search twitter