A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

fans Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words43.6 56.2 40.5 0 0 10.3 8.9
Number of occurrences141111 27 0 0 1 2
Number of authors36 24 9 1 2

Occurrences of fans in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
ew red Berghaus jakit. Celtic fans only ever went fur on page 12

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
yince he began beltin oot the fans chant ae on page 100
do's standin here amongst the fans, smug as yae like. As if he s on page 111

3 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
tryin ae make oot thir bigger fans ae Stramash than evrubdy else on page 115
se he's got hunners ae lassie fans an (after Murray Hart) he's g on page 156
e do, Fackson claimed. But ma fans huv all been pure supportive on page 157
nt tae say cheers tae all the fans because yous've been brillian on page 169

9 matches

Fitt, Matthew Jordan's New Jaiket, (Education Scotland 2014) Central, weans
could hear thoosans o fitbaw fans chantin his name.
It wisnae fitbaw fans chantin his name. It wis his
2 matches

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - Nuhin is Certain, Except, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
Macedonia tae the Eurovision fans), ancient homeland o’ Alexa
1 matches

McKinlay, Kieran Walk Way to Fame, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Dunfermline, prose
the Scotsmen!" then aw eh the fans screamed an cheered, then ah
1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth For the fat romantics, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
Fans o greasy pastry, an thaim no
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Lehane, Matt Cubismo Part II, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
an the fans an aa
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Bennett, Peter Wan Goal tae the Good, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
tae get the spirits up?’ He fans a wee folded-up lottery ticke
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando “Blood Upon the Grass” – merk twa?, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
a pooerful wey that athletes, fans an sports govrenin bodies can
atit honestly an openly amang fans an the responsible institutio
Whan wull Scotland’s fitba fans – the lifebluid o the gemme
3 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 75, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
be handselt on Burns' Nicht. Fans frae aw the airts will be abl
1 matches

MacMinto, Gregor The Rhythms of Bratislava, (wordpress 2022) Central, blog
trait for Škoda spatters an fans o Central-European skoosh-cau
1 matches

Gillespie, Alan Mon the Rovers, (Scottish Book Trust 2021) Central, prose
tand, which wis fullay Rovers fans too. Someone'd made a giant b
way tae the half-dozen German fans in the corner. I looked at my
2 matches

@alistairdunn tweeted
d are failing the club and us fans, they've chucked the season a(2017) search twitter
n't back the team". piss off. fans pay gid money tae watch that (2017) search twitter
ear the manager isny dain it. fans are quite right tae get on th(2017) search twitter

@_Erinboyle_ tweeted
common "working class fitbaw fans at it again" comments are cha (2021) twitter link

@MartinBroon tweeted
s oan the table. Any @ClydeFC fans that happen across this, seri(2020) search twitter
ith1872 Whit he say aboot the fans bein able tae watch? ??(2020) search twitter

@mcfarlane_irene tweeted
the Scots. Ye hae a gey wheen fans owre here anaa, @BorderIrish(2020) search twitter
n @CrimeVault Aye, so dae yer fans! x(2018) search twitter

@RickHJohnston tweeted
I ken lots o Rangers fans that cannae wait tae see the (2022) twitter link
gow. Much support from Celtic fans celebrating in George Square, (2022) twitter link

@WhenDidADidny tweeted
Any Celtic fans giving it the "what aboot Sin (2018) twitter link

@OliphantWullie tweeted
roadbridge tae a wheen o Pars fans !!!! Celtic were SEIK as the (2022) twitter link

@Chazzbat tweeted
epatie The scary hing is, his fans wull aa ken exactly whit he m(2020) search twitter

@raiphsays tweeted
tsy shoap! Wee Steve/wee dugs fans, watch is space! :D(2020) search twitter

@changed_days tweeted
ll Rangers supportin Scotland fans are there tae support the tea (2021) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
@bradhainey m8 a saw the hibs fans couping a car comin up easter (2021) twitter link
all this nonsense stopped and fans were let into games m8 (2021) twitter link
favourite wae the motherwell fans (2021) twitter link
ve streams so that grassroots fans can take in all the action - (2021) twitter link
points - on behalf of absent fans - i will not b moved on beha (2020) twitter link
and 58 other occurrences.

Doric

Goodall, Phyllis J. Lallans 59 - Last May a Braw Wooer, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, newspaper
s." Him and Baabie were great fans of Wodehouse. She thought "I on page 94

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Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
Finally, for the fitba fans, a trip tae Valencia FC's Mes on page 3
Comic beuk fans will ken that Belgium is the on page 14

2 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
n-gryte hanns spreid out like fans on ilkie side.) on page 92

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Wheeler, Leslie Brockit, the Ferm Toon Cat, (Grampian Regional Council 2000) Doric, weans
tba Club or "The Dons" as the fans cried them. Neen o the loons
1 matches

Uri, Antonia Fit tae dae aboot obesity?, (Mak Forrit 2018) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
in it (especially fae Irn Bru fans), but will it really help? Ay
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@72redz1903 tweeted
nd they invaded the Beachend, fans on the pitch, the reaction o (2022) twitter link
3 For ah the disaffected Dons fans, the club has deen a brillian (2022) twitter link
way tae go tae convince maist fans (2022) twitter link
The usual keich aboot Dons’ fans unreal expectations and fit a (2021) twitter link
ce? Fact is that a lot o Dons fans are bored wi McInnes. The ext (2020) twitter link
and 4 other occurrences.

@beast_afc tweeted
match wiz top notch. Needin a fans view seggy at half time. @Rob(2020) search twitter
or SWULB @CalumWright2 . REEL fans REEL passion(2020) search twitter

@cligeey tweeted
eftPeggers We job at a cellic fans hoose the morn smug grin ken(2020) search twitter

@daleser23 tweeted
r. I dina think any liverpool fans are in any position to speak (2013) search twitter
West ham fans singing at stupid fuckin song(2014) search twitter

@fittiecrooners tweeted
lot of disappointed Aberdeen fans piling into the Fittie Bar no(2016) search twitter
sive display fae the Aberdein fans at Hampden. C'mon lads, dee y(2017) search twitter
Affa lot o'Aberdeen fans looking fer an escape goat fe(2017) search twitter
I dinna get Aberdeen fans having a gripe at McInnes. He(2017) search twitter
m thanks bit nae thanks & AFC fans still moan! Pernickity or fit(2017) search twitter
and 2 other occurrences.

Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
involved here, hoozaboot it? Fans could aw go to a Juniors gemm(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
They were voted the best fans that iver had bin. on page 29

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@fairfaaye tweeted
Fans of the hit @Channel4 sitcom D(2020) search twitter

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