A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

fock Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words90.5 0 24 665.7 976.5 434.1 0
Number of occurrences2930 16 67 168 42 0
Number of authors10 1 5 3 1

Occurrences of fock in Corpus

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Doric

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 84 - The Ferlie, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
erst resurrection". The ferst fock tae be resurreckit fae the de on page 82
ections aa ower the warl? Aal fock becomin young fock? The manif on page 83

3 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 87 - Andy, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, prose
howpit, fairly adappable. The fock he bade wi in Ireland haed be on page 30

4 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 79 - The Bonnie Lintie, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
ent was intendit jist for the fock it happent till an nae ither on page 24
re was nae mair nor a pucklie fock i the kirk. In fack, Fergie h on page 25
se geets skitit in an oot the fock as eeswal. Naebody else seemt on page 27

3 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 82 - Troke, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
it up sae lang. Na, the kirk fock kent fine faa it was. Believe on page 89

2 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 83 - The Umman, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
. It’s nae that there wasna fock wullin tae help. There was; b
But A kent fine fat the kirk fock micht think gin they saa the
2 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 83 - The Puppet Mannie, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, poetry
Fat a fock ere was aboot im, fan e puppe
Fock at modelt pepper-mashie heids
2 matches

Orkney

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
ep the baes awey, an tae keep fock fae runnan thir tractors ower on page 20

1 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
Sheu leuks aroon the ither fock, on page 4
her spacer fock is waitan, still. on page 7
Darling's waatchan the fock on the pier fae the transport on page 9
Astrid aets wi her fock. "Thoo'll wirk?" on page 10
tae speir him aboot his fock an the staetion: on page 11
Also on pages 26, 32, 37, 59, 61, 63, 65, 67, 75, 76, 89, 96, 97, 98, 107, 108, 116, 122, 123, 125, 126, 127, 128, 132, 135, 139, 140, 150, 155, 156, 157, 162
50 matches

Cormack, Kevin Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
tae the lug-hole like an owld fock singer on page 5
the murmuration o fock. on page 7

2 matches

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
kin hiv that effect oan fock. I gott hid on page 23
Some fock wakked by, oblivious. Some on page 30
tiltan by some fock on page 37

4 matches

Leonard, Ingrid Northwords Now 43 - Ingrid Leonard, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2022) Orkney, poetry
akked, aged 16, tae a kerfl o fock, on page 18

1 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine An Excerpt From Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Future Fantasy, (The Bottle Imp 2019) Orkney, poetry
tae spy young fock is gloweran yet;
“So wha’s thee fock?” speirs Astrid, but
whan thir that mony fock,
3 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine WHIT TAE WRITE NOU?, (https://harryjosephine.com/ 2015) Orkney, blog
scape o haem, learnan fae the fock aareidy deuan grand wark i th
r’s an aye-bidan fankle fir fock wirkan in minority languages,
ffens aboot lukkan at the wey fock ir spaekan nou, hou Orcadian
e hid teu. Whitivver A write, fock ir gaan tae see hid as wrote
Thir twa weys A’m find fir fock haean the saem struggle at he
5 matches

@johnkmitchinson tweeted
95 Hid’s no cheust twa-three fock at think Pontefract’s in Wal (2021) twitter link

Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
t a rainbow i da lift ta shaa fock dat dis wid nivir befaa dem a on page 8
place whaar du's bidin wi dy fock, fir I hae a better place in on page 9
Moses Looks Efiter his Fock on page 15
An so Moses set his fock richt an keepit dem richt til on page 16
ind on gyaan hame tae her ain fock an shö telt da lasses dat de on page 17
Also on pages 19, 23, 24, 25, 27, 33, 39, 41, 42, 43, 44, 53, 55, 57, 59, 61, 63, 65, 69, 71, 72, 73, 79, 81, 83, 87, 91, 93, 101, 103, 109, 110, 111, 113, 119, 120, 121, 123, 127, 129, 131, 133, 137, 145, 147, 149, 153, 155, 17, 159, 160, 163, 166, 169, 173
126 matches

De Luca, Christine Grottie-Buckie and Tirli-Wirli, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997352) Shetland, weans
Fock caa'd him Grotti-Buckie, fur on page 2

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2017) Shetland, poetry
Whit fock wid a gien for a fork-lift. W on page 31

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Lallans 58 - seiven poems bi Christine de Luca, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
Tink on da First Nations fock in Canada, on page 19

2 matches

Tait, John M Lallans 58 - Sheltie Prattle an da Blue Lowe (a Pantomime) , (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, prose
canna gaeng among aa yun posh fock cled laek dis!" on page 35

3 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
ta bring fock hame fae varg o sheep on page 28
Fock new married, or newly boarn, on page 46
da tochts o fock fur der five young men on page 59
tae da joy o da fock o Klaksvik. on page 60
o dy grand-fock. Hit vexes me ta tink on page 84

7 matches

Tait, John M Lallans 60 - Da Odyssey (1-75), (Lallans Magazine 2002) Shetland, poetry
Flung fock, o aa men widest-sindered, bi
"Less a less, whit fock duisna wyte wis for!
2 matches

Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
bi da wird, compared wi whit fock in general tinks he means. He
hit’s dat public concept at fock tinks at we mean. Whit implic
’m notticed at mair an mair fock oeses da wird ‘dialect’ t
n (or writin) Shaetlan. Whaar fock wis wint ta spaek aboot ‘sp
at’s come ower foo Shaetlan fock sees dir midder tongue. Whaar
23 matches

De Luca, Christine Smootie gengs ta Lerrick, (SCOTS corpus 2003) Shetland - Bressay, weans
is in here. Mind dee head. Da fock'll be blyde ta see dee. Nicol
id ir daft aboot cats, an der fock tö.'
ick up Smootie. Dey aksed der fock if dey could pick her up dat
3 matches

Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
, tae spell the names o baith fock an places, is naur is A kan t
. Scots/Eng an Gaelic/Eng: wi fock swutchin frae the tae tung ti
teeklar on place naems an the fock at A kent up yonder; whan A w
, anenst Roberton Pairish, at fock kan mak reference tae, fur ae
aist informative airticles bi fock, whae kent the waittergate an
41 matches

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