A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

folk's Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.7 5.6 15 19.9 0 0 8.9
Number of occurrences2511 10 2 0 0 2
Number of authors13 8 2 2 1

Occurrences of folk's in Corpus

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Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
rew Donald no likin her. Some folk's approval she wouldnae waant. on page 1

1 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
ot o the place tae hear ither folk's clishmaclavers till the sprin on page 73

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ace it, such hings happen tae folk's pets every day. on page 155

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
rarely worth meddlin wi ither folk's bairns. on page 12

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ilk that the milk boy left on folk's door mats. You're sad, ah tol on page 140

1 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
The christenin bi God's folk's spittle. on page 112

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
ts vocabular an spellins ablo folk's een, but the trouble wi poetr
1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Economic Theory, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
lowerin at the plainstanes wi folk's feet dunnerin in ma heid, an
e toun it could be the office folk's denner time. Nae guid. A thin
? A keeks aboot at what ither folk's got. The maet in here's ower
3 matches

Capener, Jack No Guid Eneuch, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central, blog
r shuidnae hae tae be in thae folk's hauns at aw. Gin we accept th
1 matches

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Tales Fae The Doric Side - Mabel, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
imes an he's auler than maist folk's granda. on page 93

1 matches

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
ody reid herts (maistly ither folk's) on page 31
Aye smile. But nae at ither folk's despair, on page 41

3 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ye aye feel free te criticise folk's leuks," said Stevie, takkin a on page 48
nt te dee is raik throwe deed folk's claes." on page 69
wi buyin deed folk's claes..." on page 73

3 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Weel, it's fin ye go roon folk's hooses an hae a differint cou on page 26
incapable o tunin inte ither folk's feelins an jist dinna ken foo on page 82

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
aist folk wint their dish far folk's nae gaun te see't." on page 25

1 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
He changed folk's lives, forever, when that dre on page 48

1 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
o waantan tae see the aalder folk's exemple first, mibbe more oot on page 131

1 matches

Ulster

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
Hooaniver, these days folk's taen tha notion that gellicks on page 5
Awa fae folk's keen keekin een, on page 15

2 matches

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