A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

fruits Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.6 8.1 1.5 0 0 10.3 0
Number of occurrences1816 1 0 0 1 0
Number of authors14 12 1 1

Occurrences of fruits in Corpus

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Central

Pyper, Hugh S. The Five Scrolls, (Handsel Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1912052790) Central, poetry
an aa delytesum fruits, on page 9
oor doors are aa the wale [o fruits], on page 16

3 matches

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
slender palms, heady scents, fruits ripe fer the pluckin on page 43

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
nashin by. 'It has picturs o fruits on it - bananaes, aipples, o on page 118

2 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
tomataes, which are actually fruits and no vegetables, like maist on page 42

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom Minoritie Status, (Tapsalteerie 2017) Central - Kirkcaldy, poetry
I like fine ti eat fruits, on page 16

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 111, (self-published 2003) Central, newspaper
phaesants fur the shootin, an fruits like brammles an blaeberries
1 matches

Bolland, John Lallans 71 - Line of Sight – excerpt fae a novel in progress, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
bairns, so aat maun be. Furst fruits in her fortieth year an her a
1 matches

Lehane, Matt Tuim Tattie, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
whar the fruits
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
d him wee things - preserved fruits, pickles, yince a jaur o henâ
.. fermentit bean curd, dried fruits, sesame seed sweeties.
2 matches

Ewen, Allan Murphy’s Law, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
s by haun or by harns the ful fruits o their industry an the maist
1 matches

Monahan Brown, Ricky Dùn Èideann, (The Scores 2020) Central, prose
n. Ahint a rack o newspapers, fruits o ilka colour were arrayed in
1 matches

@g_hibby tweeted
I'm hoping ye fair enjoy the fruits of yer labour... Have a guid (2022) twitter link

Doric

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
Ye'll seen ken them bi their fruits. Can grapes be pickit fae a f on page 15

1 matches

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
The fruits o' a' oor leisure on page 49

1 matches

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