A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

greener Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.7 2.6 7.5 9.9 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences125 5 1 0 0 1
Number of authors11 4 5 1 1

Occurrences of greener in Corpus

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Central

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
e growein need tae look fer a greener future, the economics o oil s on page 24

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
e said the grass isnae always greener oan the other side and not ta on page 43
though the grass isnae always greener oan the other side, ah cannae on page 83

2 matches

McNulty, Victoria Hame, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, poetry
The grass was greener for restless he
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
aye the grass is greener on the other side - the whis (2020) twitter link

Doric

Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
e oor heids become fuller and greener. Andrew starts walking by my
1 matches

Facebook link ( 2012) Doric - Buckie
at hame. the grass isna iwis greener, and theres something aboot b

@DoricPhrases tweeted
The girss is aye greener on the ither side! https://t.(2017) search twitter

@FaeFoggie tweeted
@HopepunkQ Wi Hughie Greener(2019) search twitter

@cligeey tweeted
@TacketyBeets Athins greener though(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Laevan icy puddles an greener fields on page 115

1 matches

Ulster

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
An the grass is lukkin greener, wae the bit o het an rain. on page 48

1 matches

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