Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

heads	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	12	8	6	9.9	104.6	0	0
Number of occurrences	39	16	4	1	18	0	0
Number of authors	15	7	4	1	3

Occurrences of heads in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
rokes Dolly's shooder then he heads back doon the front. 'The jea on page 7

1 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
He counts the heads, there's six ae us. Six quid, on page 12
walkin doon the road n a few heads start sprintin doon after the on page 21
passes aboot the group, more heads appear fae behind the bushes on page 24
a commotion. The two lassies' heads turn n mine follows. on page 27
ced me yit. Danny n Broonie's heads ir pokin oot tae see wit's ha on page 34
Also on pages 41, 52
7 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
nd. Iona, a seasoned Mariner, heads fir the big recliner chairs f on page 3

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
then shi heads back on page 61

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
l we need tae dae is hold oor heads up high and when folk wonder on page 78

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
the east and west, above our heads, and there sprang out a light
by the clouds clove above our heads from the southwest to the nor
2 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
r there decision - hang your heads in shame! (2020) twitter link
t wasnt ur night but keep the heads up and new countess park was (2020) twitter link
ackin effort btw and keep the heads up - b oan tae everyone at h (2020) twitter link

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
urn te stan up an steek their heads oot the sun-reef. on page 59

1 matches

Gray, Kath Lallans 63 - Aikey Brae Fair – 1962, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
e we can now live without our heads. A wonder of technology. Than
1 matches

Strachan, Shane Beyond the Sea, (Scottish Book Trust 2023) Doric, prose
The dads shak their heads as their bairns jump up and d
1 matches

@glenlivetloon tweeted
e. Idea. Really do have their heads up their bahookies.(2014) search twitter

Orkney

@peediepuss tweeted
A thinner crop, single peedie heads, but aafo fine (2021) twitter link

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
among da fok at walks wi der heads doon da wye! Da Antipathies, on page 9
here! Dey never need pit der heads doon an say 'Come du up ageen on page 20
aa hae wir heads cut aff, you ken. So you see, on page 80
look at da roses. "Aff wi da heads o dem!" an da procession muvv on page 82
y're aafil aaber ta tak fok's heads aff here; hit truly is a wind on page 85
Also on pages 86, 88, 93, 117, 125
14 matches

De Luca, Christine Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2017) Shetland, poetry
liftin weet heads, warmin dem i da sun. on page 28

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
heads an tails o nature's providenc on page 106

2 matches

Sutherland, Hazel Biggin Da Dess, (Shetland For Wirds 2004) Shetland, prose
nd again as it's way abun wir heads. Aa dat's left now is ta tap
1 matches