Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

hears	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	14.2	8.6	15	49.7	17.4	20.7	39.8
Number of occurrences	46	17	10	5	3	2	9
Number of authors	27	12	7	2	3	2	1

Occurrences of hears 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

Curran, Doug Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
ches the star-licht fadin, an hears the first bird sing. on page 18
an spellboun hears the thirssle, throb oot his e on page 20

2 matches

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
ks doon at the flair when she hears that. Folk don't like it when on page 16

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
om but it's his ain braith he hears. He peers through the leaves on page 1

2 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
He hears a silken silence faa: Yon thr on page 8

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
she ever hears him usin the word POOF again, on page 160

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom Minoritie Status, (Tapsalteerie 2017) Central - Kirkcaldy, poetry
a craikin flair-burd that she hears. on page 18

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 75 - Review - The Shorter fiction, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
n back on the yirth. Syne, he hears the vyce o his lanladie, cawi
1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Economic Theory, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
like A'm thinkin whaur nou, A hears her richt ahint me, "Excuize
r masel like that. But syne A hears a wumman's vyce, "Ar you aa r
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 111, (self-published 2003) Central, newspaper
an CPG Convener Irene McGugan hears whit the maimbers haes tae sa
1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Nine Fragments - III, (Lowdown-L 2009) Central - Central, prose
icht, an it vainishes, an she hears something flitterin by nearab
1 matches

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
, no carin if somewan ootside hears me, “gie me the strength ta
1 matches

grandeicedcoffees Do You Wanna Touch, (archiveofourown.org 2021) Central, prose
voice is hoarse, but Sick Boy hears us anyway. His touch on ma th
1 matches

Crawford, Ross At Stake, (productmagazine.co.uk 2022) Central - Stirling, prose
he jerks his heid up when he hears ma shout. He rushes oot his g
1 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 74 - The Killie Fleshers - 1786, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
nlay himsel when the Reverend hears aboot the poem in oor new bui
1 matches

Doric

Cameron, Alan Lallans 90 - Drumtulloch, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
'Ah hears ye, ye wee mangrel. Gin ye wa on page 84

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Tales Fae The Doric Side - Mabel, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
or FIFA at mine. Wyte till he hears Ah've got the new een. on page 97

1 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
Ilka een att comes till ma an hears fit A say, an acts upo it, A' on page 90

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
But naebiddy ivir hears him on page 145
She hears a richt weird soon on page 182

2 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 79 - The Tattiebogle, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
ns are like. A while later he hears an affa screamin, an he rins on page 18

1 matches

Ireland, Mark Wi A Facey Like Yours, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Banff, prose
troddin bain the road fan he hears his mam skerl once again "Lad
the pathy fan he looks up an hears an affa annoyin screechin soo
2 matches

Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Furst Time, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
Bit afore Key can answer, we hears a car in the drive.
ick! Phone the police” An A hears sumbdy dybin, her pal probly,
2 matches

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
sheu hears thir vooels roondan, thir con on page 84
enna. Øyvind stairts whan he hears the naem. on page 129
"Astrid!" he cries, an Astrid hears the Haa cry oot her naem, ken on page 130

3 matches

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
shae goes. Mrs Cook o the Ha hears a clatter bit she disna look on page 87

1 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine An Excerpt From Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Future Fantasy, (The Bottle Imp 2019) Orkney, poetry
hears hidsel, is less an less true,
1 matches

Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
so he said ta Samuel, 'If du hears da voice again dis is whit ta on page 21

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
Lass, hears du me on page 109

1 matches

Johnson, Laureen Saands o Maywick, (Shetland For Wirds 2004) Shetland, prose
heevens, da cry goes up, an I hears dem shoutin da wan tae da tid
1 matches

Southern

Tindal, Betty Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
but she kens whin she hears her Da like thon, on page 158

1 matches

Purves, David Lallans 59 - Five Poems frae the Chinese o Po Chu-I, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
an at aince A hears a verse –
1 matches

Ulster

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
Sae iverie yin that hears these wurds o mine an heeds t on page 8
sower mains: ? Whan oniebodie hears tha message aboot tha Kïngdo on page 9
A say? Whaiver cums tae me an hears whut A say, an daes ït, A'll on page 80
ang tha pad ïs tha fowk that hears tha Wurd. An alang cums tha D on page 83

9 matches