A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

helmets Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3 4.5 0 9.9 0 0 0
Number of occurrences109 0 1 0 0 0
Number of authors8 7 1

Occurrences of helmets in Corpus

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Central

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
e glint o sun on cuirasses an helmets cuid nou be seen, an Hamilton on page 36
o war - muskets an pistols, helmets an breistplates, swords an se on page 38
Scattert about were sodgers' helmets an a couple o swords that had on page 53

3 matches

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
in the East. The wee roun tin helmets worn by the British army were on page 23

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
an cities, the spikes on the helmets o the sodgers in every street on page 75

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
reid space suits, complete wi helmets and goggles - at least they on page 142

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
thae young yins bare leather helmets on page 29

1 matches

Watt, George T. Lallans 73 - Land o Fallen Empires, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
wi pith helmets an jack bits thay stottert in on page 76

1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
FamousFive1875 take off there helmets n awe the padding they wear n (2021) twitter link

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
will-willan wi meusic in thir helmets, naeraboots unteddert fae the on page 82

1 matches

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