A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

hobby Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.3 3.6 10.5 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences147 7 0 0 0 0
Number of authors13 7 6

Occurrences of hobby in Corpus

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Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Drink ye ken's a global hobby, The clamour grew, on page 31

1 matches

Sneddon, Duncan Lallans 83 - Biggin Brigs – Nummer 3: Cornish, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
cairry on as nae mair nor the hobby o a nummer o fowk in a bubble on page 109

1 matches

Tindal, Betty Lallans 73 - Mither, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
Her hobby, hens. on page 58

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - The Glesgy Screwdriver, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
telt him wuidwark wis a braw hobby but a bluidy awfu profession on page 98

1 matches

Haddow, Kris Ronnie's Story, (words.krishaddow.com 2011) Central, prose
he’s only got wan hobby,
1 matches

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
dis mak thon gype's purportit hobby a the mair rideeculous an lam(2020) search twitter

@ricky_ballboy tweeted
Yer da shops at Hobby Lobby https://t.co/ZO1d48hcOJ (2020) twitter link

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
Anither hobby is her yard on page 15

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
onnet. "Ye see, smokin wis 1s hobby: fae the claain oot o the bow on page 88

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
His bin a lifelang hobby. on page 24

1 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - Beggerey’s Greenhoose, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
y that latterly, Beggerey’s hobby wis takkin on an obsessive as
1 matches

Gauld, Ilene Ilene Gauld - Piper and Poet, (Doric Future 2020) Doric - Keith, weans
for ‘oors, it wis kinda his hobby.
1 matches

Facebook link (Doric Scots Books an Poems 2021) Doric - Fraserburgh
t he didna jist keep it for a hobby

@fittiecrooners tweeted
day that wid be classed as a hobby. Just affa(2016) search twitter

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