A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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ile Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words22.8 21.6 46.7 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences7342 31 0 0 0 0
Number of authors37 24 13

Occurrences of ile in Corpus

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Central

Donati, Colin The Student and the Pawnwife , (Itchy Coo 2003 ISBN: 978-1902927817) Central, prose
rt-gettin hair wis drookit wi ile, Roond her craig, thin an lan on page 136
In yae coarner brenned a sma ile lamp lit afore an ikon. Awthi on page 137

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Cairns, Pauline Lallans 83 - Boeuf Bourguignon, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
a guid scoosh o olive ile on page 68

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Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
my fingers smoored wi ingine-ile, bouin ower whit seemed tae h on page 28

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Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
ellt ye butter wadnae dae tae ile the warks!" wi a luik like th on page 44

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Moodie, Gordon D. Lallans 90 - Snoke Iz A Pithie Warlock, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
ae conseeder that the snoke o ile bein burnit by a taxi deefurs on page 81

1 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
e pulley-wheels scraichin fur ile; on page 82

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Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
gan guid guns if they pit an ile kiver on the table. Ah will s on page 30

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Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
wis croodit roond it, pittin ile in its joints and adjustin it on page 142

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
Hauf a pint o ENGINE ILE - tae keep Grannie's engine on page 31
'I pit in some engine ile fae the gairage,' Geordie sai on page 88
, cowped hauf a pint o engine ile and some anti-freeze intae th on page 89

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Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
laund that floats on a sea o ile and gas. on page 82

1 matches

Travers, Martin A Nappie Lassie Blethers tae a Fritter, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, script
eepths ae thon broon sotterin ile - in the kintra's maist clat on page 1

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
sneds the ile-flow tae the engine on page 10

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Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
haur antrin weirmen quest for ile an pouer, on page 31
the heavy watters, nae sweet ile on page 37

2 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 59 - Terry Fae Brooklyn, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - Aryshire, prose
ies o Effie - she wisnae ony ile paintin, no even in thae days on page 136

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Kay, Billy Lallans 78 - Thochts on the bonnie broukit bairn at hame an abroad, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
university and warkin on the ile rigs for a few month, I spent on page 8

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Begg, James A. Lallans 68 - 1841 – The Plouman, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
e hauf licht o the flichterin ile-lamp, for a better luik at th on page 17

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Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
s really stertin tae bile his ile. He wisna an impatient man bu on page 26
a snake in a bucket o cookin ile. Ah think he's gonnae try and on page 35

2 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
Cloods thick as ile ower Nithsdale. on page 43

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - The Gowden Gate Til Samarkan, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, poetry
Hinny-douce baum, fine roset, ile an spice, on page 31

1 matches

McCabe, Mary Lallans 73 - Tap Table, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
Glisterin wi ile an soused wi barley-bree. on page 117

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Robertson, Colin Lallans 81 - Wildlaw, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
sht aboot the effecks o shale-ile howkin. Sae it seems claer at
1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
ap (dope); paraffin, paraffin ile (style); plates o’ meat (fe
araffin must be Scots because ile rhymes with style and oil dis
2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Whuppity Stoorie, (Scots Hoose 2017) Central, weans
back. She taen oot a bottle o ile and poored it ontae her fingi
1 matches

Heather, Alistair Trains approachin?, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
es the nou, in the wake o the ile crash an the decline o fishin
fter years o guid wark in the ile an gas industry arnae likely
2 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Kintrae livin, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
eir hoose wi its twin reeks o ile lamps an oor uncleʼs pipe. I
1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
, humphin muckle jars o olive ile an wine, an the herbour nearb
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Ozsome, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
n the rain. Dorothy fund some ile an iled his jynts and then he
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
by? she wonnert). Bit the gun-ile stains on Raggle’s haun, an
1 matches

Ewen, Allan Pairt Ane: Janus leuks back, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
ryin tae get letters aboot an ile fund prentit in an awmaist un
1 matches

@Angela1Sinclair tweeted
hfurfucksake. Who in the hair ile diz that tae thir lips? ??(2020) search twitter

@billykayscot tweeted
o Scotland’s resources like ile bi successive UK governments:(2020) search twitter
e tellt me aften “ye’re nae ile paintin”.(2020) search twitter

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 84 - Jamie’s Day Oot, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
ti the tap o yon poles ti pit ile in them.' An noo he saa there on page 41
'An fit wey wad ye be poorin ile inti yer lug, lassie?' on page 43

2 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 85 - The Clash o the Titans, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
e've been burnin the midnicht ile again.' on page 55

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 90 - Mrs Cadwallader’s Conversion, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
t o't; they've a sea o burnin ile ti sweem in that fair keeps t on page 44

1 matches

Benzie, Lesley Tales Fae The Doric Side - Pictur o Misery, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
fa feign interest in pourin ile on page 68

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Ronnie Hinnersin wis nae ile-pintin. Some folk aiven gaed on page 48
oom brandishin a big bottle o ile. on page 82

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
m in an stairtit poorin waarm ile on Joyce an rubbin her up. on page 13

1 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
. She brocht a fancy pottie o ile an steed ahin him at his quee on page 92
his sair bits, bathin them wi ile an wine. He pat e chiel on hi on page 98
' He says, 'A hunner gallon o ile'. 'Here's yer accoont,' he sa on page 108

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Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Workin in i'ile keeps him oot o' i'jile on page 132

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 78 - Scots Teegars, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric, prose
fae his wee bodie like bleck ile fae a perk funtain, syne jeel on page 80

1 matches

Milligan, John Lallans 68 - Fu Brawlie Kythe Their Hair, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Doric, poetry
factory yon lass wis frae hid ile an oos an threid on page 40

1 matches

Johnstone, Ian Tuney Loon's low doon, (The Fraserburgh Herald 2000) Doric, newspaper
he Laxative League, wi Castor Ile, and hivvens kens whit aa els
1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
the sheds a'a locked up, the ile changed o the car, boot o
1 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
ar Eck struggled tae cast his ile skins (they were stickin tae
hoose wis heated wi ile central heatin. It wis a auld
switched the ile biler on it fired richt awa b
fowers wid tak a hale ile rig o fuel tae itsel. Jonsar
4 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
tae cure a shelt o colic, wi ile o turpentine an ground ginger
, an her moo is smeether than ile...bit her eyn is wersh as wir
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
Meikleburgh's heid bummerie: ile magnates, marine scientists,
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
iff at first but she got some ile for the hinges. The saat air
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Bulletbroo, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
he hinnereyn though the olive ile hid deen the trick and the ba
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
he cook said burned a special ile fae sperm whales that burned
1 matches

Facebook link ( 2012) Doric - Buckie
irds were closin doon. Is the ile the major industry?

@DoricPhrases tweeted
ay including the mix. cooking ile, maple syrup an lemon juice. (2018) search twitter
afore the invention i' beard ile?(2018) search twitter

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