A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

isles Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words25.3 21.3 3 139.1 110.4 20.7 13.3
Number of occurrences8242 2 14 19 2 3
Number of authors37 19 1 7 6 1 3

Occurrences of isles in Corpus

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Central

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
nemerk an raidit the Southron Isles, Ireland an Fraunce. Bit he b on page 14

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Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
the blah blahs...Lords ay the Isles... doodidiedoo...then the Jac on page 3

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
his onie force in the British Isles is that o English Sovranty, r on page 42
rae some place in the British Isles and hadnae aw been subjeckit on page 48

2 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
in set up aw thro the British Isles. Even eftir the French king h on page 122

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
And treisure isles, and faur aff shores on page 159

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Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
The British Isles has aye been multilingual. Th on page 9
In the Isles, an pairts o the Hielans, sig on page 13

2 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
ts is soondit. In the Norland isles, pairts o Angus an Wast Dunba on page 64

1 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
uart, Queen o Scotland an the Isles (aged 25) on page 14
Scotland I possess, an the Isles, on page 35

2 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
ancient than onythin in thir isles. on page 77

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
: 'Europe: A History' or 'The Isles: A History', wi the owthor ha on page 110

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Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
er tae “Leids Policy in the Isles”—a collogue tae launch th
18 Languages Policy in the Isles: Paper by J. Derrick McClure
2 matches

Falconer, Gavin Lallans 63 - Richt Scots an Pithy Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
ce o the Lawlands, the Norlin Isles an the North o Airland.
1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
t in ony o the kintras o thir isles, either in Ingland, Irland, S
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Whae Were the Pechts, (Dig It Scotland 2023) Central, prose
e Roman inbidin o the British Isles. Sinsyne, it has cam tae refe
e in the Northern and Western Isles o Scotland forby a wheen area
2 matches

Smith, Jamie Effeirin tae the formal: Laitinate lendwirds in Scots, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
de Caithness and the Northern Isles) are almost all found likewis
1 matches

Heather, Alistair Trains approachin?, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
d anachronisms. Boats tae the isles ar auld an dear. Fleein tae o
1 matches

Handy, Robbie Forked Tongues, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Dunfermline, blog
the same influences fae these Isles. So, while in the past an ord
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 174, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
un on holiday tae the Westren Isles. The Wee Brither an Sister is
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
n the kailyaird, the law-lyin isles o the Ooter Hebrides hauf dro
the globe an fund the British Isles. “This is whaur Ah come fae
2 matches

Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
un-Inglis fowk o the Breetish Isles.
1 matches

Puchowski, James Frae Norrowa ower the faem, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
its main bases i the Northren Isles an sum urban areas on the ais
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando Weill, weill, weill, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
ld their saets i the Northern Isles, demonstratin that the French
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 76, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
ised language' in the British Isles. I don't know about you but I
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s Linguistic Landscape - Scots and Gaelic, (Translation Services 24 2022) Central, prose
thmaist pairts o the Shetland Isles, neebourin Norway. It is spak
e north-east and the Northern Isles. It is less kenably strang an
2 matches

Doric

Murdoch, Steve Schrödinger’s Leid?, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Doric - St Andrews, blog
of o Scotland an the Northren Isles wes heartlands wi weel abeen
he North East an the Northern Isles wi strang enclaves in Fife, t
2 matches

Orkney

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
A lad lived on a North Isles ferm, hid deun fae he wis bor on page 95

1 matches

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
The green isles lie afore them - Stronsay, S on page 48

1 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
aerd tae find on wir treeless isles on page 57

1 matches

Hall, Simon W. Tae thee, or no tae thee?, (Brisk Northerly 2020) Orkney, blog
anither time I heard a North Isles bus driver sayan tae an owld
1 matches

Hall, Simon W. Bonny Isle o Sanday, (Brisk Northerly 2016) Orkney, blog
ttest pairt o aal the brokken isles o Orkney. Here, the selkies s
1 matches

Hall, Simon W. No the Six o Clock News, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Orkney, blog
ar ither than in the Northern Isles wid ye get proper, authentic
he Scots used in the Northern Isles are much more numerous than y
ear some pretty good Northern Isles Scots in this mainstream sett
or the tastes o most Northern Isles viewers. But consider this: w
presentation for the Northern Isles? Or whit aboot a TV version o
5 matches

Miller, Alison The Point o Tinsal, (Dictionaries of the Scots Language 2021) Orkney, poetry
arwick, travels tae the North Isles in search o wirds for his dic
1 matches

@johnkmitchinson tweeted
rip oot tae the ‘Queen o the Isles’ (Westray) the day. https:// (2021) twitter link

@peediepuss tweeted
Orkney, at least in the north isles. Not only applying to the sea (2020) twitter link
already ken thoo wur fae the Isles I dae noo. Love it ??(2020) search twitter

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2017) Shetland, poetry
wi wir ain peerie isles; a green embrace on page 34

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Lallans 58 - seiven poems bi Christine de Luca, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
ywhaar in Whalsa. (Da Nordern Isles wis on page 19

1 matches

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
Hit pre-daets English apø da isles an isna mutually intelligible on page 7
laess fir hunders o years. Da isles wis aareidy bidden ithin whin on page 9
isles fir weel efter da Scots tøk on page 10
istic groups ithin da British Isles: Gaels in Ireland an da nort- on page 14
colonised da Scottish Wastern Isles an Ireland an aa. At aboot da on page 15
Also on pages 20, 79, 101
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Irvine, Chloe Untitled Poem, (The Scotsman 2021) Shetland - Whalsay, poetry
Wir isles ir flottin atween Norwa, Bree
1 matches

Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
tlan pronunciations fae idder isles. Dis is caase we duina hae a
... was because the Northern Isles became more and more orientat
2 matches

@tattooedselkie tweeted
t yeah, Gaelic is the Western Isles, we hae wi(2021) search twitter
a spik Gaelic in the Northern Isles, among ither things!(2021) search twitter

@shaetlan_rose tweeted
ys to pronounce him across de isles — bon, ben, bein, bane. Hear(2020) search twitter

Southern

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
! After travellin up and doon Isles. Noo ahm back hyme! Never gan(2020) search twitter
in and workin up and doon the isles untae 2000, back hyme! As if, (2020) twitter link

Ulster

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
Like tae tha folk aroon these isles on page 32

1 matches

Thompson, Mark The Lost Ness Monster, (clydesburn.blogspot.com 2009) Ulster - Ards Peninsula, poetry
When fae behin the Isles
1 matches

Robinson, Philip Tae a Virus, (no publisher recorded 2020) Ulster, poetry
Canary isles, no fur a while
1 matches

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