Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

johnston	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	6.2	5.6	9	0	11.6	0	4.4
Number of occurrences	20	11	6	0	2	0	1
Number of authors	10	6	2		1		1

Occurrences of johnston 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
tae the hert o Maister Edward Johnston, captain o the Saint Michael. on page 31
t doun tae hae a crack wi Rab Johnston the miller. His yowes had aa on page 69
t he tuik himsel doun tae Rab Johnston at Sorn Mill wi twa firkins o on page 72

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
n a story cawed simply 'Boris Johnston'. Yous could say its a kindae on page 50

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 81 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Prestwick, newspaper
y at Edinbro Feestival', Mary Johnston gies us an awmaist diarie-lik on page 5

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Begg, James A. Lallans 68 - 1841 – The Plouman, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
caa in on his auld freen Bob Johnston, the byreman at South Mains. on page 17

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 82 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Prestwick, prose
frae the Brithers Grimm, Mary Johnston tells hou man cam ti hae his on page 7

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Douglas, Sheila Lallans 62 - The Cairryin Stream o Tradeetion, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
Scottish Step Dance wi Morag Johnston and John Sikorsky, Writers Wo
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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 59 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central, newspaper
juist ti singil oot ane) Mary Johnston’s voice will shuirly be hae
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Purdie, David C. Lallans 59 - Sanct Hub’s, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
wi Johnston Terrace, thair wis a wuiden c
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McKillop, Roger Wee Roge Boobs, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
A mind Brian Johnston, the late Cricket commentator
1 matches

Doric

Strachan, Shane Tales Fae The Doric Side - Doric Dwams, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
In Johnston Gairdens we cross on page 31

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Strachan, Shane DWAMS, (Tapsalteerie 2024 ISBN: 978-1916214880) Doric, poetry
In Johnston Gairdens we cross on page 26

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 83 - Dunnottar, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
uffocated ti death?’ speirt Johnston. He wis daein Honours History
, Jock, me, Munro and his pal Johnston that wis ti be a witness, fix
‘Ay,’ laached Johnston, ‘ti see if ye’ve peed ye
fit’s happened?’ skraiked Johnston.
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Shetland

Jamieson, Robert Alan Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2017) Shetland, poetry
Johnston stöd'im asyd da barrel. on page 21

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Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
imes laike Armstrong. Elliot, Johnston an' Graham ir amang the maist on page 36

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