A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

litter Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5 4.6 6 9.9 5.8 10.3 0
Number of occurrences169 4 1 1 1 0
Number of authors15 9 3 1 1 1

Occurrences of litter in Corpus

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Central

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
skinny guy, the runt . ae the litter it seems. He looks aw proud. on page 11

1 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
iking in Spain an Italie. The litter tuik aifter the auld boar in on page 14

1 matches

Pyper, Hugh S. The Five Scrolls, (Handsel Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1912052790) Central, poetry
Leuk! It's Solomons litter; on page 6

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
rue what they say aboot every litter. What's the alternative? Chan on page 16

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
and piss. Get Well Soon cards litter bedside tables. Fur all peopl on page 86

1 matches

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
wan o a litter on page 44

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Lang drifts o litter, spartit shards, on page 70

1 matches

Tindal, Betty Lallans 73 - The Scaffie Man’s Tale, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
lla leanin the satchel agin a litter bin! Weel acourse noo Ah coul on page 112

1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
nd have members oh the public litter picking for them in musselbur (2021) twitter link

Doric

Robertson, George C. Lallans 87 - Bluid An Banter, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, script
ut Ah micht hae ended up wi a litter o cubs. Some men see me when on page 40

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
up wi a moo like a tray o cat litter, a stotter o a sair heid, an on page 17

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
hid a cat flap, abiddy hid a litter tray on page 198
Abiddy hid a litter tray on page 199

2 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Sheu's trained tae use a litter tray - you'll nivver ken she on page 51

1 matches

Shetland

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
haviour. Anyone for a Redd Up/litter pick? #dunnachuckbruck #shopr(2020) search twitter

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Upon this road they a' but litter on page 24

1 matches

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