A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

lots Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words24 18.1 18 119.2 63.9 41.3 13.3
Number of occurrences7836 12 12 11 4 3
Number of authors46 21 9 8 5 1 2

Occurrences of lots in Corpus

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Central

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
he whole room crowds roon it, lots ay "ooohs" an "ahhhhs". The on page 3

2 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
les! Ye've got three separate lots o fruit and each lot hus seev on page 211

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
aye mind that in spite o whit lots o fowk think o him, Johnnie K on page 18
lang, lang ago that sangs hae lots o local variants, an the trut on page 67
Scotland whaur they'll spend lots o thon siller, the vast major on page 89
n even places whaur there wis lots o wark, richt across Scotland on page 147

4 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
e salt beef. So the lads drew lots tae see wha wuid tak the gun on page 37
which had let him traivel tae lots o braw places, but as is the on page 71

2 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
. Lots of luv on page 169

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
Then stap it fu wi lots o books, on page 159

1 matches

Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Perjink, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927565) Central, weans
in the tap o his heid. It had lots o airms, each wi a different on page 10

1 matches

Harrison, Jean Lallans 59 - BARRY SCHUIL 1928 - 1934, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
alays were oor favourites, an lots o poetry. My favourite, "Woul on page 120

1 matches

Waddell, John Lallans 58 - fower poems bi John Waddell, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
Wi lots o juicy biomass, on page 62

1 matches

Annand, J. K. Lallans 75 - Yule, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, weans
Wi lots o ither bonnie toys
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Wi bonny flooers ye plant, in lots
Wi lots o juicy biomass,
2 matches

Smith, Jamie Effeirin tae the formal: Laitinate lendwirds in Scots, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
ots did in fact come first in lots of individual items and detai
1 matches

Handy, Robbie Forked Tongues, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Dunfermline, blog
ussian or German at first, an lots o them didnae immediately rec
1 matches

Bennett, Peter TA Hauf an a Hauf, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
a pub should be expansive wae lots ay room for patrons tae be se
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Al Fresco, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
way back then meant picnics, lots and lots o picnics.
and lots o picnics.
2 matches

McKillop, Roger The Flemings o’ Dalnoid, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
nly she ken't! She said she'd lots o' visitors, one arrived when
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Challengin' Times, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
t a moderate pace, allowin’ lots’ o’ room atween bikes anâ
1 matches

@_Erinboyle_ tweeted
cottBrown8 Thank you !! I did lots a greetin last week too ???? (2021) twitter link

@RickHJohnston tweeted
I ken lots o Rangers fans that cannae wa (2022) twitter link

@SusiBriggs1 tweeted
a lovely day oot fer awbuddy. Lots tae see and dae. @PPMBT https(2019) search twitter

@OliphantWullie tweeted
etc on oor side in 2014, but lots o ordinary folk like me & you (2022) twitter link

@Chazzbat tweeted
by Billie Eilish. Ah discover lots o music acause it's uised as (2020) search twitter

@bigandymccoll tweeted
ate actor. Ah ken ye ken, but lots don't yet. So all we can do i (2022) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
@Brian_Pacey lots of the 20s lads going amateur (2020) twitter link
isgordon1875 aye lol - still lots 2 look forward 2 on the footb (2020) twitter link
atching games - have watched lots of youth games at various ven (2021) twitter link
@jamiefluff spot on m8 - lots o respect for andy burnham an (2020) twitter link
s prevailed at last though - lots oh folk righting off club 42 (2021) twitter link
and 1 other occurrences.

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
on ye're oot a lot an There's lots to do on page 15

1 matches

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
n mairrit on a local quine wi lots o land on page 26

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
n his wye atween the numbered lots an noddin it the Mart men, fr on page 93
unctioneer rattlin throwe the lots. Aathin wis fir sale: the ing on page 94

3 matches

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
faces. Air wis a sound o lots o footsteps, an Alice lookeg on page 76

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
jist shimmerin again. Ere wis lots o activity on the water,
lots o firewid, five bags in a lot
2 matches

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
er than the lyrics. There wis lots o landscapes and hills, and t
1 matches

McDonald, Charlie , (Facebook 2022) Doric - Aberdeen, poetry
It looked huge, an lots o' rooms nearly a hunder
1 matches

@glenlivetloon tweeted
yet... tak it its on iPlayer? Lots o buzz on here aboot it.(2020) search twitter

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
of muir as moor, but it's in lots of hill names, meaning the hi (2020) twitter link

Orkney

Sclater, Kathryn Gallows Ha - Five Signs, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Bit lots o folk hiv a cat. on page 15

1 matches

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Says I, "Of coorse. There's lots back home. Whit Orkney lacks on page 10
Wi lots o love, on page 11
There's lots o entertainment and there's p on page 29

3 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
t, whar the Ting sets fees an lots thir quaaters, on page 61

1 matches

Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Trees, big trees, lots o trees, the planteens on page 47

1 matches

Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
e pits on her hat. Hats cover lots of things and mak you look re on page 30

1 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine An Excerpt From Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Future Fantasy, (The Bottle Imp 2019) Orkney, poetry
whar the Ting sets fees an lots quaaters,
1 matches

Hall, Simon W. No the Six o Clock News, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Orkney, blog
at’s a peety. But there’s lots o ither pieces we could mak a
1 matches

@johnkmitchinson tweeted
, doesn’t it? ‘Guid tae see lots o weel kent faces here the ni (2020) twitter link

@peediepuss tweeted
@DementedBonxie There will be lots of folk no ken what to do wit (2020) twitter link
ah9macdonald Ken the feeling! Lots of possibilities; disease, pa(2020) search twitter

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
Dey wir lots a bits an pieces fae da waaks on page 25
t cam a him. Time gude by, wi lots a changes i da toon. Maist a on page 39
, shü's i da hospital - dir lots a things wrang wi her, bit it on page 43
kert. It wis a heavy job, wi lots a horse on page 92

5 matches

Isbister, Sonny Caves aroond Shetland, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
Jeamie. ‘We’re been here lots o times afore.’
e explore on da beach and fun lots o sea creatures like peerie c
2 matches

Facebook link (Wir Midder Tongue 2016) Shetland
Spaekin o grind, dirs lots o grinds aa ower. My faeder s

@tattooedselkie tweeted
a year. I miss her, an indeed lots o ither fokk.(2021) search twitter

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
nature reserve :) i love them lots! https://t.co/0ftSAac2X1(2016) search twitter
were in my compost. Love dem lots. Dey are a gardeners friend t(2016) search twitter

Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
aboot ma Bairnrhymes book and lots on @scotslanguage, slaters an(2020) search twitter
@Lenniesaurus Lots. Ah'm 54 noo (still a big wea (2020) twitter link
yscot @JoannaKopaczyk Used by lots o weans an young fowk Ah ken.(2020) search twitter
ar Sandyhills is an auld bit, lots o richt auld archaeological f(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
amang thaim is divid The cast lots for thair share. on page 65

1 matches

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
us pïckt oot bi tha draain o lots - like tha preeshts aye daen on page 69

1 matches

Robinson, Philip Tae a Virus, (no publisher recorded 2020) Ulster, poetry
But lots o things hae changed frae the
1 matches

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