A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

makeup Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.2 6.4 1.5 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences1413 1 0 0 0 0
Number of authors12 11 1

Occurrences of makeup in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
Ah check ma makeup in ma pocket mirror. Ah'm aw on page 16

1 matches

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
Wae makeup on ma puss, on page 35
Make up a mind wae makeup oan, on page 37

2 matches

McDowell, Diane Drummond (Ma's Bairns), (Independently Published 2021 ISBN: 979-8592734588) Central, prose
ome of your spare perfume and makeup... all the presents you didn' on page 1

1 matches

Dalgetty, Moira Lallans 104 - The Best Laid Schemes..., (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, poetry
no least, Ah slapped oan the makeup, which Ah never usually wore. on page 102

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
though she's aw dolled up the makeup clearly isnae workin. She soo on page 104

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
talkin aboot her hair an her makeup an how she thought Chris Rice on page 24

1 matches

Forrest, Liam Hittin the Toon, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Dunfermline, prose
t - way their faces caked in makeup fae the Poond shop, their sho
1 matches

Sutherland, Hope Twa sisters, een room, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Buckie, prose
ame, claiths neatly in piles, makeup arranged neatly roon aboot. I
1 matches

Haddow, Kris Ronnie's Story, (words.krishaddow.com 2011) Central, prose
curly hair and she a’y wore makeup. She wisnae married or anythi
1 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
Whit is goan on wi Gemma's makeup? She luiks like somewan's sla(2020) search twitter
agine thu'll cover thum up wi makeup. James Bond cannae hae tats.(2020) search twitter

@fairpechtoot tweeted
guage Huv ye seen Sara Hill's makeup range? There's a concealer ca(2016) search twitter

Doric

Wilson, Katie Becus a hae a sister a hae a friend, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Buckie, prose
f we using ma clothes n ah ma makeup. There's nae chance. I dinna
1 matches

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