A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

maths Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words10.8 15.1 6 9.9 0 0 0
Number of occurrences3530 4 1 0 0 0
Number of authors17 12 4 1

Occurrences of maths in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
t wrong. They claim tae teach maths tae-' on page 36

1 matches

Beekman, Tony Lallans 85 - The Belt, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
Tam hated maths. Words were braw but nummers on page 40
gize again an go back tae the maths lesson. He looked forlorn an on page 43

3 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250242) Central, prose
taught me a bit o everyfin - maths and biology aside, which ah'd on page 7

2 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
llatape aff Mister Miller the Maths teacher. Ah'd forgot Charlene on page 34
uldnae concentrate aw through Maths. Part ae me couldnae wait fur on page 48
n him when we wur walkin past Maths an askin him if he'd had an a on page 77
i intae trouble. Yesterday in Maths, Charlene asked tag copy Harp on page 80
amework gaunna, help me wi ma Maths hamework gaunnae help me wi m on page 112
Also on pages 163, 169
13 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
me tae get somewhere? Ah hate maths, but awbody kens that ye need on page 35
a poem intae it at the back o maths this mornin. on page 42

2 matches

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
wis oor favrit maths teacher on page 27

1 matches

Atkins, Elise Billy Barr ’n’ Jonny Jimison’s Day Oot!, (Scottish Book Trust 2023) Central, prose
Billy? Ah’m no that bad at maths!”
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 114, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
he said, turning back tae her Maths book, 'Bet you Scotland's no
1 matches

Dempster, Michael DIGNITY, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
maths an science,
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
future, than. He cud see the maths. Ilka bairn that forgets clos
1 matches

Haddow, Kris Ronnie's Story, (words.krishaddow.com 2011) Central, prose
classroom trying tae finish a maths test when a broke oot in a ca
1 matches

@fairpechtoot tweeted
Maths question in Scots fir Maths wk 2017! Great way tae challe(2017) search twitter

@bigandymccoll tweeted
1000% certain (excuse my mad maths, but they started it ??) that (2022) twitter link

Doric

McBeath, Lorraine Tales Fae The Doric Side - The New Quine at School, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
ote doon the unswer for me in Maths on page 54

1 matches

Crawford, Jack The Pluffer, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
l and ran. Ma first class wis Maths. Noo, am nae exaggerating fan
1 matches

@cligeey tweeted
@youngwd1 Tory maths dinna add up(2020) search twitter

@Franwella tweeted
@aimeeannenaylor Maths homework in the middle o summ(2011) search twitter

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
tae ken the maths tae tak the coarse tae qualie on page 15

1 matches

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