A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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minister Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words27.2 22.6 39.2 119.2 0 0 22.1
Number of occurrences8744 26 12 0 0 5
Number of authors26 19 4 2 1

Occurrences of minister in Corpus

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Central

Haddow, Kris nobody remembers the birdman - The Incomer, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
Irish soundin, folk said. The minister kept schtum aboot whither ye' on page 77
dnae made it. At the tea, the minister wis seen smilin and noddin as on page 80

2 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ia fur becomin the nixt Prime Minister or CEO ae a fortune five hunn on page 16
pish. Mean, ah dinnae see the minister ae employment huvin his wages on page 119
It wis hardly Prime Minister's Question Time, likes, But A on page 131
eller's market". If the Prime Minister and his minion's kin make a q on page 143

4 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
p o aw afore her bi the Prime Minister jist didnae happen. The bampo on page 7
greetinfaced whinin at First Minister's Quaistions! As A seyed, Am on page 104
ae seen, in spite o the Prime Minister', attempts tae hoodwink baith on page 120

3 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
ae its core an even the Prime Minister William Pitt haud been cryin on page 121

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
f an cover them wi icing? The minister's wife near choked tae daith. on page 62
herty kept winkin at him? The minister's wile noticed onywye. on page 63
t at the cemetery an book the minister? on page 64
ye'd hae preferred gettin the minister eftir aa. on page 68
he kirk, it wis too late. The minister had blessed the couple an the on page 88

8 matches

Harrison, Jean Lallans 59 - BARRY SCHUIL 1928 - 1934, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
ite she meant, we played "The Minister's Cat". When we got tae H ane on page 120

2 matches

McAlpine, Joan Meeting of the Parliament, (The Scottish Parliament 2019) Central, government
ask: to ask the Deputy First Minister if the Government wid conside
1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
s. They being examined by the minister and one of the bailies of tha
1 matches

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
ll be reborn the day the last minister is strangled with the last co
1 matches

Clark, Thomas Aw Aboard! The fecht for the Scots language stairts the day!, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central - Bellshill, blog
Easterhoose - yin education minister efter anither has thrawn awth
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 147, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
Culture Minister Patricia Fergusson, speakin a
1 matches

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
outbreak of the virus. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has advised aga
1 matches

Philips, Cally Jings, crivens, help ma Boab, it’s independence!, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Turriff, prose
Eck. Alec. Salmond. Oor First Minister. A conversation that had stai
h wis Alec Salmond, wur First minister, maist like –Oor Wullie, or
Wullie that he shud be First Minister, an they a’ set up election
ought we’d huv an SNP First Minister. Then they niver thought that
4 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 105, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
ne McGugan MSP, Shadow Depute Minister for Children and Education.
1 matches

Monahan Brown, Ricky Dùn Èideann, (The Scores 2020) Central, prose
declares Minister for Defence
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 106, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
that year, the daith o First Minister Donald Dewar. In 2001 the pro
ith Scots an Gaelic wis, "The Minister of State for Scotland, George
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 75, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
at, "Susan Deacon, the Health Minister has just announced the closur
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Smeddum o Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
ifference atween the “First Minister o Scotland” and the “high
1 matches

@ClashCityClarky tweeted
that's left ye. Gaun yersel, minister! https://t.co/5F6gyDxbtw(2018) search twitter

@RickHJohnston tweeted
having a proven liar as Prime Minister. Poor Ian Blackford shown the (2022) twitter link

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
ut "as retweeted by the First Minister" in yer bio, quine! It's like(2020) search twitter

@DABArbuckle tweeted
ris Johnson (the ACTUAL Prime Minister) and Gillian Keegan (Tory min(2020) search twitter
competence o Scotland's First Minister when his ain shambles o a bos(2020) search twitter
ld chinge his title fae Prime Minister tae Teflon Don(2020) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
@Jamesy34766993 snp/the first minister and jason leitch - theres yo (2021) twitter link
awe the way the gov n oor 1st minister is treatin folk - wae there (2020) twitter link

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
The minister wis due tae be preachin at Gl on page 15

1 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 79 - The Bonnie Lintie, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
hunnerpelt, takkin tent o the minister's langer-nor-eeswal langamach on page 24
itor, they cud lippen tae the minister's wife tae tak a turn, though on page 25
r vyce haudin the teen wi the minister's wife. "Megstie me," thinks on page 26
e wye; but, o a suddenty, the minister breengt forrit an teuk a lang on page 27

15 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 82 - Troke, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
na, A wunna say 'at. Gin the minister saa me, or ane o the elyers, on page 89
n oot airly wi the besom, the minister or an elyer, ane o the twa. S on page 90

5 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 83 - The Umman, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
was rale teen abaak, fan the minister’s wife telt ma th’umman w
, A wad waalk oot. A telt the minister lang ago there was a chance t
irk he wyles. Ay, an tell the minister onything he wints. The puir m
3 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
during music - fit wye does Minister frown faun I dee it aat Kirk (2016) search twitter

@cligeey tweeted
ting a while back aboot First minister being in North East I replied(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Butler, Vera Gallows Ha - Maggie o Quoys and Bessie o Gyre , (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
r. Nothing took hid doon. The minister wis called and I could see th on page 21

1 matches

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
p wi his swear wirds when the minister's aroond. on page 55
He still insults the minister and drives poor Granny mad. on page 56
The minister gaed on a Setterday night, ta on page 61
hool, heid bowed low, and the minister comes in the door. on page 62
Mind us catchan the minister's wife makkan watter, ahint t on page 63

11 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
large hooses occupied bae the minister, the doctor an the politician on page 24
ted hir duster an watched the minister dwadle bae the swing. on page 38
ed hersel fur prayer, but the minister tapped his chin wi his clespe on page 40
oo Read posin as Lily fur the minister. She had leukt weel then. on page 47

5 matches

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