A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

oven Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words16.2 20 15.1 19.9 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences5239 10 2 1 0 0
Number of authors30 22 6 1 1

Occurrences of oven in Corpus

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Central

Robertson, James Precious and the Puggies, (Itchy Coo 2011 ISBN: 978-1845023324) Central, weans
lang, and wis soon oot o the oven. It smelt brawsome, but she h on page 69

1 matches

Lang, Charles nobody remembers the birdman - Good Friday, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, poetry
Yer hot cross buns ur in the oven on page 88

1 matches

Cairns, Pauline Lallans 83 - Boeuf Bourguignon, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
cooker had a non-functioning oven - it had twa temperatures, h on page 68
Pit intil a slow oven for aboot an oor an a half on page 69

3 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
ody hud been wizzent in a hot oven lang syne. She walked ontae t on page 117

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
h the gless door o a gigantic oven, rubbin his hauns and kecklin on page 100

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
rm 'microwave', or 'microwave oven', cam intae Scots speakers' w on page 12

1 matches

Travers, Martin A Nappie Lassie Blethers tae a Fritter, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, script
Zander's phone gaed intae the oven an A click-clacked intae Cent on page 4

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
'Though she'd nivver use the oven An she ayeways fed the men fi on page 31
t's wakin it up. I'Il put the oven on an set it in there fer a w on page 61
AIRS AND SHUFFLE AS RY TO THE OVEN. OVEN DOOR OPENS) on page 63

8 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
y some scran, stick it in the oven, set the table, pit the denne on page 31
calmin smell, is scran in the oven, and the kitchen got aw cosy on page 44

3 matches

Neill, Willie Lallans 61 - Three Tales frae the Brithers Grimm, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Ayrshire, prose
Green kennlin, rizzert in the oven." An sae she gaed on wi a sni on page 42

1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth For the fat romantics, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
baikit tae order an servit wi oven roastit spiced tattie slices,
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Guru an Zander, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
anner ay worktaps, integrated oven and hob combinations an bespo
1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Tasteless, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Saltcoats, prose
e afore A rattl't it intae ri oven, an' rat's whin a noticed rit
hud tae check rit A'd lit ri oven. Even whin A open't ri oven d
. Even whin A open't ri oven door A couldnae smell nu'hin'
rked 'e's erse in front e' ri oven efter a cursory howdoo fur yo
hin rur's a leg a' lamb in ma oven an' 'e's jist makin' shoor 'e
6 matches

Geraghty, Martin A Bad Sport, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ang an Admiral’s pie in the oven…45 minutes an it’ll be pi
1 matches

Lochhead, Liz Ashet, (Dictionaries of the Scots Language 2021) Central, poetry
eheatin (o aye, in a gey hoat oven!)
1 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 74 - The Killie Fleshers - 1786, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
hae claes het an dry ower the oven bricks afore ye get founert w
1 matches

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
y mates mum doing them in the oven ??(2020) search twitter

@jax6754 tweeted
nd now lunch is cooking in ma oven!?.(2015) search twitter

@Chazzbat tweeted
missus is the baker *an* the oven. You wur jist the caterin ass(2020) search twitter
wi nae access tae a stove or oven, please.(2020) search twitter

@rattlecans tweeted
can afford tae use the bloody oven anyhoo? (2022) twitter link

@weenell3 tweeted
@DavyGavin1 I havnae used the oven since I got my air fryer x (2022) twitter link

@annieones tweeted
anBoyle Whit happened tae the oven ready turkey ?? (2021) twitter link

Doric

Mitchell, Rhona Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Wye it Wis, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
se it an they hid a brand new oven that ye could store yer pots on page 18

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
the fine smell o hame-bakes: oven scones, breid, bannacks, rock on page 87

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ie wis bakit in oor makkie-on oven. on page 21

1 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
bit e morn is cassen in o the oven, will he nae be aa e mair lik on page 14

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Jist stick 'em in the oven in their jaikit on page 193

4 matches

@sovereigndaisy tweeted
@MrMalky Oven cookit in milk n butter, use (2019) search twitter

@d_anderson878 tweeted
tserib, bit affa fine. An nae oven noucht. https://t.co/kApqkFph(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Christmas cake and I pat the oven on. on page 13

2 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
he stakk his head atil a gas oven. Gettin drunk laek a man wis on page 18

1 matches

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