A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

pear Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.4 3 4.5 0 0 0 8.9
Number of occurrences116 3 0 0 0 2
Number of authors10 6 2 2

Occurrences of pear 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

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
under wi you isnae gettin gey pear-shaped.' on page 1

1 matches

Bryden, Hugh Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
A pear-shaped echoing drum. Burst bi on page 93

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
A rotten nit, a bowfin pear, on page 133

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 167, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
Avocado an aipple an pear
1 matches

Robertson, Gary A Wee Dundee Xmas Poem, (Lidl 2020) Central, poetry
s o Xmas, an a partridge in a pear tree?
1 matches

Facebook link ( 2021) Central
iam wis deid it aw went a bit pear shapit again, religion includ

Doric

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Jooglin aipples an a pear, wi' a peach on page 133
I hivna epples nor a pear on page 150

2 matches

McDonald, Charlie , (Facebook 2022) Doric, poetry
A quarter poon' o' pear drops
1 matches

Ulster

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
Hidden treysure an a fancie pear! on page 9

1 matches

Ullans Speakers Association Nursery Rhymes for Weans, (Ulster-Scots Agency 2008 ISBN: 978-0955791697) Ulster, weans
t a silver nutmeg an a gowden pear. on page 20

1 matches

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