Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

peers	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	8	9.1	7.5	0	5.8	20.7	0
Number of occurrences	26	18	5	0	1	2	0
Number of authors	16	9	4		1	2

Occurrences of peers in Corpus

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Central

Morton, Elaine Lallans 59 - In Dispraise o Eden, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
ere hinnie-blobs an drap-ripe peers, on page 91

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
oan his nose, peers at me ower the tap. Ma ankles on page 1

4 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
hit wis thrummelt intae me bi peers on page 13

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
Ane o the men, unlike his peers, wis unshair o the very chair on page 98

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
learnin wis throu uphaud fae peers, vizzy o the wark o ithers, a on page 7
edia is a resource vizzied bi peers, an syne, if ye edit somethin on page 48

2 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
re hinnie--blobs an drap-ripe peers, on page 52

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 59 - In Dispraise o Eden, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
ere hinnie-blobs an drap-ripe peers, on page 91

1 matches

Jarvie, Gordon Lallans 74 - Kenspeckle Man, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
Duncan wha helpt his peers I hymn
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Thochts o Speakin Scots, (peffers50.freeserve 2001) Central, prose
nformal forgaitherins o thair peers? Efter bein telt for years at
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 177, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
n been uphaudit bi kenspeckle peers the likes o Hugh MacDiarmid,
1 matches

Clark, Sara Scot Free -The Psychic Cost O Uisin Scots, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
arents, bi yer bosses, bi yer peers, bi the bams on social media,
1 matches

Clark, Thomas Aw Aboard! The fecht for the Scots language stairts the day!, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central - Bellshill, blog
language o their middle-cless peers micht in ony wey be education
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 125, (self-published 2004) Central, newspaper
n Scots, no even frae its ain peers that's professed Scots leid u
cots, particular bi thair ain peers. The estaiblishment an the me
2 matches

Doric

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 90 - The Trump, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, poetry
An A peers at im unner the lump. on page 35

1 matches

Gilbert, Jo Tales Fae The Doric Side - Snog, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
ll. We kint fine if ony o oor peers clocked twa quines sharin a s on page 53

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Peers oot i'windae, wearin' i'sark on page 115
Peers oot i'windae tae greet i'day on page 132

2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
n year auld, o an age fin his peers war wirkin, an noo that his f
1 matches

Shetland

Nicholson, Hannah Tales Fae The Doric Side - Smooriken, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Shetland, prose
all. We kent at if ony © wir peers spied twa lasses sharin a smo on page 52

1 matches

Southern

Purves, David Lallans 67 - The Incomparable Li Po (701-762), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
Inti the lanesum nicht she peers on page 34

1 matches

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
as treated differently gae ma peers socially and educationally. E (2020) twitter link