A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

pills Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.9 6.6 1.5 19.9 0 0 0
Number of occurrences1613 1 2 0 0 0
Number of authors10 8 1 1

Occurrences of pills 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

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
merchant. This merchant sell pills intendit for tae slocken drou on page 76

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Sells mornin-efter pills on page 119

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
rridge mixed wi half-digested pills. on page 86

1 matches

Waddell, John Lallans 58 - Three Waddins and Fowr Funerals - a monologue, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
ms she took ower mony sleepin pills. They couldnae mak oot whithe on page 59

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McFarlane, Ishbel Oor hail culture is fatphobic ... an thon’s the real shame, (The National 2020) Central, newspaper
€“ a money avalanche fir diet pills, clesses, an aw the rest.
1 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 71 - The Concreit Bouer, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
t an bowtit, she rummaged for pills, swallaed yin an ligged wi sh
n anither prescription. Eatin pills like sweeties. I’ll
2 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
They need nae vaccines, pills, or drugs,
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Sacrificial Doo, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
t. Should never huv goat they pills fur him aff wee Franny Mulhea
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Bennett, Peter Just Another Minute, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
in. Benzodiazepine. Wee blue pills that anaesthetise the despair
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Bennett, Peter McShane's Reprieve, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ple genres, full ay wee white pills.
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Grae, Emma Jimmy and his wee darlin Alexa, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
Ah fish ma wee tub o pills oot fae the side o the couch.
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@kennethbryce184 tweeted
yo aye n tak it wae sum happy pills lol (2020) twitter link

Doric

@fittiecrooners tweeted
fae fry up, irn bru, heedache pills & even one o' Jessie's remedi(2016) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
frocks fae Croy's and seaseek pills fae Boots. on page 20

2 matches

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