A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

polar Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.4 4 6 9.9 58.1 0 4.4
Number of occurrences248 4 1 10 0 1
Number of authors10 3 3 1 2 1

Occurrences of polar in Corpus

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Central

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
Davie an the Polar Bear on page 36
nest on the ship an spottit a polar bear no far aff. It wis weel on page 37
back an tell them ye killt a polar bear' on page 38

6 matches

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
nae work like others. I see a polar bear laying on its back. What(2020) search twitter

@ionafyfe tweeted
e Scots Language Awards. In a polar bear wansie. #scots @handsupf(2020) search twitter

Doric

Leslie, Dawn Press and Journal 2023-12-02 - Doric Corner, (no publisher recorded 2023) Doric, newspaper
Ah'm nae quite 'aa aboard the Polar Express' jist yet, Ah've got
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
win that cam straacht aff the Polar icecap an wi little land atwe
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
She marched straucht tae the polar bear’s puil. Kevin’s floo
rew richt aside it. Percy the polar bear wis streekit oot on a sl
2 matches

Orkney

@peediepuss tweeted
out Guid God! Thoo may lipn a polar bear or twa afore Lang (2021) twitter link

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
o it; an polar questions (caaed yis/no quest on page 89
7.4.1 Polar questions in Shaetlan on page 90

9 matches

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
a whaft o walrus and a hint o polar bear #Shetland(2013) search twitter

Ulster

@the_gellick tweeted
the Ulster Scots yarn wi the Polar Bear cratur mysel. He was a q (2016) twitter link