Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

pond	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	15.4	9.6	30	19.9	11.6	0	31
Number of occurrences	50	19	20	2	2	0	7
Number of authors	19	9	5	2	1		2

Occurrences of pond 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

Cunningham, Lucy nothing but a set of eyes for stars - Swedish Fish, (Association for Scottish Literature 2023 ISBN: 978-1906841546) Central, prose
t the fishes that swam in the pond were the same type of fishes on page 36
d watch them dae flips in the pond after school. A didnae feed t on page 37
ma hair. We were by the fish pond, on page 41

6 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
bein weel kennt ower the Duck Pond but haein nae historie in the on page 102

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
r action doon the Robbie Park pond. on page 164

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
st fish in the Brennan sister pond, and she bloody well knew it. on page 9
n him aboot in the ash-filled pond at the cemetery, occasionally on page 39
the lily pads in the cemetery pond. on page 42

3 matches

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
an roon the duck pond yonder. on page 4

1 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 63 - The Smithsonian Folklife Festival 2003, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
nference, cam owre the Herrin Pond in 2002 tae wale a hunner o S
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
She gard me dig a goldfish pond,
A goldfish in the gairden pond
2 matches

Heather, Alistair Rin throu the jungle, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
collapsed by the bank o this pond, wabbit fae ma days spent fea
the keeper o the deuks an the pond. He brocht us intae his wee w
2 matches

Duncan, Robert Peeweep, (Wigtown 2015) Central - Lumphinnans, poetry
Roun by the Swans’ Pond,
the Swans’ Pond,
2 matches

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 68 - Gordon’s Gairden, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Doric, prose
ie an a', mind ye. (Ere wis a pond at e Westburn Park ye could s on page 35

1 matches

Innes, Brian P. Tales Fae The Doric Side - Thochts o a Teacher, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
he place. An so we got a fish pond, wi goldfish. We bocht three on page 50

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
addle boat, in i' Duthie Park pond, i' Duthie Park pond on page 118

16 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 63 - Shelts, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Doric, prose
dyeuks an geese in his fairm pond – muckle fite breets that c
1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
Water awye like a muckle pond,
1 matches

Orkney

Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Loch, mill pond, mill race, wheel on page 36

1 matches

@peediepuss tweeted
dturner Might be in aboot the pond, though they are usually pret(2020) search twitter

Shetland

Watt, Valerie A daander trowe Michaelswood, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
esses, Snurtysleeves spied da pond. He fled oot da door an we aa
Snurtysleeves wipin da green pond weed fae his nose wi his slee
2 matches

Ulster

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
seen tha puddocks in oor wee pond theday, sae Spring 'ull no be on page 29

1 matches

King, Angeline Weans o Latharna, (angelineking.com 2021) Ulster - Larne, weans
indin loanen, beyont the fish pond an ontae the shore.
‘Next up is the Pond o Eyes.’
an drumlins for tae reach the pond.
aws an wapped them intae this pond. Nooadays the craws can tae b
tae me as we al bent ower the pond. Ah smiled at Jenny an doukit
6 matches