A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

poverty Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words11.5 15.9 7.5 0 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences3731 5 0 1 0 0
Number of authors18 14 3 1

Occurrences of poverty 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
yacht? An whit dae I git? The poverty trap. Worn oot. Early grave. on page 1

1 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
ir hovels had tae thole their poverty, an trauchle on as best they on page 62
inner-en, driven by hunger an poverty, thousans left the south west on page 63

2 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
nation that seein me droon in poverty hus jist became a national pr on page 16
up past the eighty quid mark. Poverty does that tae yae. It isnae j on page 18
e me? That acceptin a life ae poverty wis the easy choice? Lit me t on page 21
tae appreciate the meanin ae poverty." on page 23
otto will gee us a wey oot ae poverty. The last hing they want is u on page 92
Also on pages 124
6 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
es that are a direck result o poverty are on the rise, an sic jobs on page 53
boot the necessity tae tackle poverty an problems o national infras on page 111

2 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Famine an poverty, deprivation, on page 36

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
O mairit poverty in a laund o riches. on page 45

1 matches

Waddell, John Lallans 58 - Three Waddins and Fowr Funerals - a monologue, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
Aye, ye rescued me fae poverty, an A'll aye be thankfu fur t on page 59

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Lallans 70 - Carnegie, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
Daith an poverty ahint ye trauchle,
1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
o gettin oot o their cycle o poverty and deprivation. This fund ex
For mony wifies, poverty wis nae excuse for lettin doo
2 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Than an nou — poverty, makkin dae, an leukin oot for ilk ither, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
Than an nou — poverty, makkin dae, an leukin oot fo
young day haed seen a deal o poverty an wha thocht the Weelfare St
Poverty, wi its neebors hunger, drunk
aboot bein reportit for their poverty an cawed neglectfu, their bai
ither wis feart o fawin intae poverty. She haed nae time for fowk s
5 matches

Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part two of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
e neighbourin cubicle pleadin poverty an beggin fur a crisis loan t
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 117, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
for a day, an then aw down to poverty, pains, duds, an debility. Po
1 matches

Sneddon, Alison Whit dae ye want “British vailues” tae mean?, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
e, duration an impack, makkin poverty an inequality aye the waur, a
chynge for fowk an fecht agin poverty, inequality an injustice aroo
ference atween life an daith, poverty an prosperity, inequality an
3 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 86, (self-published 2001) Central, newspaper
urns praised for awnin honest poverty, an cry thaim Neds insteid? T
1 matches

McNulty, Victoria Flit, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, poetry
If there’s ever an honest poverty
1 matches

@rattlecans tweeted
die of hypothermia, crushing poverty and all the rest, jist tae ma (2022) twitter link
ving to find oot if we die of poverty or no (2022) twitter link

Doric

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
as the poverty o street urchins on page 4
as the poverty o street urchins on page 33

2 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - The Bigger Hoose, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
t o't. Him haein teen a vow o poverty, siller meant little tae him, on page 109

1 matches

Uri, Antonia Fit tae dae aboot obesity?, (Mak Forrit 2018) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
only prevent them fa live in poverty fae bein able tae indulge in
1 matches

Uri, Antonia Flooery achievement for the Scots Government, (The National 2019) Doric, newspaper
tionise the fecht agin period poverty. Oor government continuallie
1 matches

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
e man free, an da will ta lay poverty on page 47

1 matches

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