Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

pund	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	12	15.7	9	19.9	0	0	0
Number of occurrences	39	31	6	2	0	0	0
Number of authors	13	11	1	1

Occurrences of pund in Corpus

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Central

McPartlin, John Lallans 82 - Biggin the Great Nor Road, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
tirrups tae wark, the fifteen pund a year convick. on page 66

1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
e that cost a hunder thoosand pund.' Syne they wad cry oot: 'Whi on page 20

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 70 - A Bannock Day’s Pley for Thrie Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, script
Moira: Tak thir twal pund Scots frae me. A've haen this on page 47

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
twa hunner and seeventy-eicht pund and sellt fur wan thoosand fo on page 45
pund and ah sellt it fur nine hunn on page 46
osand, three hunner and three pund and fifty pence awthegether.' on page 47
oosand three hunner and three pund and fifty pence. Is that whit on page 48
t ten year. "Ah'll gie ye wan pund a week fur yer pocketsiller," on page 194
Also on pages 196
14 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
mebbe ae less bottle o hunner-pund-a-time wine wi their lunch (i on page 54
ccess.' Syne she pit a twenty pund note in the Vigil collectin t on page 106

3 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
n the princely sum o a hunner pund! This wis a fortune an no jus on page 86
tae hear the rustle o a five pund note thru the crowds at five on page 101
James's pocket book wis fifty pund he had gotten that day fer a on page 106

4 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Twa pund o tatties, an onion, on page 59

2 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 58 - Allmairshall, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
o the amount statit, less the pund notes he lays on as benedicti on page 72

1 matches

Robertson, Colin Lallans 73 - Auld Scots law, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
ery erll or lord tua thowsand pund, for every greit barroun ane on page 24

1 matches

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 76 - The Factory, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
puir, shilpit 87-pund eimage that she wis, an the m
1 matches

Davidson, Alistair The Mitterand Plan, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
re haimmerin the vailye o the pund. Callaghan wis forced tae tak
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
au10 @BylineTimes theres no a pund hingin the right way m8 (2021) twitter link

Doric

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Loch Skeen, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
ch lang an weyin in at a hauf pund. A chynged the tap flee
a puggie! Twa an a hauf-three pund?” A sayed.
“Three pund - nae doot! Its back is gey
’aw. A hiv twa reengin hauf pund an twa nar
the pund an a hauf,” sayed Uncle Tam
5 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Wullie’s Wife: The Hoaspital Veisit, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
Ye ken the sort o thing. Twa pund o the best shin-o-
1 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
and gobbled doon oats bi the pund on page 16
id doon - that's anither twa pund on me hips. on page 31

2 matches