A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

puppy Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words12.3 8.1 25.5 0 0 72.4 0
Number of occurrences4016 17 0 0 7 0
Number of authors13 5 7 1

Occurrences of puppy in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
A gigantic puppy wis lookin doon at her wae bi on page 40
stick, an held it oot tae the puppy: then the puppy jumped intae on page 41
n the thistle again: then the puppy stairtit a series ae wee char on page 42

6 matches

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
A muckle great puppy-dug wis luikin doun at her wi on page 39
peared on the ither side, the puppy-dug made anither breenge at t on page 40
en an oot o puff, an till the puppy-dug's bark wis faur ahint her on page 41

4 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ae gold ah'm huddin this tiny puppy in ma airms. And it's starin on page 150
ly went in fur a cheap bag ae puppy pads and ah've came oot a hun on page 151

2 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
en's determint she's gettin a puppy fur Christmas. She's been nip on page 169

2 matches

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
when yir puppy licks yir face on page 47

1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
omed throwback memory tae his puppy days, likes. When his regular
1 matches

Doric

Cameron, Douglas Tales Fae The Doric Side - Ma New Dug, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
a "puppy-sit" he caad it on page 46

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Tales Fae The Doric Side - Mabel, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
h cudna tak it in - it wis a puppy I'd bin needin. Mam an Dad ji on page 91

1 matches

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
An enormous puppy wis lookan doon at her wi bee on page 38
stick, an held id oot till e puppy: whereupon e puppy Jumped int on page 39
red an oot o brith, an till e puppy's bark sounded quieter in e d on page 40

7 matches

Kerr, Oliwia, Sarah and Amber Fiona and the Ring, (Scots Hoose 2017) Doric, weans
sudden, oot o naewhere, a wee puppy appeared.
1 matches

Uri, Antonia The birds an the bees, (Mak Forrit 2018) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
haein a snooze wi a labrador puppy
haein a snooze wi a labrador puppy
2 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
run” which means when a dog/puppy runs around in an "unsound of(2017) search twitter
ndly sponsored her an tae her puppy walker Julie. Ye’ve made sic(2019) search twitter

@cligeey tweeted
nae mair pictures o gin jist puppy(2020) search twitter

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
A muckle puppy was lookin doon at hur wi big on page 39
stick, an held eet oot tae th puppy: tae which th puppy Jumped in on page 40
d an oot o breeth, an till th puppy's bark soonded gie faint in t on page 41

7 matches

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