Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

ry	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	6.8	6	7.5	19.9	0	10.3	8.9
Number of occurrences	22	12	5	2	0	1	2
Number of authors	11	6	1	2		1	1

Occurrences of ry in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
od's dreams are twin't In Mem'ry's mystic baun, on page 6

1 matches

Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
t ye can dae, so ye gan hung' ry yersell. Weel, ye hive tae, on page 14
reet whan oor bairns gan hung'ry, an' we greet at nicht whan w on page 15

2 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
er fash There were socks o ev'ry colour on page 17
cht she had it figured But ev'ry week that passed on by, The b on page 18
CRAPING CHAIRS AND SHUFFLE AS RY TO THE OVEN. OVEN DOOR OPENS) on page 63
la. They took her toys awa ev'ry time she aggravatit them. The on page 78
low. Mak the heidlines on ev'ry news channel that whaever fin on page 85
Also on pages 95
6 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
Here's a wee bit myst'ry on page 86

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 74 - Flittin In, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
yin the main line tae Edinb’ry wi spurs aff tae the coallier
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Music, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
An' keep your mem'ry; rest you well,
1 matches

Doric

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 77 - Whaur Gadie Rins, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
on, but A haev this clair mem'ry o haein eence begowkt ma mith on page 55

1 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 82 - Troke, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
aething mair or less nor summ'ry execution. Are ye sayin Gweed on page 90

1 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 83 - The Puppet Mannie, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, poetry
e was them that fackit scen’ry wi the vrichts;
1 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 63 - Three poems, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, poetry
Stravaigin files throw mem’ry’s haantit haas,
Tae gie the maisters’ mem’ry a bit dicht),
2 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
I smirked and read the floo'ry verse then read hid ower agai on page 9

1 matches

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
His legend'ry un-Faansindrie brain, on page 20

1 matches

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
iolent shoogle at th end o ev'ry line: on page 59

1 matches

Ulster

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
Tae ca'ry me through the day. on page 7
Sae iv'ry man, accordin' tae haes Faith on page 44

2 matches