A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

scattered Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.8 6.7 9 39.7 5.8 0 4.4
Number of occurrences2513 6 4 1 0 1
Number of authors18 8 5 3 1 1

Occurrences of scattered in Corpus

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Central

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
God - frae aa the airts His scattered flocks are comin thegither, i on page 26

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
n aw oor the drinks which wur scattered oan oor table. She hud entere on page 68
axes and empty crisp wrappers scattered aboot everywhere. Ma mates hu on page 118
fairly busy though. Wae boays scattered acroass the room. Some locals on page 182

3 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
heir rude altars, scorched an scattered, still remain. on page 40

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
o half-eaten finger food are scattered next tae them. Ah dinnae look on page 8
y says, lookin at the rubbish scattered across the gairden. 'Nae wond on page 82

2 matches

Muir, Glenn Lion Rampant, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
through the redgrass, passing scattered whistling thorn, strangle fig
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Al Fresco, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
sh and crusty looking cowpats scattered here and there. The river wis
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Uprisin' an' Doonfa', (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
I see, oor clansmen scattered wide,
1 matches

Connor, Bailey A SCOTS HORROR STORY, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
n — wis louder and far mair scattered noo.
rosy cheeks and toy cars that scattered. How wrang she wis. They were
2 matches

Donovan, Anne Hieroglyphics and Other Stories - All that Glistens, (Canongate 2004 ISBN: 1841955191) Central, prose
is bleezin wi light, patterns scattered across it, even pit some on m
1 matches

Doric

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
keep an ee oot for the murals scattered across the city. on page 14

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
've a notion tae hae ma aisse scattered ower the Shanval,' ma faither on page 51

2 matches

Bowie, Tyler Stookie, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
ouldna move. Ma messages were scattered a roon boot me on the grun. T
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Bob the Dog fae the Bog, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
msel a bittie. His pipies lay scattered aboot like a bag o kennlers f
1 matches

@cligeey tweeted
nfused wee the Buck hoose mob scattered roon the country(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Orkney Voices Group Gallows Ha, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
and the Caithness men scattered, on page 5

1 matches

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Her ginger feathers scattered while the cat lukk'd wi disda on page 12
Hid scattered scarlet petals as hid scudder on page 74

2 matches

Hall, Anja Poosack, (Orkney Heritage Society 2010) Orkney, poetry
Scattered on the floor
1 matches

Shetland

Mundair, Raman Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Shetland, poetry
scattered sea-höved staens. on page 11

1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
frae the evil story that lay scattered lik unrationed crumbs on Mais on page 8

1 matches

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