Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

symbol	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	8.9	13.1	4.5	0	0	0	0
Number of occurrences	29	26	3	0	0	0	0
Number of authors	15	13	2

Occurrences of symbol 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

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
our mentions, the Young Team symbol - a Y wae a T through it. YT on page 4

1 matches

Bryden, Hugh Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
Wi ma symbol fur perfection on page 105

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
s we still see on the Pictish Symbol Stanes, an in a haill raft o on page 97
look at the Tories' favourite symbol o the ongaun stature o the Un on page 120

2 matches

Anderson, Elizabeth Lallans 59 - OBITUARY : ALISTAIR TAYLOR 1928 - 2001, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
wi the study o Stane Circles, Symbol Stanes, Pictish Stanes, grave on page 4

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom Lallans 59 - Leids and Lieder: Walcome ti Helvetiscots, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
n. Watter wis his element, as symbol-seeker, boat-passenger, and a on page 5

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
his auld well tae the Pictish Symbol Stane that sits near the fit on page 77

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ngly earrings wi the Stramash symbol on them at that concert; ah c on page 169

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 81 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Prestwick, newspaper
n. An is this juist a chyce o symbol? on page 5

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
e preceese cleekin o soond an symbol. A example o this is the diff
1 matches

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 76 - The Factory, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
factory kythed intil a waefu symbol o prejudice an the ill-will a
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Whae Were the Pechts, (Dig It Scotland 2023) Central, prose
best kent fur their byordinar symbol stanes, whit are tae be fund
nce, the existence o Pechtish symbol stanes, and scrievit soorces,
their nemmes yaisin a shared symbol system.
e Pechts bidit maistly by the symbol stanes they left ahint. Their
seen on the iconic Aberlemno Symbol Stane in Angus, aft kythe as
11 matches

Philips, Cally Jings, crivens, help ma Boab, it’s independence!, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Turriff, prose
Wullie, n he is oor national symbol o’manhood and he’s gonna
1 matches

Crawford, Ross Awa in a Dwam, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
confidence wae every wurd and symbol carved intae the waw.
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Arabian Monkfish (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
hearts an minds an aw that; a symbol ay national pride, as we edge
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s Linguistic Landscape - Scots and Gaelic, (Translation Services 24 2022) Central, prose
y tae hae the x (the phonetic symbol fur “ch”) soond in their
1 matches

Doric

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
but it suin became seen as a symbol o strenth, an the city-fowk d on page 5
r peerie, but nae less iconic symbol o Belgium's capital city is ' on page 13

2 matches

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