Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

tourist	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	15.4	10.1	10.4	19.9	34.9	20.7	57.5
Number of occurrences	50	20	7	2	6	2	13
Number of authors	23	12	5	2	2	1	1

Occurrences of tourist 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

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
hae nae tourist signs nor markers sae bi on page 11
tae ask thon tourist proodly claimin on page 45

3 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
en an stag pairties that city tourist destinations aye attrack. Sta on page 90
' fills up shop eftir shop in tourist areas. An whair is the maist on page 91

2 matches

Niven, Liz Lallans 59 - Painting the Forth Bridge: A Search for Scottish Identity, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
e ... packin his bags gin the tourist-aware Stirling Cooncil thocht on page 84

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
ermitage had become a bit o a tourist attrac. tion bit the lairds r on page 86

1 matches

Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
Scotland. At visitor centres, tourist attractions, museums an galle on page 14

1 matches

Matheson, Ann Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
gh, misses her lowp oan tae a tourist bus an is harlt awald alang t on page 90

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 56 - Cauld Kail Fae Embro, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
C, the Airts Cooncil, sindrie Tourist Buirds an local authorities. on page 121

1 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 70 - St Anndra’s Day, 2008, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
fae thon tourist attraction, to realise
1 matches

Donovan, Anne Not Scotland, (Edinburgh International Book Festival 2010) Central - Glasgow, prose
the time ah felt like a tourist, even though we were workin.
1 matches

Bremner, Stewart Haud Yer Wheesht?, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
ard a body callin ma drawins 'tourist tat'. Ye'd be richt in thinki
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 102, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
or the cairds tae be uised bi tourist boards or ither agencies o th
"Tourist high heid anes is howpin tae
Scottish Borders Tourist Board haes peyed cooncil offe
rice, this is mair tae dae wi tourist mairches nor poleetical anes
4 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 76, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
e a muckle sicht mair for wir tourist tred than the auld farrant ta
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
nd ah cannae see any American tourist gittin a stiffy wae photae he
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
fedupboredstiff you would b a tourist yvonne - you would be fine - (2021) twitter link

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Jist a Tourist on page 74
n, bit Ah'v spint mine like a tourist - jist passin throwe. Jist l on page 78

2 matches

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
tinues tae be an affa popular tourist spot. It is an emblem o faith on page 13

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
Jonsar Eck, it wid lead to a tourist
Eck thocht he wid be a tourist an as he approached the sign
2 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - Beggerey’s Greenhoose, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
ands it’s become a sort o a tourist attraction. Beggerey disnae c
1 matches

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
edia thrilled that Banffshire tourist hub hae a heeze up fer the st (2020) twitter link

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Hid seems an English tourist wisna takkan proper care. on page 64

1 matches

Cormack, Kevin Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Dances above the watter-proof tourist dookan on page 5

1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
s warks o art. Dey wir mony a tourist wid stop an tak photos, baith on page 3
nd da ness. He seemed ta be a tourist boddy, stoppin every noo an a on page 54
"It wis a Dutch tourist, ah''m sure it wis da sam man on page 55
conversation I wis hedd wi da tourist medd complete sense. on page 56
a purple, lack some Highland Tourist Board brochure. Na, it's beau on page 91

5 matches

@Julie_Dennison tweeted
Queuin fir my denner an da tourist ahead o me axes if he could g (2019) twitter link

Southern

Purves, David Lallans 75 - Gie Us Back Oor Place Names, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Southern, prose
al seal amang local cooncils, tourist boards an cartographers, ti a
e hae been steps bi parochial tourist boards ti anglicise the richt
2 matches

Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
experiential tourism tae the tourist industry an' tae on page 63
Thaire ir ither pairts o' tourist products in ither airts laike on page 64
wider tourist economy. on page 66
apitalise oan the efter Covid tourist meercets on page 672
o least adae wi' waark in the tourist economy. Providin tour guides on page 68
Also on pages 69
13 matches