Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

twaa	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	13.6	7.9	38.5	0	17.4	0	0
Number of occurrences	45	16	26	0	3	0	0
Number of authors	11	4	4		3

Occurrences of twaa in Corpus

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Central

Hershaw, William Lallans 102 - Editorial: Jean Tamson’s Bairns, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, prose
ne.com is published digitally twaa times a year. Eemis Stane fur on page 4
basis sae it micht tak ane or twaa days afore they get back tae on page 6

2 matches

Dalgetty, Moira Lallans 104 - The Best Laid Schemes..., (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, poetry
r the first time when she wis twaa and it wis hilarious. When we on page 102

2 matches

Freeman, Fred Lallans 102 - Burns, Hamish and Sang, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, prose
In the first twaa pairts o his seminal wark Bur on page 58
the cherm and glamourie 0 The Twaa Corbus or The Border Weddow's on page 62
ensaumple, in verses ane and twaa whaur the monosyllables gart on page 63
lege, University o Oxford for twaa year in the late echties. He on page 65

8 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 73 - Proverbs o Hell, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
in twaa reid haufs on page 78
A spugh is an Einstein on twaa wings. on page 80

2 matches

Neill, Josie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009) Central - Galloway, poetry
The twaa douce quines
Twaa concaity makars
2 matches

Doric

Robertson, George C. Lallans 87 - Bluid An Banter, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, script
n stab wi mah fingir. Ane ... twaa ... three ... there. Bloody h on page 40

2 matches

Storrie Lewis, Jean Lallans 58 - The Bothy Loon, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
nd I got richt freendly syne. Twaa-three nichts i the week I wis on page 124

1 matches

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
an there ye are in yer twaa-year-aul element on page 14
Ye can hardly see twaa fit in front a ye on page 17
In its twaa largest cities, on page 19
even as a twaa-year-aul, on page 30
ne o their mither's asked far twaa on page 33
Also on pages 50
8 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
ephant tapestry yon teen me twaa years!(2014) search twitter
Nivver sit neist tae twaa or mair auld ladies in a caf (2014) search twitter
The neist time twaa weemen dunt on ma door fin ma(2015) search twitter
Denner fur twaa wi bottle i' wine aat Prezzo (2016) search twitter
reether, ahve already bocht twaa bottles fae Fine Fare!(2018) search twitter
and 10 other occurrences.

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
ad at can tak up mair waar in twaa oors as dey wid a kerried in on page 10

1 matches

Sinclair, Lise Juist laek Maunna, (Shetland For Wirds 2010) Shetland, poetry
An twaa weeks mibbe o steerin an poor
1 matches

Sandison, Iris Da Tree Peerie Grice, (Shetland For Wirds 2002) Shetland, weans
So da twaa o dem sat trimmlin inside da
1 matches