Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

uncan	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	17.9	0	0	109.3	273.2	0	0
Number of occurrences	58	0	0	11	47	0	0
Number of authors	9			2	7

Occurrences of uncan 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.

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
tryan tae mynd wha's uncan, an wha's on page 4
aboot a uncan wey o spaekan, o wirkan, on page 8
but Astrid steps awey an the uncan body says, "Hid's nivver thoo on page 62
." Noor flenches an poors her uncan discomfort intae her soor dri on page 75
he only een. Erlend telt me a uncan min in some sort o siller rob on page 98
Also on pages 114, 133, 139
8 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine An Excerpt From Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Future Fantasy, (The Bottle Imp 2019) Orkney, poetry
staps awey an the uncan body
1 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine The future of Scots, (https://www.opendemocracy.net/ 2015) Orkney, prose
the policie lench screed wir uncan onywey: thay mostlins belonge
1 matches

Mainland, Marlene Home Truths, (Orkney Heritage Society 2010) Orkney, poetry
Granny? Whar's that uncan wife?
1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
An aa da uncan happenins Ta aa dat uncan baa on page 6
wisna at dat wis sic an aafil uncan thing ta happen; an Alice did on page 7
t! An da address will look da uncan! on page 16
Oh dear a dear! Aathing is da uncan da day! An yesterday things j on page 19
ose? Aathing doon here is dat uncan, I wid tink it's braaly laekl on page 22
Also on pages 24, 34, 45, 55, 69, 70, 76, 78, 85, 102, 104, 126
22 matches

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
Ee day an uncan body cam ta gadder coarn i da on page 19
a freend ta Mary. John wis an uncan kind o body, bidin i da deser on page 83
ter kent dat der wis somethin uncan aboot aa dis. He saa dat Jesu on page 87
an aa hoop wis aboot gien, an uncan man happened ta come by. He w on page 116
come o da rest o dem? Wis dis uncan body fae Samaria da only wan on page 127
Also on pages 137, 139
9 matches

Watt, Roseanne Moder Dy, (Polygon 2019 ISBN: 978-1846974878) Shetland, poetry
by rees, de sea-vaege made me uncan; made swart taentacles o my r on page 24
kin lik a daddit aald mGn. De uncan strange o it vexed me den. Wh on page 32

2 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
tö-tak cam fae Oxford wi her uncan wyes, an got her claas intae on page 17
e ashamed a dysel, fur wantin uncan fokk i da hoose at a time lae on page 33
ppen. An you canna get a mair uncan environment as a pot a soup f on page 51
moarnin, an saa nae mair a da uncan man, tinkin he wis gane, till on page 54
ted, "I ken du still fins him uncan, bit it'll be wirt perseverin on page 78

5 matches

De Luca, Christine Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2017) Shetland, poetry
Der a uncan pooer i da fine air an aa. on page 29
wi kiarr baand, tuiks uncan ithin da sitooterie. on page 31

2 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
Da Drongs wis a uncan langship on page 34
loomin, uncan, owre clos fur comfort: on page 38
as lambs wid tae a uncan slaughter, on page 62
at dy cott, ram-stam, lik a uncan boady on page 96
höved in, fae uncan erts, wirds on page 107

5 matches

Ratter, Peter Da Perishin Nort, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
wid be da roarin gleers o an uncan boady.
1 matches

Nicholson, Hannah Samhain - Usher in the Dark - Minni-Babbi, (Leopard Arts 2021) Shetland, prose
Hit wis da uncan ship at cheenged aa yun.
1 matches