Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

uniforms	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	3.7	5	1.5	0	0	0	4.4
Number of occurrences	12	10	1	0	0	0	1
Number of authors	10	8	1				1

Occurrences of uniforms 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
the "middle, two black polis uniforms right on tap ae us in the Smo on page 46
e burn n jump over it. Aw our uniforms ir boggin n we're lookin wors on page 47
been sent up in our smartest uniforms, polished shoes, ties the pro on page 57

3 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
were thae muckle parades, wi uniforms an banners, an the folk went on page 75

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
rnt ower; books an furniture, uniforms, lanterns an ither stuff gett on page 127

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
tures ae us wi wur new school uniforms an we aw walked up tae the sc on page 46

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
kes his manto in thair schuil uniforms!) on page 111

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - A Wee Story Aboot Love, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
richtly painted reid and blue uniforms and aw looked the same, apair on page 70

1 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
an wee wide eened weans in uniforms on page 69

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 82 - Nae Guid Ettle, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
n the wee cell fulled wi blae uniforms. Nae exposeetion wis waantit on page 17

1 matches

Doric

The Flying Pigs The ‘Naked Cleaners’ idea is appalling. It’s sexist, demeaning, and at £80 an hour, steep, (Press and Journal 2018) Doric, newspaper
ya’s nivver been a fan o’ uniforms in the work place. She eence
1 matches

Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
s, maakin o' items laike ban' uniforms an' Scotch dancin' schuils, f on page 68

1 matches