Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

vauntie	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	9.6	13.4	4.4	0	0	10.3	3.9
Number of occurrences	32	27	3	0	0	1	1
Number of authors	15	11	2			1	1

Occurrences of vauntie 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

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
e saicont planet there bade a vauntie chiel. on page 42
hap his haunds thegither. The vauntie chiel heezed his hat aince ma on page 43
ae daft-like as the king, the vauntie chiel, the businessman, an th on page 50
e ithers: by the king, by the vauntie on page 52
ree hunder an eleeven million vauntie chiels-that is tae say, aroon on page 58

11 matches

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
e hae, faither luiks prood an vauntie in his sodgers uniform wi the on page 23

2 matches

Ellet, Tom Lallans 104 - Smirr, (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, prose
Richt vauntie, the Deil smirkit an shoogelt on page 20

1 matches

Aitken, Jim Lallans 104 - A Pauchle o Thochts oan the Middle Aist, (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, prose
their eastern Riviera - how vauntie is that? on page 26

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
and and Mr Wormwidd wis richt vauntie aboot it. He thocht it gied h on page 24
rd. She jist sat there, richt vauntie wi the byous result o her ain on page 55
Matilda wisnae big-heidit or vauntie. on page 174
e ur,' bawled the Trunchbull, vauntie. 'She's taucht ye naethin! Mi on page 211
'Me,' said Nigel, vauntie. 'Guid on ye!' anither teache on page 220

5 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Aye vauntie ower the rarer breeds on page 3

1 matches

Kay, Billy Lallans 78 - Thochts on the bonnie broukit bairn at hame an abroad, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
In the Irvine Valley fowk wes vauntie aboot their gairdens an tried on page 7

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 74 - Flittin In, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
ge afore she wis onythin like vauntie wi the inside. Davie helpit h
1 matches

Robson, Frances Lallans 75 - The MacNificat, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
He has dinged doon the vauntie; sprauchelt the siller
1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
ilbert as a wey o describin a vauntie, idle chiel. A can jist mind
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 174, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
ar bein peyed areddies bi the vauntie, sellie an nou gey fleeced La
1 matches

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
shouder and leukin at hersel vauntie-like in the gless in a gey fu
1 matches

Doric

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
eedledee, clapperin his hanns vauntie-like. "An gin he wes tae deva on page 57
ang!" Humphy Dumphy exclaimed vauntie-like. "Ye Niver said ony sice on page 80

2 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Wullie’s Wife: The Hoaspital Veisit, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
aft auld goat, if e wisna say vauntie e
1 matches

Southern

Neill, Willie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern, poetry
and the vauntie steeple o Calvin's muckle kir on page 144

1 matches

Ulster

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
Doonby, a vauntie band are playin, on page 34

1 matches