A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

veg Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.9 3 10.4 19.9 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences166 7 2 0 0 1
Number of authors14 5 6 2 1

Occurrences of veg in Corpus

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Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Ye can ging oot fur breid an veg, hauf a litre o wine, on page 107

1 matches

Waddell, John Lallans 58 - fower poems bi John Waddell, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
maun hae been nuts, fruit, an veg, on page 62

1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Sacrificial Doo, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
dies amble intae the fruit an veg shoap an the Co-Op fur their
1 matches

McNulty, Victoria Hame, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, poetry
If I still blend yer veg, embarrass ye when yer pals a
1 matches

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
@JulieEClarke Hame made veg soup. Liquidated so I cannae (2020) search twitter

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Veg left ower fae dennertime; Tay on page 34

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
it em igithir wi a wee bittie veg noo, on page 140

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
thered the herbs an spices an veg fur a richt fine curry. It wi
1 matches

@d_anderson878 tweeted
ll awa an get a neep faan the veg shoppie opens. Lantren the da(2020) search twitter

@Franwella tweeted
th bree o’ th soup n hae th veg we th beef .... soup n main i(2020) search twitter

@fittiecrooners tweeted
peel the tatties and wash the veg! I said u bought a ready cook(2016) search twitter
the name. Said cheerio at the veg area then next tae me at the (2020) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Ah'll cheust stick tae veg and some chicken on page 19

1 matches

Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
The buddom o the veg box on page 71

1 matches

Ulster

@TheFarrierPhil tweeted
ferCrafts Dunged oot half the veg patch, redd up the tin bath, (2021) twitter link