Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

voices	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	35.6	29.2	31.3	168.9	46.5	51.7	31
Number of occurrences	116	58	21	17	8	5	7
Number of authors	70	41	12	7	6	2	2

Occurrences of voices 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

Curran, Doug Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
thir plaintive voices resoundin frae the rocky heic on page 25

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Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
" "It is nex time!" The happy voices ery. on page 6
he prizes?" asked a chorus ae voices, on page 27
, an the soond ae quite a few voices aw talkin thegither: she made on page 38
an then another confusion ae voices-"Haud up his heidBrandy noo-D on page 39

4 matches

Crichton, Tam Lallans 84 - Ower the Faem Pairt Twa: Doon the Watter, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
nds comin tae thrapple me, an voices that melled an birled atween on page 60

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Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
A hear voices outside n a rustlin comin fae on page 33

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Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
norms and in broadcasting by voices emanating from London and Nor on page 44

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Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
ded. The fower aw drapt their voices. Their feet slowed tae snail' on page 1

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Cunningham, Lucy nothing but a set of eyes for stars - Swedish Fish, (Association for Scottish Literature 2023 ISBN: 978-1906841546) Central, prose
hen you hear it. A heard some voices in the kitchen. It wis the fo on page 42

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Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
eds back, wan ay the soundies voices a concern wi that Scottish ac on page 3

2 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250242) Central, prose
'Scots?' voices whisper. on page 7

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Burns, John Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
An sang wi voices clere an true on page 65

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
elo. Yit there's five million voices and naecunt kin hear us. Some on page 92
raised voices comin fae that lassies hoose on page 144
The noise fae aw the excited voices amongst the other first-year on page 189

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
chirpled eichteen eident wee voices. on page 63

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McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
e'd be like, 'Ooft, ye hearin voices, pal? 'That's the first sign on page 75

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Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
The voices, a hunner o them aw chantin t on page 113

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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
'Scots?' a few voices whisper. on page 24

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
in shair that oor leid an oor voices is veesible, heard, wrutten, on page 7

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Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
lieve in angels an thocht the voices were comin frae her Godmither on page 78
a wis used tae hearin strange voices but she lookit up an there wi on page 80

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Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
The Fower Maries: (aa fower voices thegither.) on page 20

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Adamson, Donald Bield, (Tapsalteerie 2021) Central - Dumfries, poetry
oor twae voices on page 19

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Philip, George Lallans 56 - Scotsoun Thereanent, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
e (KKO7) brings thegither the voices o Robert Garioch, Hugh MacDia on page 46

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Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
aboot it, cause Ah heard thir voices wan day whin Ah wis sittin in on page 46

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 74 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
rshaw’s braw pley (extrack) Voices O The Abbey Waas (a vairse pl
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Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
90. Sae mony voices has expressed concern anent o
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Bolland, John A Chocolate Cowboy, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2008) Central, prose
Ah could hear their voices in the blackness doon below,
dit doon the hill toward thir voices, the exclamations o their cur
2 matches

Neill, Josie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009) Central - Galloway, poetry
A Braw Brew, The Sound of our Voices, The Kist (an Chiste), Markin
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Holton, Brian Lallans 71 - O Niver ti Dree Corruption Mair, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
rk an hear the cheerie soun o voices in the still nicht. There wis
1 matches

Gilmour, Rosie Fareweel tae Wallyford, (Scots Hoose 2017) Central, weans
d tae be crabbit or hae bossy voices
1 matches

Clark, Thomas Radge Against the Machine: Deid Wirds, Deid Warlds, an Why Scots Maitters, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Bellshill, blog
ond-pruif impediments tae the voices o the voters? An even if it w
1 matches

Clark, Sara Your Leid, Oor Leid, Awbody's Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
iv tae keep uisin their phone voices aroond me. Slawly, the Englis
1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Three days in October, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
wis the theme, an the muisic, voices an soonds mairit richt weel w
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Campbell, Karen Gie it laldy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Glasgow, blog
thigither agin o aw they fine voices, a civic convention o aw the
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 149, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
o the openin speech for the "Voices o Scotland" readins bi Rab Wi
1 matches

Bennett, Peter TA Hauf an a Hauf, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
e him oer the hum ay the many voices in the room.
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Sport, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
there were very few Scottish voices on network T.V., Fyfe Robinso
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Music, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Voices an’ instruments would blend
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Philips, Cally Gonnae No Dae That, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Turriff, prose
andsomely tae silence wur ain voices, tellin’ us we’re nae dai
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
tients react badly to strange voices,” she whuspert. “Il hate
uns, than addit, “They hear voices, did you know that?”
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Macdonald, Ileene Fit’s it aa aboot?, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
services cut. We hae foon wur voices again. A pynt that Lesley Rid
the eens wi the least audible voices but the referendum chynged th
ement an queued tae hae their voices heard. This will hopefully co
3 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 76, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
Radio Islam etc cried "Other Voices".
1 matches

Facebook link ( 2019) Central
wed the listeners wi her mony voices an dramatic presentation.

@_Erinboyle_ tweeted
?tae the working class wummin voices ???? Full poem is coming out (2021) twitter link

@mcfarlane_irene tweeted
the sea,/And aye their cryin voices trailed ahint them on the air(2018) search twitter

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
verbs an obscure tenses moods-voices.(2020) search twitter

@bigandymccoll tweeted
eople mobilise and make their voices heard. Marches (great fer cam (2022) twitter link
im. Do that's two trustworthy voices. I've never heard of him step (2022) twitter link

@LairnScots tweeted
onference were gien a copy o 'Voices of Scotland', an anthology of (2019) twitter link
BBC Voices is awfy guid fir hearin examp (2017) twitter link

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
our Their high pitched little voices Nae wye can I ignore "We're h on page 15

1 matches

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
I waaken wi the voices o the deid on page 42

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Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Abiddy wiz feart at i'voices on page 172

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Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
" "Id is next time!" E happy voices cry. on page 6
e e prizes?" quite a chorus o voices asked. on page 25
els, an e sound o a good many voices all talkan tigithir: she made on page 36

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Blackhall, Sheena The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - Dother o the Sea, (Itchy Coo 2020) Doric, weans
e stood bi the boatie's rail. Voices cried tae her, sweet voices f on page 126

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Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
are clearer than ivver, their voices and their laughs echoing thro
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Vettese, Raymond Lallans 59 - Raymond Vettese : nineteen poems, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Montrose, poetry
hauflin voices prick me wi fear.
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Hutchison, Pat Tarrarra boomby ae, This is my dying day, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
r a gweed fyowe minutes, mair voices and the heavy bump o Mill’s
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Hutchison, Pat Angels Ten, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
sure I heard radio static and voices fae the past chatterin awa an
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Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
A few minutes later raised voices could be heard as if somebody
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Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
voices, a sang o the wee starnie o B
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The Flying Pigs Multiple choice voting leaves city cooncil facing, (Press and Journal 2022) Doric, newspaper
ouncing aboot and daein funny voices wi’ his tie a’ skew-whiff
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
nk the creator i' the minions voices had been tae the Broch an hea(2015) search twitter

@_DawnLeslie tweeted
�ve probably heard mair Scots voices on @BBCScotland in the last y(2020) search twitter
(And by Scots voices, I mean jist Scots spikkers s(2020) search twitter

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
he sea, And aye their cryin voices trailed ahint them on the air (2020) twitter link
n prejudice agin bairns' true voices. (2021) twitter link

Orkney

Orkney Voices Group Gallows Ha, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
wir voices in chorus, on page 5

1 matches

Orkney Voices Group Gallows Ha, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Orkney Voices started life as pert o a Scot on page 34

3 matches

Hall, Simon W. Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, prose
aterial wrought by the Orkney Voices writers' group, which is led on page 1

3 matches

Miller, Alison Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, prose
lection o wark fae the Orkney Voices writeen group you will finnd on page 8
written be the group, Orkney Voices. Hid started up as pert o a S on page 9

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Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Spaekan in quiet voices ur no at aal on page 34
disembodied voices cumman on page 56

2 matches

Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
s grand tae hear, soft liltan voices on page 125

1 matches

Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
and voices and accents mingled taegither on page 27

1 matches

Leonard, Ingrid Northwords Now 43 - Ingrid Leonard, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2022) Orkney, poetry
wi thowts o voices that teemed thi air, on page 18

1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
da prizes oot?" a braa lock o voices axed. on page 27
st at shö heard wis a lock o voices aa sayin at da wan time "Yon' on page 39

2 matches

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
nderfil sicht. Da soond o dir voices wis heard i da wind. 'Da Loar on page 53

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Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
wi dem, wi dir high screichin voices at wis laek ta gie you a heid on page 27
ed dat voice, no da screichin voices o da bairns shü hated, bit l on page 30

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I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
essed apün Shaetlan accents (voices) fae aa ower, so hit'll no le on page 22

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De Luca, Christine Smootie gengs ta Lerrick, (SCOTS corpus 2003) Shetland - Bressay, weans
ses cam fae da hoose. Bairn's voices. Shö jumpit up on da windows
1 matches

@shaetlan_rose tweeted
re still tickets for Throwing Voices - - come du, come du!)(2019) search twitter

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
Th merry voices cry. on page 6
e th prizes?" a fair chorus o voices asked. on page 26
ls, an th soond o a guid mony voices aw bletherin th'gither: she m on page 37

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@officialAliRed tweeted
SReporter Ah read this in yer voices! ??(2019) search twitter

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
enza, but what wi thair brave voices, they wur hairtbroke tae find on page 23
stane's throw frae the wairm voices an grates o the Waterloo Road on page 28
"I'm no hearin voices, Alfie. Ye neednae wirry aboo on page 53

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Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
The happy voices cry. on page 6
he prizes oot?" a hale lock o voices axt. on page 27
n the sound o a quare wheen o voices aal taakin amang ither: shae on page 38
ce, an thin anither mixture o voices-*Houl haes heid up-Brandy noo on page 39

4 matches