Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

waterloo	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	8.1	2	7.4	0	0	20.7	61.9
Number of occurrences	27	4	5	0	0	2	16
Number of authors	8	3	2			1	2

Occurrences of waterloo in Corpus

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Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
inton done afore the Battle o Waterloo. Okay, her enemy wisnae Napol on page 131

1 matches

Ross, Derek Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
Waterloo Tower, New Abbey on page 191

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
icht hammerin at the Battle o Waterloo in the middle o June. This ti on page 92
. Howivver in the years eftir Waterloo when times were gey hard fer on page 125

2 matches

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
I met my Waterloo on page 15

1 matches

Hutchison, Pat If I Catch Ye I'll Eat Ye, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ully hid stood in the line at Waterloo wi the Gordons and mair by lu
again. He'd deen it eence at Waterloo so he could surely dee it aga
he did aa the years afore at Waterloo. He waited a minty or twa til
3 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Stones That Turned, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
twa lads like a carronade at Waterloo. At first they’d been shock
1 matches

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Close by to Waterloo on page 12

2 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
the lace curtain tae see the Waterloo Road speckelt in yellae rain. on page 1
sther tae lea. She needed the Waterloo Road tae be at peace again aw on page 8
oice puffed up the baks o the Waterloo Road. "Mayzeee!l" it bellae'd on page 14
sheuk hir heid. The wemeen o Waterloo Road had tended tae Sally's w on page 21
e lang, skinny gairdens o the Waterloo Road frae the three large hoo on page 24
Also on pages 28, 29, 31, 35, 42, 47, 49, 56
13 matches

Millar, Al Echas frae tha Big Swilly Swally, (Ullans Speakers Association 2023 ISBN: 978-0957666238) Ulster, poetry
au Tae tha Kitlin''s Mound at Waterloo Throuither gart throu an thro on page 59

1 matches

King, Angeline Weans o Latharna, (angelineking.com 2021) Ulster - Larne, weans
doon the brae, ah thocht. The Waterloo Road slopes right doon ontae
here we were at the tap o the Waterloo Road, me on the precipice o m
2 matches