Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

weep	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	6.8	10.6	0	0	5.8	0	0
Number of occurrences	22	21	0	0	1	0	0
Number of authors	12	11			1

Occurrences of weep in Corpus

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Central

Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
a Lamont Stewart's Men Should Weep (1947) an Robert McLeish's Th on page 39

1 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
I canna gie them - we maun weep oor lane; on page 91

1 matches

Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
men must wark an' wummen must weep. Ah sometimes winder wha' 'th on page 13
richt enough, the wummen maun weep. We greet whan oor bairns gan on page 15

2 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
I gaup in misery, an weep, an spleuter, on page 23

1 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 68 - 1841 – The Plouman, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
at his bunnet wi their "pees-weep-weep-weep"; an frae the hill on page 17

3 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
e Gorbals Story or Men Should Weep; e'en whit time we ferlie at on page 127

1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
s by George Munro, Men Should Weep by Ena Lamont Stewart, Lambs
i its production o Men Should Weep in 1947. It wis the richt pro
e in social mores. Men Should Weep appealed tae feminists, acade
wi pipeclay and in Men Should Weep, Mrs Wilson gets fair upset:
(Men Should Weep)
7 matches

McKillop, Roger The Flemings o’ Dalnoid, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
They weep, for Alba's loss.
1 matches

Duncan, Robert Peeweep, (Wigtown 2015) Central - Lumphinnans, poetry
‘Pi-rip, pee-weep,
‘pi-rip, pee-weep,
2 matches

Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s linguistic launscape – Scottish Staunart English and Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
‘to greet’ tae mean ‘to weep/cry’.
1 matches

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
@dr_cheeky Makes me want tae weep ??(2020) search twitter

Shetland

Cumming, John Kirsten, (Shetland For Wirds 2006) Shetland, prose
knees? Triple - ups? Watch an weep! Ah'm faster, stronger, bette
1 matches