A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

wood Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words22.5 19.2 13.5 9.9 0 144.7 48.7
Number of occurrences7338 9 1 0 14 11
Number of authors37 22 2 1 6 6

Occurrences of wood in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
e. There's a nail through the wood, just a wee wan, but big enou on page 28

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
ous maitter ae an auld bit ae wood. They'd five laddies in here. on page 1

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
s tae be made ay some darkish wood, a bass string oan the bottom on page 3

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
The wood echoes with fierce lament; Da on page 6

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
hert in the hoose in the rosy wood.' on page 178
like the hoose whaur the puir wood cutter bided wi Hansel and Gr on page 180

2 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ck, orange tip an even orange wood but that wis on page 68
it aw shaved right intac the wood except fur this wee stupit fr on page 169

2 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Wood anemone's tenderly unfold, on page 16

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
licht broon, expensive-lookin wood, hus gold handles, a cross oa on page 113

1 matches

Calderwood, Lynsey Lallans 68 - Barlinnie Gradyooits, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
styins yoo as a soshal wurkur wood ask. on page 41

1 matches

Smith, Elaine C. The Glasgow Gruffalo, (Itchy Coo 2017 ISBN: 978-1785300592) Central - Glasgow, weans
a dauner through a scary big wood. on page 3
e moose through the scary big wood. on page 7
e moose through the scary big wood. on page 11
w went quiet in the big scary wood. on page 25

4 matches

Smith, Elaine C. The Glasgow Gruffalo's Wean, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303425) Central - Glasgow, weans
Ever set fit in the scary big wood. on page 4

1 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
Sir Andrew Wood. Leal an Skeely. on page 82

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 178, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
Publisht bi Calder Wood Press,
1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
the English "foot", "good", "wood", "soot" isna exackly the sam
', nit 'nut', pit 'put', wid 'wood', ither 'other', brither and
), nit (nut), pit (put), wid (wood), ither (other), brither (bro
3 matches

Wilson, Rab Lallans 62 - Cormilligan, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, poetry
Wood anemones tenderly unfold,
1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
s date twa freens, cryed Gary Wood an Colin Wright, wis drivin i
1 matches

Nicol, Alissa Poor Wee Livvy, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - North Lanarkshire, weans
id. Emma noticed a discrarded wood plank next tae the fence. "Gi
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
n in the leafy darkness o the wood
1 matches

Clark, Sara Scot Free -The Psychic Cost O Uisin Scots, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
a's, he'd tell me tae "Put 't wood in't oil", or ah'd hear "By I
1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
Find me,” she commandit the wood-nymphs, “the sonsiest sheep
1 matches

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
here fitter than me ! ??. Mrs Wood was their auldest, so their e(2020) search twitter
the huff. Tense stuff in the Wood hoose today ??(2020) search twitter

@g_hibby tweeted
. Hope ye managed tae get yer wood collecting done, and it staye (2022) twitter link

@ThonJacobite tweeted
aunder the day ower at Canada Wood. Went oan the 'Battle of Falk (2021) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
66 @Punkasfuck1965 if a did a wood huv a black bag ower ma head (2020) twitter link
n stalwart n a gentleman that wood b the perfect santa wood b to (2020) twitter link
see the day auchinleck talbot wood g (2020) twitter link
et a game sorted guys n touch wood we get the go ahead for the 2 (2020) twitter link
team by a country mile - it wood make ma day if the rose could (2020) twitter link
and 1 other occurrences.

Doric

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
found hersel safe in a thick wood. on page 38
A'd taken e highest tree in e wood," continued e Pigeon, raisan on page 50
in livery came runnan oot o e wood-(she considered him till be a on page 53
he hed till run back intill e wood for fear o their hearan her; on page 54
d trot awely quietly intill e wood. "If id hed grown up," she sa on page 60
Also on pages 72
8 matches

@cligeey tweeted
s A whisk or something jist a wood pre Kenwood ken??(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Grieve, Issy Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Made fae wood fibre pulp and bark, on page 104

1 matches

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
The smell o wood smoke frae the lum on page 38

1 matches

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
funnd hersel safe in a thick wood. on page 39
d taken th highest tree in th wood," continued th doo, raisin ee on page 51
n livery came rinnin oot o th wood- (she reckoned him tae b' a f on page 54
she hed tae run back intae th wood fur fear o thum hearin hur; a on page 55
eet trot awa quietly intae th wood. "If eet hed grown up," she s on page 61
Also on pages 75
8 matches

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
ae Pairish” bi Geo. O. Wud (Wood). Hawick Archaeological Socie
1 matches

@officialAliRed tweeted
ecthawick Aye, his wife Agnes Wood hailed frae Hawick (I think).(2020) search twitter

@StuartPoet tweeted
@BeltieBooks Wood sorrel?(2020) search twitter

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
AAFI, drank three glasses o’ Wood’s Navy Rum (then 100% proof)(2020) search twitter
@mjbooth1 @Dustmopp31 Mine is Wood’s Navy Rum!! Recovered 2 day(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
fun hirsel safe in the thick wood. on page 40
d tuk the highest tree in the wood," the Pigeon went on, risin i on page 52
livery come rennin oot o the wood - (shae thocht hae wus a fit on page 55
it trottin quately intae the wood. "if it had groued up," shae on page 62
hae pickt hir wye through the wood. "It's the silliest taypairty on page 76

6 matches

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
is gully scorin snicks in tha wood for tha ithers to saw, on page 50

1 matches

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
ha Tullynagardy Glen an Cairn Wood. Tha Tullynagardy Glen iss wh on page 29

1 matches

@OrangRuth tweeted
@5intheface Wood you ba board?(2019) search twitter

@fairfaaye tweeted
“And in the gloamin o the wood, the throssil whusslit sweet(2020) search twitter

@HurchinHome tweeted
snow's better than a skelf of wood(2015) search twitter

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