A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

writ Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words15.7 10.6 0 0 0 0 132.8
Number of occurrences5121 0 0 0 0 30
Number of authors16 9 7

Occurrences of writ 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

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
ewan shaws pics o thair newly writ aff caur on page 39

1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
writ biggest afore thir lichts hae on page 24

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
Marie. Harpreet's parents had writ a letter tae the school sayin on page 23
writ on the back cover ae ma jotte on page 29
school shirts that've got it writ on them. This boy in ma class on page 51
es ae m, English jotter an ah writ a list on either side wi the on page 82
lped her choose it an ah even writ it oot fur her. Bunsen got th on page 111
Also on pages 131, 169
10 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 81 - Fower Australian Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Dollar, poetry
ruif-gap, a rain staint wa's writ on page 16

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
It's writ, that his wild Caledons, on page 85

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 82 - Nae Guid Ettle, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
teetle efter. An the mair he writ o hes mony adventures, the ma on page 16
ter the man's auld mither had writ askin him tae thank aw the fo on page 18

2 matches

Jarvie, Gordon Lallans 76 - Mither tung?, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, poetry
d’s ca’d Inglis, spoke or writ.
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
as yet, A'm thinkin, has been writ)
is no the best A've ever writ,
aye, here's yer name, writ in the book,
3 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 102, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
William Soutar (1898-1943) writ in baith Scots an English. Hi
1 matches

Ulster

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
Writ wae on page 35

1 matches

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Lake whut tha poet's han haes writ. on page 30
Is writ. on page 33
Wi bletherin wurds writ in a raa. on page 38
Tha man that writ thaim wus lang deid, on page 39
In coarn an stoor haes writ on page 45
Also on pages 48
6 matches

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
ll naw ax: maybae A'Il see it writ up somewhur." on page 10
in it, wi the wurds "AIT MAE" writ on it in currants. "Weel, A'l on page 14
plate wi the name "W. RABBIT" writ on it. Shae went in wi'oot kn on page 34
e o yin! Thur shud bae a book writ aboot mae, that thur shud! An on page 35

4 matches

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
r thïs ïs whut tha proaphit writ: 'But you, Bethlehem, ïn tha on page 2
sus saed bak tae him, "It ïs writ: 'Man cannae leeve bi breid a on page 3
"It ïs writ doon, that man cannae leeve b on page 75
he fun tha place whar ït wus writ doon: on page 76
afit. Ay, He's tha yin that's writ aboot ïn tha Scriptures: 'No on page 81
Also on pages 88, 101, 103, 104, 107, 112
15 matches

Logan, Liam Thon Ulster Scots Book, (Galdanagh 2014 ISBN: 978-0992881405) Ulster - Dunloy, prose
here hays been a lock o words writ an spoke aboot the boy but na on page 32

2 matches

Ni Chuilin, Caral Roadin furtae Bring Forrits an Graith tha ULSTER-SCOTCH Leid, Heirskip an Cultur, (Mannystrie o Fowkgates, Airts an Aisedom 2015) Ulster, government
ogatit scrievit stannèrt fur writ Ulstèr-Scotch; on page 22

1 matches

DfC Press Offys Hargey sets oot Owersettin Hub, (Depairtment fur Commonities 2021) Ulster, government
o tha New Decade, New Oancum writ.
1 matches

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