Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'ban'

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Use in varieties of Scots

ban	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	24	78	30
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland	5.8	1	1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A	22.9	7	4
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen	21.9	2	2
DOR - General Northern	8.9	2	1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	33	13	6
WCE - West Central	23	5	2
DUN - Dundee	53.1	5	1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire	13.1	1	1
LAL - General Central	5.3	4	4
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)	27.8	2	1
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)	327	2	1
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)	31.4	1	1
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)	51.2	1	1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)	229.8	7	2
GUL - General Ulster	337.3	24	1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)	18.2	1	1

Occurrences of ban 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.

Shetland

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
d body. One more incident and ban them fae leaving the school a(2020)

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
bedroom, Ah'm gaun te hae te ban ye fae usin ess lavvie fir on on page 9

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
vironment: Oan waste ere ts a ban. on page 34

1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Tabby Sooker, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
Aboot this time the smokin ban came intae force and though a
t wye. But noo wi the smoking ban that source wiz fucked! Onywy
o tabbies. Noo wi the smoking ban drinkers hid tae gyang ootsid
3 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
ooncil or Education wud go an ban oor mither tongue...(2016)

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
mness shoppin wik wi the pipe ban, Monie years o e folk festiva (2020) twitter link

Aberdeen

Morrison Murray, Harold Doric, Historic and Humorous, (Peters and Sons 2024) Doric, poetry
Bit makin' sheaves an' tyin ban's Wisna easy on yer han's on page 29

1 matches

Leslie, Dawn Press and Journal 2023-12-02 - Doric Corner, (no publisher recorded 2023) Doric, newspaper
Its ban the best me o busy though, Is
1 matches

General Northern

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
d yer han, I wint tae hud yer ban on page 77
orporal Salt's only darts pub ban on page 127

2 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
who practically begged me tae ban on page 54

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
thegither as growne men, the ban pronunced bi the teichar aye
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
this aipple ban ? It looks OK
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 177, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
, new lyrics tae auld tunes, (Ban Polaris, Hallelujah), fund sa
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Boris Johnstone, (colinburnett.co.uk 2021) Central - East Central, prose
who practically begged me tae ban him and the rest ae ma cabine
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Pet-gilante, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, prose
had become obsolete with the ban on hunting with dogs in Scotl
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
rse than me since ma lifetime ban - its a cleek that run that (2021) twitter link
isgrace guys - surely a life ban from driving is the only dete (2020) twitter link
ll at least its no a lifetime ban this time lol (2020) twitter link
etting into games despite the ban - after all he was invited (2020) twitter link
the juniors due to a lifetime ban - but this hus tae b the big (2020) twitter link
and 2 other occurrences.

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Said the ban wis a clear 'No-No', Their ma on page 31
'Don't Ban oor Buckie!' chant the yobs on page 32
Thus ended then the 'Buckfast ban', on page 34

4 matches

Clark, Thomas Wha's Like Us?, (Bella Caledonia 2017) Central - Bellshill, blog
oot somebody speirin shoud we ban the metric system, or mak the
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
in a treaty cryin fer a total ban on nuclear weapons. Activists on page 129
irties, voted tae support the ban, Nou, ye didnae hear that in on page 130

4 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
ut he wha leads the auld kirk ban on page 114

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
Ban for common folk, life had tae on page 55

1 matches

General Central

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Their Irish sain or ban on page 48

1 matches

@raiphsays tweeted
wear em an a loat a airlines ban em noo!(2020)

@changed_days tweeted
make aner account cos they'd ban it too. So a went wi the fake (2021) twitter link

@LairnScots tweeted
disnae mean there a hosepipe ban :-) #TapsAff #BideAtHame #Sco (2020) twitter link

South West (Galloway)

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
Whan Donald Ban, on page 51

2 matches

West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
As Ah went for the ban's tae the slap. on page 7
A reached fir the ban'k an' missed it, on page 25

2 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
In memory's mystic ban, on page 6

1 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
They'll even try tae ban us: on page 36

1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
"Mayzeee!l" it bellae'd - a ban o bagpipers aal tuinin thair on page 14
she drummed on lik a mairchin ban. "If thon man brings anither on page 31

2 matches

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
An noo is riz tha praise ban's sang on page 1
Bricht kiltle ban? Na, no owre ocht on page 5
Wha cud crusade agin whilk ban' on page 6
Hae mine o Orr's Unitet ban on page 73

4 matches

King, Angeline Weans o Latharna, (angelineking.com 2021) Ulster - Larne, weans
ht. It was al BMXs. It was al ban sticks an futbal an storytell
1 matches

General Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
ticular adae wi' the mairchin ban' commonity. on page 8
mairchin ban' tradeetions. Thon bes preser on page 30
, laike the Royal Scotch Pipe Ban' on page 39
netwaark organisations in the ban' commonity (the baagest pairt on page 40
ticular adae wi' the mairchin ban' commonity. on page 42
Also on pages 43, 44, 47, 48, 49, 68, 69
24 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster Scots Agency Ulster Scots Census, (census.gov.uk 2021) Ulster, government
Dinnae gie yer soartin or pey ban .
1 matches