Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'bench'

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Use in varieties of Scots

bench	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	16.6	55	35
ORK - Orkney	29.8	3	2
SHD - Shetland	5.8	1	1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A	9.8	3	3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern	17.7	4	3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	21.9	9	7
WCE - West Central	31.1	7	2
DUN - Dundee	42.5	4	1
EDN - Edinburgh	6.2	1	1
GLA - Glasgow	30.7	6	5
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central	15.8	12	7
SEA - South East (Borders)	12.5	1	1
SWE - South West (Galloway)	41.8	3	2
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)	32.8	1	1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of bench in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
I huddled on a widden bench and prayed we widna sink. on page 20

1 matches

Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
The Owld Stone Bench on page 25

2 matches

Shetland

Watt, Valerie A daander trowe Michaelswood, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
me haaled wirsels up ontae da bench for a weel earned blow.
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
an leen back against the park bench, luttin ma myn drift back t'a on page 44

1 matches

Johnston, Mary Lallans 81 - A Day at Edinbro Feestival, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric, prose
ch wi’s an we ett it on iss bench waatchin e doos cooin an peck
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
creep alang a bench . Puir Dauvit’s shanks war s
1 matches

General Northern

@72redz1903 tweeted
dges, Mcginn and Edmondson - bench o youngsters (2020) twitter link

@beast_afc tweeted
ot nice to see shinnie on the bench for that lot even if it was h(2020)
@RitchieM03 Mcginn on the bench is insane. Look at his stats (2020)

@_DawnLeslie tweeted
te pudding supper on a picnic bench while pretending not to notic(2020)

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
e hags, huddled on this stone bench: on page 63

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
names oan it. Or even a park bench tae remember thum by, there w on page 91
ven fannies wid even make the bench fur The Edinburgh Athletic Wh on page 95

2 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
hey heaved her ontae a narrow bench. The crab had pushed aa the n on page 36
here." Joey pointed under the bench where Isa's broon leather sho on page 38

2 matches

McKinlay, Kieran Walk Way to Fame, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Dunfermline, prose
now am here, sitting oan the bench in the changing rooms as part
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Al Fresco, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
ithers wha were sitting on a bench adjacent tae the car.
1 matches

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
7 ??Is that taken fae the wee bench ?(2020)

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
uality with a top drawer subs bench - this maybe the season they (2020) twitter link

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
on; ah had tae sit oot on the bench next tae Harpreet, an Charlen on page 23
so ah had tae sit oot on the bench wi Harpreet an Charlene an Ke on page 24
early jist tae sit there on a bench an watch oor crappy school te on page 68
ause he wis sittin oot on the bench an cause he'd five pound coin on page 133
walked past him sittin on the bench ootside the Fire Station wi a on page 169

6 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
sed the learned judge oan the bench tae frown, on page 145

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
wuid be fair tae say that the bench hated aw poachers, but especi on page 83
visitors. This was the haill bench o Dundee magistrates wha want on page 89
The learned judge wis on the bench eftir the times when Dundee w on page 103

4 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger Educational (Mis)Communication, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
sed. She stayed on the bottom bench . The rest o’ us climbed on
1 matches

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
oes wi him an he faws aff the bench an hits the deck. Oot like a on page 13

1 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
s n a railway sleeper makin a bench. 'The only light is aboot fiv on page 32

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
the tap ay the hill is a wee bench facin the loch, we sit, say n on page 3

2 matches

Donovan, Anne Not Scotland, (Edinburgh International Book Festival 2010) Central - Glasgow, prose
Ah sat on a bench and thought aboot hame. What
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
an sore fae the hard, widden bench that passes fur a bed ah’d
1 matches

General Central

Shepherd, J. Barrie Lallans 82 - Glenluce Abbey , (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
wi' a bench inset aa roon the place, on page 56

1 matches

Crichton, Tam Lallans 84 - Ower the Faem Pairt Twa: Doon the Watter, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
he wisna, an I sat at ma oar bench, starin at the sunlicht danci on page 56
felt masel bein guidit tae a bench. Gradually, I cam tae ma sens on page 59

2 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
criptorium an oan thir novice bench. An thon's hoo Ah wis pit aif on page 12
irit the tillie. Frae the oar bench we laddies culd rax the sails on page 14

3 matches

Donovan, Anne Gone are the Leaves, (ISIS 2014 ISBN: 978-1445099262) Central, prose
oving their neighbour aff the bench, tugging hair, giggling and t on page 3

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
whaur he sat aw day lang at a bench and screwed the wee caps onta on page 5

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
bothy and pit the pot on the bench. Then he keeked up at the med on page 26
s an auld spurtle lyin on the bench that had been used for steeri on page 30

2 matches

Gillespie, Alan Mon the Rovers, (Scottish Book Trust 2021) Central, prose
re was the Trinidadian on the bench , Tony Rougier, and he wis mib
1 matches

@MartinBroon tweeted
@ClydeFC The Boss oan the bench? Whits that awe aboot? ??. ??(2019)

South East (Borders)

@jamie_ginger tweeted
l be on bob cat. Ool keep the bench warm. All b it twae different(2012)

South West (Galloway)

Haddow, Kris nobody remembers the birdman - The Incomer, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
Folk would see ye sat on the bench up the brae, luckin forlorn d on page 79

1 matches

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - No In-gleesh, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
Insteed, A sit on a bench , let oot a sneeze, sweat a we
1 matches

@StuartPoet tweeted
. Used to love sitting on the bench there waiting for the 372 bac(2020)

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
rt an fresh soda farls on the bench. "The wean's starvin. He hasn on page 3

1 matches