Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'blak'

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Use in varieties of Scots

blak	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	27.3	91	11
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
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	75.6	31	1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh	43.4	7	1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)	930.3	16	2
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)	321.2	9	2
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)	689.5	21	2
GUL - General Ulster	56.9	2	2
SYN - Synthetic (no region)	72.7	4	2

Occurrences of blak in Corpus

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Shetland

Jamieson, Robert Alan Lallans 58 - Eicht poems bi Robert Alan Jamieson, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
Choost is it dös ida blak hert o wintir. on page 27

1 matches

(South) East Central

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
blak an whyt kye. At ane en o the
on a chiel shae cryed “The Blak K’nicht.” A’m no happie
bad thare. John wes a blak man an hed twene bairns furby
Blak K’nicht at Torness,” cant
nem ma dochter uised, ‘The Blak Knicht’,” sayed
31 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D Traisur Insch (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008) Central, prose
hauns raggetie an skartit wi blak, brukken nails; an the culmas on page 3
whyt as snaw, an hiz bricht, blak ein an cantie mainners, med w on page 7

2 matches

Forde, Iain W D Traivells wi a Cuddie i the Cevennes (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-5-1) Central, prose
-bater, an a fair quantitie o blak breid an whyt, lik Faither Ad on page 5
in ma weskit), a gryte laif o blak breid, an a creill contenin t on page 6

2 matches

Forde, Iain W D Dalquharter (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2010 ISBN: 978-0-9559-105-6-2) Central, prose
ie ane ouk syne he bene aitin blak breid wi its awner in a bothi on page 2

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Taid o that Ilk (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2009) Central, prose
whyt-waash aw owre hiz blak furr, an a stound in hiz rigg
assit. “A’m gaun ti git a blak veluet smeikin jaiket masell
2 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Millar, Al Echas frae tha Big Swilly Swally, (Ullans Speakers Association 2023 ISBN: 978-0957666238) Ulster, poetry
agin pure badness blak lyin though echas tha gulag on page 30

1 matches

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
Frae the blak car's comin, on page 2
Ower the slow blak watter o the sheugh, an awa on page 6
The worl wuz blak an quait thon nicht, on page 9
Claes blak an cattered, wat an reekied, on page 11
Blak an white an on page 16
Also on pages 17, 26, 49, 53
14 matches

Fenton, James The Lade, (Ullans Magazine 2001) Ulster, prose
the slow, hirded rottin o his blak plums, agane the scholars’
1 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
s Craig - grun alow banefire blak - on page 1
BBC brocht oot a wheen o wee blak an white fillims fur tae pit on page 8
Fowk in blak. on page 9
yligan, in Septemmer. Tha oul blak yetts scraik't eneuch on page 10
mpie - naethin in it bot oul blak dust. He gien oot a sigh, scu on page 17
Also on pages 24
8 matches

Cromie, Willie Doon tha Wal Raa, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2024 ISBN: 978-1739905620) Ulster - Ballywalter, prose
gle e’e an twa or three oul blak stumps fur teeth. As weel as
1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
bricht licht scooted ower the blak street as the wind dunnered h on page 1
concealed in white pouther an blak paint. on page 6
Maisie joukt the blak silhooette o Wilbur McCallum. on page 7
eukt throu the windae tae the blak sky an cast twa saicrets inta on page 9
an stainin hir clean fingers blak. She teuk hir time tae criss- on page 10
Also on pages 14, 31, 36, 42, 43, 59
13 matches

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Blak pointit sticks, tha eshes hoa on page 10
Blak snatters, sair itchy een. on page 18
Amang thaim aa dour Corbies blak, tae face tha pew. on page 21
Ower stye blak-hairtit roaks on page 35
Aa's blak or white, thair case daes rin on page 57
Also on pages 58, 62
8 matches

General Ulster

Bennett, Hazel Tha Near Cut, (Ullans Magazine 2001) Ulster, prose
erin wheel withershins an her blak Morris Minor gaed wast. Conor
1 matches

Millar, Al Poortith Bono owersettin, (no publisher recorded 2022) Ulster, poetry
frae tha blak that leeves in men
1 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
sus no tae be püt ïntae tha Blak Pït. Noo a bïg herd o pïgs on page 83

1 matches

Ulster Scots Agency Ulster Scots Census, (census.gov.uk 2021) Ulster, government
* uise blak or blae ink tae mak repone;
Blak Aafrican Blak ither
2 matches