Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Concordance

The word 'cards'

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Use in varieties of Scots

cards	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	10.1	33	18
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)	105.5	3	1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A	13.1	4	3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen	10.9	1	1
DOR - General Northern	17.7	4	2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	7.6	3	2
WCE - West Central	23	5	1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central	13.3	10	5
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)	41.7	3	3
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)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of cards 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.

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
, "Why, they're only a pack o cards, efter all. A needna be frich on page 76
ts, as weel as e whole pack o cards: e Knave wis standan afore th on page 104
.) "Ye're nothin but a pack o cards!" on page 118

3 matches

Mid Northern A

Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Furst Time, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
some dross. There wiz credit cards bit we wiznae ready for that
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
. Mabel wid gie them birthday cards wi a fiver in it and the same
tae decipher the coded index cards they found in her desk tae fi
2 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
s eence, bit ah wis hannit ma cards aifter ah interviewed #ThePro(2020)

Aberdeen

The Flying Pigs The ‘Naked Cleaners’ idea is appalling. It’s sexist, demeaning, and at £80 an hour, steep, (Press and Journal 2018) Doric, newspaper
on the wye fan a’ my credit cards jist get maxed oot. I’ve go
1 matches

General Northern

Mitchell, Rhona Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Wye it Wis, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
tae play patience wi a pack o cards. She played an affa lot o it on page 15
-room, an he wid dale oot the cards. He telt her that her mither on page 18
he'd liked haein her tae play cards wi. Bit no, the maist unca th on page 19

3 matches

@fittiecrooners tweeted
, I found een o'those scratch cards & won a fiver so lucky day(2017)

(South) East Central

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
find her wallet wi her store cards in it. Jenners is open late t on page 81

1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
@Foxiola its on the cards m8 - what a shambles! (2021) twitter link
f a sent ma isobel 3 birthday cards and she saw they were only a (2020) twitter link

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ed oot nearly fifty Christmas cards tae folk at school, an only f on page 39
hill that come roon wi aw the cards an presents an stuff. Nearly on page 110
ully McCoy that got the maist cards: he got fourteen. Ah knew wan on page 111
w the money oot the Christmas cards. Ah didnae tell her aboot me on page 124

5 matches

General Central

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
n in front wus postin' twenty cards tae New Zealand an' checkin' on page

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
ked me tae sign hur Christmas cards because she'd forgot how tae on page 26
nd reachin in past hur prayer cards fur a pile o two pences. on page 31
ve heels, but they're off the cards for the fore~ seeable. This w on page 86

5 matches

Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
boys to be shown how to play cards,' ma faither said, shakin es on page 44

2 matches

Donovan, Anne Hieroglyphics and Other Stories - All that Glistens, (Canongate 2004 ISBN: 1841955191) Central, prose
She got us tae make Christmas cards wi coloured cardboard and fel
1 matches

@MartinBroon tweeted
A say.. Tap! Tap! Interview, cards oan the table. Any @ClydeFC f(2020)

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
all cards and cairds accepted on page 17

1 matches

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
its oan the cards, jist one last flush? on page 54

1 matches

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
vie, the fitba, a wee gemme o cards. She'll take the wean tae its on page 45

1 matches