A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Concordance

The word 'characters'

Use in varieties of Scots

Occurrences of characters in Corpus

Shetland

@HazelTindall tweeted
@ShetlandLibrary Yea, Shetlan characters need ta ös da richt wirds.(2020)

Mid Northern A

South Northern

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 73 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric, prose
the author gies us a wheen o characters tae amuse or wunner aboot, ch
gs a dootsum haar … aa thir characters skelp the story alang til its
2 matches

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom Lallans 59 - Leids and Lieder: Walcome ti Helvetiscots, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
r lauchs baith at, an wi, his characters. But the tragic tensions are on page 5

2 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
ated tae the spaek o Scottish characters in novels the likes o wis wri
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 147, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
n registers acknowledgin that characters can dae this dependin on whae
play itsel, the pairts o the characters Cléante, Marianne, Valère a
. The words o the play an the characters in it dictate the kinna langu
3 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 114, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
e lives o the three heidmaist characters. An example o this is the see
tae wan o the three heidmaist characters in turn an in each case thair
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 115, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
weel as a guid kennin o thair characters an thair commitment tae thair
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 176, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
The characters is fu o surprises the likes o
cried Being Fiona. Donovan's characters' lives is hanked thegither li
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 175, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
Scotland, the three heidmaist characters, Phil McCann, Lucille Bentley
lip, "a feeble erection". The characters is Byrne's paintins brocht ta
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 174, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
e goat tae dae it'. The ither characters disnae juist hae braid Scots
tility bi playin twa or three characters each. Three o thaim includes
ce. We're aw fameeliar noo wi characters that lives dooble lives, the
. We're yaised tae seein thae characters shawn wi thair dumfoonerin ph
o this. He pynts oot that the characters in the story, Dr Jekyll hisse
6 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
- top drawer darts n 2 great characters on the oche (2021) twitter link
@robertmdaws 2 of thee best characters ever in the game! (2021) twitter link
otball is full of great clubs/characters/great banter - its just one (2021) twitter link

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Wee characters ye met, the things they'd dae on page 77
He met a wheen o characters though, on page 146

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
The twa central characters o Robin and Nanny ir an eiden on page 142

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 82 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Prestwick, prose
nar presairver o the vyces an characters o oor brawest Scots makars, s on page 6
i praisent the memories o his characters (wham we furst met in wi in L on page 7

2 matches

Dundee

@d_anderson878 tweeted
airly haunnle a story. An yer characters! Braw. (I really enjoyed your(2020)

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
nlicht, bit it wis in Chinese characters. “Ah canna read characters,
. “Ah canna read characters,” she sayed.
“Dae ye ken characters?” she askit.
“Ah canna read characters,” sayed Bill. “We yaise p
�Gin ye’d been leeterate in characters,” he sayed, “Ah cud hae g
12 matches

Monahan Brown, Ricky Dùn Èideann, (The Scores 2020) Central, prose
r accomplice cuida readit the characters that he hid stepped ower, tha
1 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter TA Hauf an a Hauf, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
oan. Some ay the more popular characters may even get a commemorative
1 matches

Geraghty, Martin A Bad Sport, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ed this kind ae behaviour fae characters at the local municipal – no
1 matches

Ayrshire

General Central

Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
t in period, bit reshapin the characters. An that wis produced bi Stra on page 40

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Freeman, Fred Lallans 102 - Burns, Hamish and Sang, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, prose
rts of sophisticated literary characters (like Scott and Hogg) who wer on page 64

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
he landscape an humours o the characters as weel as thair twa-wey crac on page 57
he 20t century an it landward characters brawly an for aye. on page 59

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Kay, Billy Lallans 78 - Thochts on the bonnie broukit bairn at hame an abroad, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
n Argentina tae Don Roberto's characters in the pampas an ports o Soot on page 11

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Hodgson, Brent Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
An whit's this? The owther's characters speik wi-oot sweirin. Nane o on page 91

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Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
here are references tae local characters sic as Rab Ha the Glasgow Glu
1 matches

Corbett, John Lallans 70 - Owersettins o Modren Drama intae Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
is a snod diversion wi pawkie characters and slee, and the kind o plot
n argies that the Scots o his characters is Glaswegian, but the glegge
bauchle o Molière’s title characters, whase braid uiss o Scots in
3 matches

Facebook link (Changed Times Historical Novel By Ethyl Smith 2022) Central
h excitin an terrible an fu o characters worth kennin aboot.

Facebook link ( 2019) Central
ent ah spoke aboot some o the characters involved in the struggle atwe

@mcfarlane_irene tweeted
ortrayal of Highland life and characters.(2019)

@Chazzbat tweeted
dge, but Ah thocht the Muslim characters wur awfy weel portrayed.(2020)
up spectacularly. Nane o the characters iver learn fae experience. Th(2020)
ohedoro on Netflix? Wan o the characters is daft on gyoza. https://t.c(2020)
integral tae the fate o ither characters. #BraveNewWorld(2020)

@LairnScots tweeted
e in Dunkeld, cried yin o her characters Mr Tod. Anither character is (2021) twitter link
We ?? these! Braw characters, creatit yaisin #Scots. Oor f (2020) twitter link
epictions o Julia Donaldson's characters bidin at hame an lookin efter (2020) twitter link
in Scotland, or hae Scottish characters an so oan. Some hae nae Scots (2019) twitter link

@ThonJacobite tweeted
istmas novel based aroond the characters wha mak up the current Tory P(2020)

South East (Borders)

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)