A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'collection'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
collectionOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus24.98139
ORK - Orkney 49.7 5 2
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 29.4 9 4
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern 488.3 3 1
ABN - Aberdeen 98.4 9 2
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central 46.4 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 25.4 10 7
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.5 2 1
GLA - Glasgow 18.2 4 1
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 27.9 21 11
SEA - South East (Borders) 25 2 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 55.6 4 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)
GUL - General Ulster 56.2 4 2
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of collection 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.

Orkney

Miller, Alison Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, prose
wir stickan tae hid. In this collection o wark fae the Orkney Voices on page 8
, Glims and Veerie-orums is a collection o w written be the group, Ork on page 9

4 matches

Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
A collection o letters in a chocolate box. on page 42

1 matches

Shetland

@Julie_Dennison tweeted
plo Skull my island’s fossil collection is noo complete (2020) twitter link

@shaetlan_rose tweeted
@peediepuss @ShetlandArts A collection ower decades courtesy o my da(2019)

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
Files in the kirk collection on page 15

1 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
e be pittin yer shillin i the collection box an it comes tae mind att on page 12
drappin their siller intill e collection plate; an he saw a peer weeda on page 114

2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
his collection), a door wi hauf a hinge (Fur
She left him scutterin wi his collection, powkin aboot like a
e thanks tae Bruce an his wee collection, the wikkly wash wis feenishe
3 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
Yokit a collection o Doric jokes at http://t.co/(2014)
Peat Moss Poetry whilk is fae collection o Buchan loon Auld Wullie's f(2014)
Scaffie collection ilky three wikks an sma’er s(2019)

South Northern

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Montrose, prose
tive. Gin I've a cark wi this collection, it is that I wad hae likit s on page 126

1 matches

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 73 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric, prose
ve. Gin I’ve a cark wi this collection, it is that I wad hae likit s
1 matches

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 63 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
in ...’. I fair enjoyed the collection. Whatna braw makar Hershaw is
1 matches

Aberdeen

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
nd Installation', a permanent collection o sculpturs bi Gustave Vigela on page 16

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - The Bigger Hoose, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
d widna hae't. "Pit it in the collection, Faither, pit it in the colle on page 108
hunners o thoosans - an the collection Ah pit it in wis the collecti on page 109

7 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 75 - The Petrol Tanker, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Doric, prose
tanker, the prize piece o his collection, Abbie’s pride an joy. In y
1 matches

General Northern

@cligeey tweeted
@Ali_Leith Orkney hid a collection(2020)

@_DawnLeslie tweeted
hoot its flaws! An interestin collection though.(2020)

North East Central

Heather, Alistair Whaur we cam fae: the Pechts, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
o Kells, nou pairt o a public collection in Dublin, shares mony design
1 matches

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
Wi their gairden collection o porcelain gnomes: And the c on page 16

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ough. Even Justine kens ma cd collection is oaff limits. Some stubborn on page 138

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
a tak tent o the title o this collection; the'r no muckle in this buik on page 121

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
uils, an, wi the addition o a collection o traditional bairns' stories
1 matches

McFarlane, Ishbel Oor hail culture is fatphobic ... an thon’s the real shame, (The National 2020) Central, newspaper
WHA hisnae said some collection o the follaein: “A’m awfi
1 matches

Paisley, Janet Lallans 62 - The Numpty, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
ae the railway station. Fit a collection! Big yins an wee yins, aa loo
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 149, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
n be braw, but tae hae a hail collection pit thegither intae the form
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 115, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
o pairt o the eponymous first collection o Matthew Fitt's raicently pu
read but there mair tae this collection nor a licht read an a lauch.
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 175, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
wi the 6 Frisian poems in the collection an speirt thaim tae repone ta
1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
since we did that stupit data collection thing in Science last week wh on page 67

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
ome latin, the Bible, Scott's collection, on page 17

1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
y. They passed aroon the smaa collection o instruments an remotes cont
le shrugged. He played wi the collection o objecks they were yaisin fo
2 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter Carpe Diem, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
afin through Scanlon’s C.D. collection ah pick oot Second Coming by
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Graftin, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
There’s a collection ay spittle, spreadin ootwardl
1 matches

Bennett, Peter TA Hauf an a Hauf, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ceals the rapidly accumulatin collection ay rubbish the local bloody h
they were her ornaments, her collection ay tea towels brought back fa
2 matches

Ayrshire

Wilson, Rab Lallans 62 - Cormilligan, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, poetry
e Latin, the Bible, Scott’s collection,
1 matches

General Central

Clark, Thomas Eemis Stane 2 - Editorial: A Twa Wey Street, (Eemis Stane 2023) Central, prose
re a literature, raither as a collection o pairty pieces wheeled oot f on page 3

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
s, and I'm gey prood o ma wee collection. As lang as yese tak guid ten on page 39

1 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 59 - Review Folksongs and Folklore of South Uist, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
her lore she gaithert for her collection were recordit by Lochboisdale on page 62

1 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 67 - William Motherwell (1797 - 1836), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
tches he haes includit in his collection, which hae been prentit in um on page 69

3 matches

Cairns, Pauline Lallans 58 - Newsins fa the SND, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
ls like helpin us wi oor word collection, either oral or readin fur us on page 110

1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 73 - Historical Lexicography and the Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1700, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
For Aulder Scots data collection is een mair difficult but we on page 15
n material, oor National Word Collection database is jist aboot to gan on page 16

2 matches

Tait, John M Lallans 63 - Expository Scots (2), (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
ory English. Gin ye pick up a collection o Scots – as fornent Doric
ur back as Allan Ramsay’s A Collection of Scots Proverbs (first pren
2 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
ies, wi the new National Word Collection database jist aboot up and ri
me o plays is noo pairt o wir collection.
this micht be surprisin in a collection o plays that reflects everyda
3 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Maitland Quarto and Poem 49, (wee-windaes.nls.uk 2021) Central, prose
ins – is the maist complete collection o his poetry that has cam doo
1 matches

Wilson, Rab A centre of undeemous excellence fir Scots leid, (The National 2017) Central, newspaper
This collection o papers includes maist o his
1 matches

Facebook link ( 2021) Central
n nae a criminal. They taen a collection tae pay ma passage tae Hollan

@jax6754 tweeted
ee what a just found in ma cd collection. Fond memories for me, as I w(2018)

@billykayscot tweeted
s Grassic Gibbon haes a great collection o short stories cried A Scots(2020)

@LairnScots tweeted
cots. First up, The Kist - a collection o Scots poetry an prose, wi d (2020) twitter link
s website, 'Wee Windaes' - a collection o Scots texts wi a lairnin ki (2018) twitter link

South East (Borders)

Purves, David Lallans 67 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Southern - Selkirk, newspaper
We'r gratefu til the Burrell Collection an in parteicular til Emma Le on page 5

2 matches

South West (Galloway)

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
es and anthologies. His short collection Life Lines wis publisht bi Ma on page 165

1 matches

@StuartPoet tweeted
unday midnicht! First notable collection o original Scots poems for we(2020)
ver tit. And the Scots-Gaelic collection I published a couple of years(2020)
kayscot @CatrionaKay Ma first collection o poems (Mulaney of Larne) wi(2020)

General Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
twa coapies fer the general collection o' ivry new Ulster-Scots publ on page 9
e ivry library wi' a heritage collection an' on page 52

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@HurchinHome tweeted
! You're weel on yer way to a collection!(2020)

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