Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'gairdeners'

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Use in varieties of Scots

gairdeners	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	8.6	28	7
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland	46.5	8	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	4.4	1	1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee	10.6	1	1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central	2.7	2	2
SEA - South East (Borders)	99.8	8	1
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)	251.1	8	1
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 gairdeners in Corpus

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Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
m wis white, but dey wir tree gairdeners dere, aa trang pentin dem rid on page 78
juist apo da meenit, da tree gairdeners flang demsels face doon apo d on page 80
da Wheen, pointin at da tree gairdeners at wis lyin aroond da rose tr on page 81
da Wheen, an up jamp da tree gairdeners wi dat sam, an dey startit bo on page 82

8 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
aye held. A'a the gairdeners fae roon aboot entered their
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
, jyners, Dry enthusiasts, an gairdeners - aw sorts - turnit up tae on page 106

1 matches

General Central

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
Wi nae gairdeners on page 14

1 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - Sweet Sang o the Widd, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
nybody touched it. Twa hunner gairdeners kept the gress bonnie and tri on page 95

1 matches

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
e white, but there were threi gairdeners at eet, busily paintin thum r on page 76
Th Queen!", an th threi gairdeners richt awa chucked themseelves on page 78
uld no tell whether they were gairdeners, or sojers, or courtiers, or on page 79
orse, loud voice, an th threi gairdeners Jumped up richt awa, an stert on page 80

8 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
wur white, but thur wur three gairdeners at it, busy paintin thim rid. on page 77
een! The Queen!" an the three gairdeners throwed thimsels flet on on page 78
ese wur aal shape't lik three gairdeners, oblong an filet, wi thir hau on page 79
cudnae tell whather they wur gairdeners, or soldiers, or coortiers, o on page 80
voice, an richt awa the three gairdeners Jumpt up, an stairtet bowin t on page 81

8 matches