A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Intro a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Texts Writers Statistics Top200 Search Compare

Concordance

Enter a word to find all occurrences of, for example ablow

The word 'gruffalo'

- basic concord - pre-sorted concord - post-sorted concord - map and chronology - chronogrid - similar spellings -

Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
gruffaloOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus28.3946
ORK - Orkney 318 32 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 55.6 17 1
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
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 169.1 33 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 14.4 11 2
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)
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 gruffalo 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

Hall, Simon W. The Orkney Gruffalo, (Itchy Coo 2015 ISBN: 978-1785300066) Orkney, weans
ttie-face, a snek an a hungry gruffalo... on page I
Ah'm gaan fur me dinner wae a gruffalo." on page 1
There's no such thing as a gruffalo!" on page 3
Ah'm gaan fur me tea wae a gruffalo." on page 5
There's no such thing as a gruffalo!" on page 7
Also on pages 9, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21
30 matches

Hall, Simon W. No the Six o Clock News, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Orkney, blog
version o the hugely popular Gruffalo in Scots for bairns? A voice
bairns? A voice ower for The Gruffalo animation widna cost the yird
2 matches

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena The Doric Gruffalo's Bairn, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1785300691) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
The Gruffalo quo, "Ye'll dae as I bid - on page 1
Ae nicht fin the Gruffalo sleepit, foonert, on page 5
The Gruffalo's Bairn wis feelin bauld: on page 6
e's doon bi the loch - ettin gruffalo cake." on page 9
But he's haein a gruffalo tea the nicht." on page 13
Also on pages 14, 17, 18, 22, 27, 28, 30
17 matches

General Northern

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
ses Could be waar. Could be a Gruffalo's fart!(2019)

Glasgow

Smith, Elaine C. The Glasgow Gruffalo, (Itchy Coo 2017 ISBN: 978-1785300592) Central - Glasgow, weans
Ah'm havin a piece wi a gruffalo." on page 3
Ersnae sich hing as a gruffalo!" on page 5
Ah'm havin ma tea wi a gruffalo the noo." on page 7
Ersnae sich hing as a gruffalo!" on page 9
A gruffalo asked furst, so Ah'm oan ma w on page 11
Also on pages 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 23
21 matches

Smith, Elaine C. The Glasgow Gruffalo's Wean, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303425) Central - Glasgow, weans
The Gruffalo said that nae gruffalo should on page 4
"Eez doon by the Clyde, eatin Gruffalo cake." on page 12
He's probly nicked oot fur a gruffalo tea." on page 16
"Awright, fair do's," sez the Gruffalo's Wean, on page 17
He'll be under a tree wi a gruffalo pie." on page 20
Also on pages 21, 25, 28, 31, 33
12 matches

General Central

@OliphantWullie tweeted
the same hoolet that met the Gruffalo A hope ??? (2022) twitter link

@LairnScots tweeted
Reading The Gruffalo In Scots | Authors Live | BBC (2021) twitter link
The Orkney Gruffalo https://t.co/wCdkB743GG via @ (2020) twitter link
Did ye ken ye can get The Gruffalo translatit intae different di (2020) twitter link
ne C Smith readin the Glasgow Gruffalo :-) https://t.co/5tm5x9J11I (2020) twitter link
Years Practitioner reads The Gruffalo in Scots fir weans lairnin at (2020) twitter link
and 3 other occurrences.