Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'guitar'

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Use in varieties of Scots

guitar	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	8.7	29	16
ORK - Orkney	9.9	1	1
SHD - Shetland
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	4.9	2	2
WCE - West Central	13.3	3	3
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh	6.2	1	1
GLA - Glasgow	82	16	3
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central	3.9	3	3
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)	27.9	2	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
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of guitar 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

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
real smasher - he played the guitar in a band. on page 42

1 matches

General Northern

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
C wid cut it fin it got tae e guitar instrumen(2020)

(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 102, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
divert alang wi Alan Cody on Guitar . Efter the breck, a cello fow
1 matches

Letford, William This Is It, (Scottish Poetry Library 2016) Central - Stirling, poetry
busker picks up eez guitar an plugs in eez
1 matches

West Central

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 104 - Stephen, (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, prose
s up an doon the frets in the guitar solo in Sweet Child o Mine. H on page 13

1 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 59 - Rants and Foys, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
se instruments ither than the guitar an artists fun they could mak on page 56

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Deplored 'twiddlae-widdlae' guitar solos, on page 61

1 matches

Edinburgh

Sprott, Gavin Lallans 68 - Gairdens, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
Some wye the tinkle o a guitar. on page 98

1 matches

Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
d bouzouki in case, resonator guitar wi'oot a case, an a big stupi on page 3

14 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Thare's a guitar for oor Rab, dreamin o Tallah on page 135

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Arabian Monkfish (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
headed doon here wae ma bass guitar , a bag ay claes an three an a
1 matches

General Central

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
ant tae learn how to play the guitar, pick wan up an' start plucki on page

1 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
kazoo? Whit happened tae his guitar?(2020)

@DABArbuckle tweeted
airm tae be able tae play the guitar like David Gulmore. Aw naw, w(2020)

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
sions fir toffee, And play ye guitar but Ah'm pure pluckin awfy, y on page 77

1 matches

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
battery, fun two in the Dj's guitar tuner. Auld lady like a Troja on page 23

1 matches