Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'hangman'

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Use in varieties of Scots

hangman	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	3.6	12	6
ORK - Orkney	39.7	4	2
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	10.3	4	1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh	6.2	1	1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central	2.6	2	1
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 hangman in Corpus

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Orkney

Miller, Alison Gallows Ha - Bairns Sang, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
will be the hangman's rope. on page 14

1 matches

Butler, Vera Gallows Ha - Maggie o Quoys and Bessie o Gyre , (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
ike, Maggie o Quoys, when the hangman tightens the rope? Will I cry on page 20
it's heaven for thee. And the hangman on Gallows Ha for me. on page 23

2 matches

Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
it's heaven for thee. An the hangman on Gallowsha for me. on page 77

1 matches

General Northern

Templeton, Sheila Tales Fae The Doric Side - La Bella Rebelle, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
o a hangman's noose - fit saved ye, Colo on page 62

1 matches

(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 142, (self-published 2005) Central, newspaper
want o a hangman , sae Johnnie leuks like he's
hangman , while the weemin in the form
Johnnie hissel shuid be the hangman as lang's he mairries yin o t
embarrassment at the want o a hangman afore his rival Edinburgh sae
4 matches

Edinburgh

McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
wis endless as a hangman's raip. Lockin on page 112

1 matches

General Central

Clark, Thomas The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - A Tale o Three Dugs, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
gain wid kill him gleg as ony hangman could. on page 46
!" the sodger shoutit, as the hangman pit the rope aroond his neck. on page 47

2 matches