A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Concordance

The word 'isles'

Use in varieties of Scots

Occurrences of isles in Corpus

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
The green isles lie afore them - Stronsay, S on page 48

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Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
aerd tae find on wir treeless isles on page 57

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Hall, Simon W. Tae thee, or no tae thee?, (Brisk Northerly 2020) Orkney, blog
anither time I heard a North Isles bus driver sayan tae an owld
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Hall, Simon W. Bonny Isle o Sanday, (Brisk Northerly 2016) Orkney, blog
ttest pairt o aal the brokken isles o Orkney. Here, the selkies s
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Hall, Simon W. No the Six o Clock News, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Orkney, blog
ar ither than in the Northern Isles wid ye get proper, authentic
he Scots used in the Northern Isles are much more numerous than y
ear some pretty good Northern Isles Scots in this mainstream sett
or the tastes o most Northern Isles viewers. But consider this: w
presentation for the Northern Isles? Or whit aboot a TV version o
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Miller, Alison The Point o Tinsal, (Dictionaries of the Scots Language 2021) Orkney, poetry
arwick, travels tae the North Isles in search o wirds for his dic
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@johnkmitchinson tweeted
rip oot tae the ‘Queen o the Isles’ (Westray) the day. https:// (2021) twitter link

@peediepuss tweeted
Orkney, at least in the north isles. Not only applying to the sea (2020) twitter link
already ken thoo wur fae the Isles I dae noo. Love it ??(2020)

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Lallans 58 - seiven poems bi Christine de Luca, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
ywhaar in Whalsa. (Da Nordern Isles wis on page 19

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I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
Hit pre-daets English apø da isles an isna mutually intelligible on page 7
laess fir hunders o years. Da isles wis aareidy bidden ithin whin on page 9
isles fir weel efter da Scots tøk on page 10
istic groups ithin da British Isles: Gaels in Ireland an da nort- on page 14
colonised da Scottish Wastern Isles an Ireland an aa. At aboot da on page 15
Also on pages 20, 79, 101
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Irvine, Chloe Untitled Poem, (The Scotsman 2021) Shetland - Whalsay, poetry
Wir isles ir flottin atween Norwa, Bree
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Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
tlan pronunciations fae idder isles. Dis is caase we duina hae a
... was because the Northern Isles became more and more orientat
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@tattooedselkie tweeted
t yeah, Gaelic is the Western Isles, we hae wi(2021)
a spik Gaelic in the Northern Isles, among ither things!(2021)

@shaetlan_rose tweeted
ys to pronounce him across de isles — bon, ben, bein, bane. Hear(2020)

North East Central

(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 174, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
un on holiday tae the Westren Isles. The Wee Brither an Sister is
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 76, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
ised language' in the British Isles. I don't know about you but I
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West Central

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
in set up aw thro the British Isles. Even eftir the French king h on page 122

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Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
n the kailyaird, the law-lyin isles o the Ooter Hebrides hauf dro
the globe an fund the British Isles. “This is whaur Ah come fae
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Glasgow

General Central

Scottish Parliament Scots Leids Bill – Stage 1 Report, (The Scottish Parliament 2024) Central, government
es in Scotland - the Wastren Isles, in Staffin on the Isle o Sky on page 6
at, in the case o the Wastren Isles, an airt o lingueestic signee on page 14
wuid luik like in the Wastren Isles. As a result, the Committee i on page 16
t that the hale o the Wastren Isles shuid be designatit as an air on page 18
approach taen in the Wastren Isles. While acknawledgin that a ba on page 39
Also on pages 52
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Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 104 - Whaur Div Ye Belang Tae?, (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, prose
, an Norrowa cedit the Waster Isles tae Scotland bi the Treaty o on page 40
en 0 weir fae the Heilands an isles - the Ridshanks - focht an on page 56

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Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
And treisure isles, and faur aff shores on page 159

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Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
The British Isles has aye been multilingual. Th on page 9
In the Isles, an pairts o the Hielans, sig on page 13

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
ts is soondit. In the Norland isles, pairts o Angus an Wast Dunba on page 64

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Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
uart, Queen o Scotland an the Isles (aged 25) on page 14
Scotland I possess, an the Isles, on page 35

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
: 'Europe: A History' or 'The Isles: A History', wi the owthor ha on page 110

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Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
er tae “Leids Policy in the Isles”—a collogue tae launch th
18 Languages Policy in the Isles: Paper by J. Derrick McClure
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Falconer, Gavin Lallans 63 - Richt Scots an Pithy Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
ce o the Lawlands, the Norlin Isles an the North o Airland.
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Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
t in ony o the kintras o thir isles, either in Ingland, Irland, S
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Douglas, Ashley Whae Were the Pechts, (Dig It Scotland 2023) Central, prose
e Roman inbidin o the British Isles. Sinsyne, it has cam tae refe
e in the Northern and Western Isles o Scotland forby a wheen area
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Scottish Parliament Gaelic and Scots in Scotland: Whit daes the census tell us?, (The Scottish Parliament 2024) Central - Edinburgh, government
d, pairteecular in the Wasren Isles. Scots is spaken mair braid a
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Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
un-Inglis fowk o the Breetish Isles.
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Puchowski, James Frae Norrowa ower the faem, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
its main bases i the Northren Isles an sum urban areas on the ais
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McClurg, Fernando Weill, weill, weill, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
ld their saets i the Northern Isles, demonstratin that the French
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Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s Linguistic Landscape - Scots and Gaelic, (Translation Services 24 2022) Central, prose
thmaist pairts o the Shetland Isles, neebourin Norway. It is spak
e north-east and the Northern Isles. It is less kenably strang an
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South East (Borders)

South West (Galloway)

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Thompson, Mark The Lost Ness Monster, (clydesburn.blogspot.com 2009) Ulster - Ards Peninsula, poetry
When fae behin the Isles
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General Ulster