Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'janet'

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Use in varieties of Scots

janet	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	24.4	81	18
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland	104.6	18	2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A	32.7	10	2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern	8.9	2	2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	21.9	9	2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow	5.1	1	1
AYR - Ayrshire	234.9	22	1
LAL - General Central	19.7	15	7
SEA - South East (Borders)	25	2	1
SWE - South West (Galloway)	27.9	2	1
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 janet 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.

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
Janet flickit troo da day's mail. on page 22
r said on baith sides an whin Janet cam fae her wark Sarah wis ga on page 23
"Is dis da box?" Janet led da wye, still shakkin, ta on page 24
wld, an shü wis rescued him. Janet grett again whin, right at da on page 25
Janet hardly sleepit dat night eddi on page 26

17 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
on their bow: Christina, Janet, Alice, on page 88

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Ah lift ma heid an blink es Janet's face comes inte focus. Ah'V on page 46
"Oh, Ah'v hid a luvly day, Janet," Ah say. "Wi'v bin playin bo on page 47

7 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
kitchie deem, and her mither Janet , like twa pots frae the same
me she beddit, bit her mither Janet wis feed as hoosekeeper tae D
ersel? Eenoo, his hoosekeeper Janet hid devauled a meenit at the
3 matches

General Northern

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
ties screppin in taxi rank, Janet fae accoonts pishin ootside(2018)

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
hiv ye dein fir me lately - Janet Jackson #changeasongtitletiDO(2019)

(South) East Central

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
ert Louis Stevenson's "Thrawn Janet ", whaur Stevenson wis somewey
haed tae lat on that "Thrawn Janet " wis a English story wi a muc
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 175, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
rshaw, Alexander Hutchison an Janet Paisley) wi the 6 Frisian poe
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 102, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
llaein braw poem, screivit bi Janet Cousin, inower the first page
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 106, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
backgrund thare, the likes o Janet Paisley, James Robertson, Gra
Janet Paisley, poet, playwricht an
It's the consait o Janet Paisley that fowk the warld o
3 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 76, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
OWTHORS Janet Paisley an Alice Thompson wis
Janet will screive a gaitherin o up
2 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
ny's mutterin fuckin calm it, Janet under his breath. Noted hoggi on page 9

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
Janet Richard an John Broun were jy on page 27
a sturdy healthy wee dochter, Janet, christened at Priesthill wi on page 28
dge that his dearly depairtit Janet is aaready welcomed within th on page 29
n his life for the sake o wee Janet. Peden smiled an restit a fir on page 30
is hert lichtened tae see wee Janet sae bien an content amang the on page 33
Also on pages 42, 43, 65, 70, 80
22 matches

General Central

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
t (abuin) tae this wale oot o Janet Paisley's poyem, 'Gled Stanes on page 33

1 matches

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
the cord frae Janet's dressin-goon on page 52

1 matches

astrothsknot The Auld Man O Jerah, (archiveofourown.org 2018) Central, prose
“Davie Rae’s wife, Janet Coklay didnae complain whyn y
1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Matthew Fitt: a word aboot 'bad' language, (Scottish Book Trust 2021) Central, blog
Stevenson, Robert Tannahill, Janet Paisley, Gerda Stevenson, Ell
1 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 74 - The Killie Fleshers - 1786, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
ae tae pit a stop tae it. Wee Janet an the twa boys, James an wee
1 matches

@fairpechtoot tweeted
e yaise thaim, esp the Thrawn Janet n Wanderin Willie yins. https(2016)

@LairnScots tweeted
... an here the story 'Thrawn Janet' here: Robert Louis Stevenson (2021) twitter link
g Willies tale' an Thrawn Janet fae the Wee Windaes site: h (2021) twitter link
Sharleen Ah'm Shy by Janet Paisley https://t.co/OlNjhw5I (2021) twitter link
Janet Paisley https://t.co/ByZQpgT8 (2021) twitter link
tson reads 'Sarah, Fed Up' by Janet Paisley https://t.co/AHoAjmFR (2021) twitter link
and 3 other occurrences.

South East (Borders)

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
ner. Major Dunlop’s sister, Janet Dunlop, kent is auntie Janet,
Dunlop, kent is auntie Janet , hed the owerance o rinnin th
2 matches

South West (Galloway)

Scott, Hamish Eemis Stane 1 - Fields o Stanes, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
It wis Janet he did the eikin wi, that wis on page 21

2 matches