Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Concordance

The word 'joined'

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Use in varieties of Scots

joined	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	15.1	50	32
ORK - Orkney	19.9	2	1
SHD - Shetland	34.9	6	4
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)	105.5	3	1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A	6.5	2	1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern	17.7	4	2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	7.7	3	3
WCE - West Central	8.9	2	2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh	18.6	3	1
GLA - Glasgow	15.1	3	3
AYR - Ayrshire	10.7	1	1
LAL - General Central	14.4	11	7
SEA - South East (Borders)	48.4	4	2
SWE - South West (Galloway)	55.8	4	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)	71.4	2	2
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of joined 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
I joined the ranks o the fightan men, on page 63
Then ah'm joined bi a ghostly figure - long w on page 81

2 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
Dan da cook an da infant joined ida chorus: - on page 61

1 matches

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
As dey traivelled, Jesus joined dem, bit somewye or anidder d on page 153

1 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
"Na, na, boy," Brian joined in, "Dir nae romance crubbit on page 38
adness fur Magnie, fur Mackie joined da navy whin da Waar brook oo on page 93

2 matches

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
s, a bonxie and 2 collie dogs joined me on my West Voe wander #She(2013)
lzheimers, Parkinsons and FND joined da family https://t.co/ErpULd(2020)

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
led efter id. An e ithers all joined in chorus, "Yis, please do!" on page 29
(In wheech e cook an e baby joined):- on page 57
en!" roared e Queen, an Alice joined e procession, wonderan what w on page 78

3 matches

Mid Northern A

@DoricPhrases tweeted
Do you remember when you joined Twitter? I do! #MyTwitterAnni(2019)

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
Stanley wis joined be his wife Grace." Noo noo S
. It wis a gran day an Jonsar joined in
2 matches

@fittiecrooners tweeted
auld pals fae the bowls. I've joined the pensioners travel club! ?(2017)
me tae a drum session as he's joined pipe band! 10 drams later??(2017)

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
groond behind the boozer and joined up wae the rest ae Leith Star on page 105

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
ettin molested by the wimmin, joined them. "Faither!" he puffed. " on page 83

1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
ot ad c the day when jake wis joined at the hip wae dougie ross - (2020) twitter link

West Central

Philips, Cally Gonnae No Dae That, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Turriff, prose
though hunners o’ fowk hud joined up after the event – c’mo
1 matches

Connor, Bailey A SCOTS HORROR STORY, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
e the siccar thump ae thunner joined the skriechin wind in a helli
1 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
e staff. A mind when he first joined the staff, he went oan a Nord
, no’ lang efter Jackie had joined the staff. She often said tha
2 matches

McKillop, Roger The Builders, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
an reputable employer. He’d joined the firm as a 16 year auld, s
1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
!" roared the Queen, an Alice joined the procession, fair wunnerin on page 80

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
In between the big lumps an joined thegither wans ye huv the clu on page 3

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Graftin, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
the machine as ah wis, ah’d joined McDade an Pearcey in a flirta
1 matches

Ayrshire

Lehane, Matt Aye an Ay, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
thae joined the pairty
1 matches

General Central

Robertson, James Naebody'd Seen Him, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
r. It's as if the two are not joined, but they are. There's a stai on page 14

1 matches

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
ink o' thae ither gadgies who joined in the singin' an' the banter on page

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Gone are the Leaves, (ISIS 2014 ISBN: 978-1445099262) Central, prose
tiful, as though an angel had joined the earthly voices. Feilamort on page 3

2 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
. About thirty-five women had joined the club for the purpose of p
1 matches

Facebook link (Changed Times Historical Novel By Ethyl Smith 2022) Central
cted by the spectacle that he joined the Covenantin cause.

Facebook link ( 2016) Central
n jist aboot ivvery aspect an joined in wi Cameron’s plans fur f
rk Times.’ Aboot noo he wis joined wi ane o his strongest suppor

Facebook link ( 2017) Central
lin frae the NTS rangers whae joined in wi gusto. Mibbe the fact w

@MartinBroon tweeted
Righ! Thats Me joined the ranks of the Great Unwash(2020)

@ThonJacobite tweeted
that noo? Why has your party joined wae the Tories or abstained o(2021)

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
ed efter eet. An th ithers aw joined in chorus, "Aye, please dae!" on page 30
(In which th cook an th bairn joined) on page 59
!" roared th Queen, an Ahlice joined th procession, fair wunderin on page 80

3 matches

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
@scottklogie1 Joined yer club! Whit are sae specia(2020)

South West (Galloway)

Haddow, Kris nobody remembers the birdman - The Incomer, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
kirk oer the years. Ye hadnae joined the guild, or the rotary, or on page 78
in the flooers, And ye'd soon joined the choir, a lovely wee voice on page 80

2 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
Whan yer no joined on page 65

1 matches

Haddow, Kris Ronnie's Story, (words.krishaddow.com 2011) Central, prose
Archie Johnstone joined in.
1 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Cromie, Willie Doon tha Wal Raa, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2024 ISBN: 978-1739905620) Ulster - Ballywalter, prose
ae me an Wull an a guid crowd joined an it wus great crack at tha
1 matches

Lyttle, A. G. Yarns 3 - Lastin Memorial, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2024) Ulster - Bangor, prose
joined them.
1 matches