A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'lyrics'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
lyricsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.52518
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern 325.5 2 1
ABN - Aberdeen 21 2 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 9.8 4 2
WCE - West Central 17.8 4 2
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 5.1 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 6.6 5 5
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) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster 10 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of lyrics in Corpus

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Shetland

De Luca, Christine Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2017) Shetland, poetry
shö wrat her icy lyrics. on page 27

1 matches

Mid Northern A

@DoricPhrases tweeted
wis great fun working Colin's lyrics inta the narrative an his mus(2016)

South Northern

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 63 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
writing sort of hallucinatory lyrics and then there was a point wh
Drunk Man, when you read the lyrics, I think the only alternative
2 matches

Aberdeen

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
s she waatched the retro-font lyrics slide up the screen. Noo and
vellin aboot raither than the lyrics. There wis lots o landscapes
2 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
By this time the lyrics ae Gerry Cinnamon are influen on page 172

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 177, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
odge an Mason's manuals), new lyrics tae auld tunes, (Ban Polaris,
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 174, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
ary kilt is a joy. The rhymin lyrics an reinge o words in the sang
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
heid and hummin along tae the lyrics. And the song, it must be sai
1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
is Rice wur sittin singin the lyrics tae Stooshie at interval when on page 115
rtet takin the piss ootae the lyrics tae Stooshie: on page 169

3 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Fir demi-gods tae hing their lyrics oan. on page 61

1 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
Spewin oot clever lyrics an ti hell on page 4
an yir lyrics ir nuthin shoart on page 46

2 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter Carpe Diem, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
Sais it aw there in the lyrics; we’re the architects ay oo
1 matches

Ayrshire

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
ng in mairch time, an I addit lyrics like "Ma wee Joanna, she's th on page 23

1 matches

General Central

Philip, George Lallans 56 - Scotsoun Thereanent, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
thochts on Hugh MacDiarmid's lyrics that gangs wi our kistie (SSC on page 46

1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 74 - Burns an the Dictionar o the Scots Leid, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
tlantic as a vehicle for love lyrics, and nae aa o them wi the sim
1 matches

MacMinto, Gregor The Rhythms of Bratislava, (wordpress 2022) Central, blog
sluck). Appearinly the Slovak lyrics hes gat naethin tae say aboot
1 matches

@jack_capener tweeted
ism, although the broad Scots lyrics would probably prove problema(2018)

@LairnScots tweeted
tae translate weel-kent song lyrics... #HappyBurnsNight #TaeTheBa (2019) twitter link

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
illt wi muisic scores an sang lyrics. She pit it ontae the fluir a on page 31

1 matches

General Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
thon history o' tune an' sang lyrics thaire bes a wealtht o' music on page 30

1 matches

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