Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'moth'

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Use in varieties of Scots

moth	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	3	10	10
ORK - Orkney	19.9	2	2
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A	6.5	2	2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern	162.8	1	1
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	2.4	1	1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow	5.1	1	1
AYR - Ayrshire	10.7	1	1
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders)	12.5	1	1
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)	18.2	1	1

Occurrences of moth in Corpus

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Orkney

Grieve, Issy Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Like a moth tae the light. on page 113

1 matches

Orkney Voices Group Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
a fragile moth. on page 123

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
tae dirl an thump, thon auld moth -etten pianie frae Tullys wad
1 matches

@FaeFoggie tweeted
@Kennysc89883981 It's a moth WI it's glad rags on. ??(2019)

South Northern

Robb, Lydia AUNTIE BEAN UNDRESSES, (Association for Scottish Literary Studies 2005 ISBN: 978-0948877698) Doric - Arbroath, poetry
like a moth emergin fae its chrysalis, on page 123

1 matches

(South) East Central

Clark, Sara Your Leid, Oor Leid, Awbody's Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
rin awa like a beautifu daurk moth . An ah'd feel a sense o loss
1 matches

Glasgow

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Saft as a moth's wing on moist velvet ribbon on page 131

1 matches

Ayrshire

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
the globe in his ketch Gypsy Moth IV. The Anglo-British estaibl on page 15

1 matches

South East (Borders)

Purves, David Lallans 67 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Southern - Selkirk, newspaper
That - and this wee moth-like lure on page 5

1 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
sures ïn heiven, whar nether moth ner roost can desthroy, ner t on page 7

1 matches