Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'newspaper'

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Use in varieties of Scots

newspaper	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	21.7	72	36
ORK - Orkney	9.9	1	1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A	13.1	4	4
MNB - Mid Northern B	111.9	1	1
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen	31.5	3	2
DOR - General Northern	13.3	3	2
NEC - North East Central	45.9	1	1
SEC - (South) East Central	25.8	10	5
WCE - West Central	31.1	7	5
DUN - Dundee	31.9	3	1
EDN - Edinburgh	12.4	2	2
GLA - Glasgow	20.1	4	1
AYR - Ayrshire	32	3	1
LAL - General Central	31.5	24	8
SEA - South East (Borders)	12.1	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)	107.1	3	1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)	65.7	2	1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of newspaper 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

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
runkled like drookled newspaper. An whit tae mak on page 30

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Ah lift the newspaper cuttin fae atween the pages o on page 63

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
wis placed abeen an ootspreid newspaper because Minnie an the neep wa
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
ueart coffee an a read i' the newspaper!(2014)

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
nch, he unnerstood 100% o the newspaper, but didna get fit the fowk w (2021) twitter link

Mid Northern B

Robson, Euan Peelie wally, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
its and pit them a in a bit o newspaper and carried them ben tae the
1 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 90 - Mrs Cadwallader’s Conversion, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
ble there wis a body readin a newspaper, but Ah couldna see their fac on page 38

2 matches

McDonald, Charlie , (Facebook 2022) Doric - Aberdeen, poetry
Wrappin' crockery in newspaper
1 matches

General Northern

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 81 - Pyntin the Been, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
un, turnt the colour o an aal newspaper, but couldna get a word oot. on page 8

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Newspaper taxis come up tae i'shore on page 129
I'newspaper said "Fit ir ye daein in bed? on page 178

2 matches

North East Central

Heather, Alistair Lat the auld witch burn, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
didnae get the jyle. A London newspaper haed furthset the hale sorry
1 matches

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
a's man sits hidden ahint the newspaper. Sandra's sittin oan the sofa on page 1

2 matches

McDowell, Diane Drummond (Ma's Bairns), (Independently Published 2021 ISBN: 979-8592734588) Central, prose
he room. George pickit up his newspaper, set himsel intae his fauvour on page 1

3 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
Davie foldit the newspaper an pit it doon neatly. He ope on page 91

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
owre that caper wi rolled-up newspaper -
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 114, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
n vairsion o the Basque daily newspaper tae doon-cry the shuttin doon
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 101, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
A Scots language newspaper isna somethin that's aft spok
the Gaels haes haed a Gaelic Newspaper cried idheal Ùr furthset as
2 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
igs nae bigger than a sheet o newspaper and there wis clearly nae ups on page 178

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
a's ma heard sumdy say that a newspaper reporter wis comin tae HMV. I on page 117
us if he coulda et or drank a newspaper. on page 140
pty bar one auld man readin a newspaper but ah couldnae face gaun in on page 169

3 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
reached an all time low! The newspaper rants; on page 44

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
‘The Bulletin’, a Glesga newspaper o 1954, an the memories o Bil
1 matches

Hodgart, John Scots Language Act: Oor weans hae richt tae see mither tung respectit, (The National 2021) Central - North Ayrshire, newspaper
The first time I screivit a newspaper article in Scots wis in The H
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
an televeesion station an aw newspaper an news agency offices in the on page 59
came oot in the New European newspaper that awbody wi onie interest on page 78

2 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
e times, the early 1960s, the newspaper business wis still fou o nobs on page 71

1 matches

Edinburgh

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
the forenichts frae orrals o newspaper she fund on the midden. Benja
1 matches

Monahan Brown, Ricky Dùn Èideann, (The Scores 2020) Central, prose
lp, sae she didna mention the newspaper covered in footprints an symb
1 matches

Glasgow

Geraghty, Martin A Bad Sport, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
i this,’ he says, pulling a newspaper fae his polly bag n hawdin’
ists as he flicks through the newspaper , periodically shovin’ it in
ieve this.’ He rolls up his newspaper an pokes mi oan the arm wi it
He places the newspaper on the wall next ti mi, gets
4 matches

Ayrshire

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
irt o a review in a magazine, newspaper or braidcast. on page 4
by the kintrae's best sellin newspaper, The Sunday Post, sae it wis on page 16
maybe ye cuid buy a set in a newspaper shop alang wi yer cigs an pap on page 23

3 matches

General Central

McGregor, Iain Lallans 90 - Sally, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
peirt a reporter fae the toon newspaper. on page 58

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 104 - Whaur Div Ye Belang Tae?, (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, prose
mair o yer forebears wis in a newspaper report. The first papers in S on page 56
n leid ayont poyems an antrin newspaper airticles. An noo Scots fowk on page 60

4 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
y, and he wis wavin an evenin newspaper raither excititly. 'Huv ye he on page 22
Gowp, and Mr Baffie's evenin newspaper cairried a muckle pictur o hi on page 26
nce again Mr Baffie's evenin. newspaper cairried a pictur o the finde on page 29
That nicht, Mr Baffie's newspaper annoonced the findin o no ain on page 36
id Mr Baffie, glowerin at the newspaper again. 'Aye, here it's. The f on page 39
Also on pages 50
8 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
screiving maist affen used in newspaper, magazine or wabsteid airticl on page 9

1 matches

Somerville, Shirley-Anne Scots Government Commitments tae Gaelic an Scots an Scots Langages Bill: consultation, (gov.scot 2022 ISBN: 978-1804358313) Central - Holyrood, government
oot Scots wirds in The Herald newspaper for tae heeze awareness an ga
1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
tember 1848, the Lunnon Times newspaper reportit that unkent objects
n 17 August 1870 The Scotsman newspaper reportit that a bricht baw o
omething ither? Alang wi thir newspaper reports o sichtings o objects
at’s the subject o crack in newspaper airticles, radio shaws, an it
4 matches

Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
ch in writing, wi 19t century newspaper airticles bein ane instance.
1 matches

Macdonald, Ileene Fit’s it aa aboot?, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
hiv a pro-independence daily newspaper The National, online news bra
1 matches

Ewen, Allan The “Auld Lang Syne” Paradox, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
r “Scotland’s Champion” newspaper , the Daily Record. Libby Broo
ss o the new pro-independence newspaper The National is evidence o th
2 matches

@jax6754 tweeted
and a found ma way intae the newspaper yesterday!? (In picture) Hee (2015)

South East (Borders)

@officialAliRed tweeted
@Liam_Beattie Local newspaper, you say? ?? Glad ee hed a gu(2019)

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Lyttle, A. G. Yarns 3 - Lastin Memorial, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2024) Ulster - Bangor, prose
ame Newton disnae hae its ain newspaper .’
g tae stairt Newton’s furst newspaper .’
Newton got its furst newspaper , The Independent, in 1871 but
3 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
he nicht afore. She lichtit a newspaper, the first swirl o heat curli on page 10
y, who had stapt in front o a newspaper stall. PM CLOCKING IN AT HOME on page 27

2 matches