Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'pad'

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Use in varieties of Scots

pad	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	17.8	59	33
ORK - Orkney
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
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern	4.4	1	1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	18	7	4
WCE - West Central	35.5	8	5
DUN - Dundee	21.2	2	1
EDN - Edinburgh	6.2	1	1
GLA - Glasgow	25.1	5	5
AYR - Ayrshire	42.7	4	2
LAL - General Central	2.6	2	2
SEA - South East (Borders)
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)	174.4	3	1
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)	71.4	2	2
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)	131.3	4	1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)	127.2	7	1

Occurrences of pad in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
n aside thi helicopter laanen pad. Thi airth weis awfa gweed fu on page 6

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
unce." Stevie raise an teen a pad o writin paper oot o a draar. on page 50

1 matches

General Northern

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
unch, comin alang the chingle-pad!"' on page 28

1 matches

(South) East Central

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
"Here, I'll get it oot yer pad." on page 6

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
Ae late September, lang the pad Frae Dysart ti the Wemyss, on page 20
The pad that tweests alang the tap o on page 43

2 matches

Grubb, Adrian Bungee, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Kirkcaldy, prose
ups, tae go on tae the launch pad hingy. A wis in the second gr
group went up tae the launch pad - it wis really high up. Luk
2 matches

Hershaw, William The Retour O The Grey Airmy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Fife, blog
he wolves are gien scowff tae pad aboot in the directit areas.
1 matches

Hubbard, Tom Scottish Faust: Poems and Ballads of Eldritch Lore, (Kettillonia 2004) Central, poetry
shadda o the wuddy athort his pad .
1 matches

West Central

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 104 - Stephen, (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, prose
We baith run doon the front pad an get intae ma caur, whaur w on page 17

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
y in it, an a pack ae two wee pad things that yi stuck ontae yi on page 93
a sanny bin in wan haun an ah pad in the other. Can anybody tel on page 98
ce cawd Windermere where they pad a Museum a Science an Technol on page 163

4 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
ng the wean fae his penthoose pad, on page 46

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Yes Nae Mair, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Bellshill, blog
e tae move intae oor bachelor pad an like it or lump it. We've
1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Tasteless, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Saltcoats, prose
' brung oot a pen an' writin' pad . 'Heid caul', A wrote. 'Canna
1 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
Thirs flees on thi pad, on page 93
doll, fancy comin back ti meh pad on page 101

2 matches

Edinburgh

Sprott, Gavin Lallans 68 - Gairdens, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
a broken chein their trainers pad the grit on page 98

1 matches

Glasgow

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
an pad on page 44

1 matches

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
makes great big swoops on her pad. Daisy is making jokes to mas on page 8

1 matches

Kennedy, Julie Ma Mum and William Wordsworth, (Howkin Words Press 2024 ISBN: 978-1399988971) Central, prose
he couch is ma mammy's writin pad's called 'Blue Wave.' The pap on page 18

1 matches

Smith, Elaine C. The Glasgow Gruffalo's Wean, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303425) Central - Glasgow, weans
is stick an I'll show you his pad." on page 24

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Arabian Monkfish (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
in get settled – get ma ain pad an that.’
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
he south-west. Sae faur, he'd pad it 2a his ain wey at burnin b on page 37
wi glaur frae hurryin up the pad frae Darnhunch. on page 44
Hull, an tuik the auld bridle pad by Sornhill tae Langside, the on page 67

3 matches

Gilliland, Sam Lallans 82 - Tecumseh, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
hay maun be drywyn back upo a pad o bluid - on page 87

1 matches

General Central

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
ne, and he wis jist aboot tae pad forrit intae the widd when he on page 12

1 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 67 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
ldert whin craig wi a glaurie pad gaun throu the spleet. Appear on page 65

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
Pad no path, brig no bridge on page 15
it thon means an lookin fir a pad doon backs o dreams. on page 77

2 matches

@StuartPoet tweeted
nae no. Gaidhlig sets a guid pad tae dauner.(2020)
na things Mary. We're oan the pad ootby, hope ye can follae an (2020)

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
Lang frae the owl sunk pad, but yit on page 34
For thon's an owl-kent pad weel wore on page 40
Gart tak the lang, blin pad on page 43

3 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
whut the' caad tha Wabster's Pad at tha bottom o tha railway b on page 7

1 matches

Gibson, Darren Solace, (Ullans Magazine 2012) Ulster - Ards, poetry
sklent tha breakers’ fickle pad ,
1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Life's ruch hard pad on page 11
Fae Chapel Isle tha Pilgrim pad on page 22
An skails ocht in its pad. on page 45
Alang tha strecht an nerra pad, Jist fur his ain name' sake. on page 68

4 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
it, some drapt doon alang tha pad, an tha burds flew doon an pe on page 9
o deith, an roadin iz ïn tha pad o peace." on page 71
ilin ït, sum drapt alang tha pad, an ït got waakit iver, an t on page 82
urd o God. Tha seed alang tha pad ïs tha fowk that hears tha W on page 83
claes doon afore hïm on tha pad. An whan he wus cumin nearhan on page 102

7 matches