A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'print'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
printOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.82619
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.7 3 1
WCE - West Central 31.1 7 3
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 4
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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) 35.7 1 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of print 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

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
aebles, waas hung wi viddies, print-oots, bruck. He pits a simple on page 150

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Shetland

Facebook link (Wir Midder Tongue 2021) Shetland
ng da images an doing anidder print run next year but I'll let aa

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
ieB ?? I do. Gotta be able to print off d&d sheets as well as da (2021) twitter link

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ken. She micht soun aricht in print bit ye canna see fit ye'r get on page 48

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ye'll nivver see your name in print...aat you'll nivver hae a hei on page 37

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@FaeFoggie tweeted
for years noo. I hid a large print made and winted to give. Obvi(2020)

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
g wis sae bonny an clear, the print in the paper simply louped oo
1 matches

Murdoch, Steve Lallans 63 - A keik at the Swedish game o bandy, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
, published in 1637 an aye in print. Maist o the sudjers in Macka
1 matches

(South) East Central

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
t Scots prose that's still in print is Lorimer's New Testament, a
he'r no muckle Scots prose in print, sae this isna as aesy as aa
t wi them no comin back intae print the'r nae wey for folk tae gi
3 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Naw! They'll happily print yer splash, Juist drap the kn on page 46
Ah'm no pleadin 'Print them aa', let's discuss on page 144

3 matches

Hodgart, John Scots Language Act: Oor weans hae richt tae see mither tung respectit, (The National 2021) Central - North Ayrshire, newspaper
ain a young reporter keen tae print ma piece. Maist o the reactio
1 matches

Hodgart, John A Catalogue o Sair Neglect, (Bella Calledonia 2016) Central - North Ayrshire, blog
ewel box). Sadly it wis oot o print for owre mony years, but noo
renae an they were suin oot o print, something that speaks volume
2 matches

@annieones tweeted
in awe. Git yer poyums in tae print hen, yer pire dead brillaint. (2021) twitter link

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
itch's Blood, nou sadly oot o print, like an affy lot o guid Scot on page 17

1 matches

Ayrshire

Lehane, Matt Mair Licht, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
tae get the big man’s print
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General Central

Bleiman, David Lallans 102 - The Snaws o Yestreen, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, poetry
An whaur's the print o the deid dug's paw? A bairn on page 28

1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Fur maist o history, anonymous wis a wumman, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, prose
the 18th century, didnae even print it, dingin it doon as  “a
1 matches

Duncan, Robert The Oor-Wulliefication o Scots?, (autumnvoices.co.uk 2022) Central, blog
exposed tae the Scots leid in print) pronounce it richt.
1 matches

@raiphsays tweeted
shirt Shoap! Spreadshirt is a print tae order shoap platform fer (2020)

South West (Galloway)

Harper, Emma Promoting the Scots Leid, (The Scottish Parliament 2021) Central - Stranraer, government
ary education, televeision an print media an in this pairlament;
1 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Dornan, Stephen The Widenin Sheuch, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Ulster, blog
d Antrim, follaed Burns intae print: they aye thocht him yin o th
1 matches

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