A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Concordance

The word 'queer'

Use in varieties of Scots

Occurrences of queer in Corpus

Orkney

Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
tae dae wae anything unkan or queer, bekis they cheust didna haad
sky ootside tae suggest that queer and unkan things wid soon ste
aean wae folk that dressed in queer claes. The get-ups ye saa on
3 matches

@peediepuss tweeted
@jm_stout It's a gie queer perspective, most o the sooth (2020) twitter link

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
respectable as bein a poof, a queer." on page 18

3 matches

De Luca, Christine Lallans 58 - seiven poems bi Christine de Luca, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
waakrife till I hear dy key. Queer on page 19

2 matches

North Northern B (Caithness)

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
war truly hame agai, bi that queer, fine feelin o excttermi= the on page 9
sna bin imsel. He's bin actin queer kine es file." on page 16
o carrot soup afore tacklin a queer-leukin fishy thing at wis flo on page 18
ny fin the joke's oan you." A queer kinna calm cam ower er es she on page 20
Ronnie sniffit. Ere wis a queer kinna stink an aa - somethin on page 56
Also on pages 74, 76, 86
8 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Ah thocht aat wis a queer thing te say cause even thoug on page 64
soundit inside ma heid - the queer wye they rhymed. An syne Ah d on page 66
Ah open ma moo te spik an a queer kinna soun comes oot - hauf- on page 80
wi's heid in his hans an the queer thing he'd said - the thing on page 91
bin forced upon him, it wis a queer thing...he felt free an unfet on page 96

5 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Harry Mintie made a queer kinna chokin soun, an the ith on page 10
an aa. An Ah did think it wis queer kine fin she insistit oan tak on page 35

2 matches

Harper, Norman Stronach: A Weekly Look at Life in the Fictional North-East Village, (The Press and Journal 2000) Doric, newspaper
kent him his he been actin as queer-like as he's actin the nicht.
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
's o Migvree, nae the Bruces. Queer that, tae luik sae like her m
cocoa, bit it didna shift the queer feelin, nur the duntin heidac
It guffed o musk, a queer strang smell that Minnie's ne
Flooers... a queer wird fur bluid, bit fittin, s
the oo inno a baa. The anely queer kinna stories I iver heard wa
11 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
Queer that she'd suddenly myndit on
1 matches

Johnston, Mary Lallans 81 - A Day at Edinbro Feestival, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric, prose
ey cam frae Glesca wye; affa queer spikkers. Sae doon I gid ti E
1 matches

Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Kieran an Aidan, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
ist o aa fin I’m nyaakit. A queer like lowe comes ower his fizo
1 matches

Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Furst Time, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
rawers. “Folk hide money in queer places,” said Key. We looke
1 matches

South Northern

Lawrie, Alistair Caw, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2020) Doric - Stonehaven, prose
s claes. There’s wan o thae queer silences grips the wids, ye k
1 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 68 - Gordon’s Gairden, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Doric, prose
the wye it cam aboot that wis queer.They say he took a stroke an on page 35

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 82 - Beyond The Pale , (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
an idea inti their heid. Gey queer ideas, tee. An nae maitter fo on page 72
a fine chiel but wi some affa queer ideas. An his wife's ideas we on page 74

5 matches

Lawrie, Alistair Northwords Now 45 - The Win, (Northwords Now 2024) Doric - Peterhead, prose
n fower panelled door aneth a queer like star-shaped fanlicht wi
an eerie glow but aye wi that queer green loom till’t that flic
2 matches

General Northern

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
"They maan be aafa queer-lyeukin craiturs." on page 84

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
a" Jonsar replies. "Weel at's queer it's aboot here
1 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
Creamola an thocht fit a queer taste. Fin he took a look at
"Aye there is naething mair queer than fowk". Grudgin fuel for
aves an, fowk jist gaed him a queer look.
3 matches

Mitchell, Ian R. Lallans 63 - Walkin Woundit, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
learn us baseball. So he wis queer tae me, the communist, fa bed
1 matches

Gray, Kath Lallans 63 - Aikey Brae Fair – 1962, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
aboot in front o them an mak queer faces so that e person reflec
inna wint it tae be. Ye get a queer feelin at the bottom o yer be
2 matches

Storrie Lewis, Jean Lallans 71 - Snuffy, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Doric, prose
ame efter that, went a little queer – nae the same man avaa. We
1 matches

North East Central

Heather, Alistair Lat the auld witch burn, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
nloskin. There’s summit gey queer an eldritch tae it tae this d
1 matches

(South) East Central

Holton, Brian Lallans 71 - O Niver ti Dree Corruption Mair, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
ae’s we cud lift it doun. A queer licht thing it wis tae, ti be
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
name is Eve... A think! It's queer -
1 matches

Chalmers, Aimee Lallans 59 - Joukene Poukerie, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Fife, prose
p his haund, fingers held yon queer wey ...
The front wheel was at a gey queer slant. Ye screivit yer knees,
2 matches

Muir, Glenn Ozsome, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
�s heid) had jist landit in a queer colourfu’ land. It tuik the
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 101, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
"It's an unco queer thing that ye dinna ken hou a
1 matches

West Central

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
or queer. on page 75
hey ootsiders that think it's queer. on page 115

2 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
they got mair nor a puckle o queer looks as they made their way on page 26

1 matches

Edinburgh

Glasgow

Bolland, John A Chocolate Cowboy, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2008) Central, prose
r an the arrangement ay lookt queer. Ablo the swing - mebbe fift
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
Time is a queer thing, right enough. Wan minu
n seventy-nine. Aye, it’s a queer thing, time, right enough.
2 matches

Ayrshire

General Central

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
aye ti the fore. Kate fand it queer at her mither made mane for A on page 18
wis warslin. She fand it gey queer, for she kent he wis ne'er in on page 20

2 matches

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
"Hech! That is unco queer!' on page 15
said the wee prince. "Whitna queer hat ye are wearin. on page 42
'It is gey queer, thocht the wee prince. 'It i on page 49
'Yon is awfu queer! Your days last jist the ae m on page 52
"Whit a queer planet!' he thocht. 'It is fe on page 64
Also on pages 89
7 matches

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
Queer fir time o day, on page 24

1 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
'That's queer,' thocht Pooh. 'I said "Ow!" on page 39
anin wis the same. It's awfie queer.' on page 73
'Yon's queer,' said Teeger. on page 109

3 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
atch at somethin awfie, awfie queer." on page 104

1 matches

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
But, is thon no a queer-like thing on page 25

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
eir: 'sair, sair wark'. A gey queer paradox, Ah'm thinkin, that t on page 133

1 matches

Hodgson, Brent Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
aracter, finnds something gey queer unner the flair ... on page 91

1 matches

Corbett, John Lallans 70 - Owersettins o Modren Drama intae Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
We’ve come intil a gey queer time Whan scrievin Scots is n
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Maitland Quarto and Poem 49, (wee-windaes.nls.uk 2021) Central, prose
��s wimmen – no tae mention queer wimmen – tholes the same dr
1 matches

@jamieonkeys tweeted
nd chord', which I've given a queer twist in my tune #jazz #piano(2019)
sh TV over the past ~20 year. Queer as Folk, Cucumber/Banana and (2021)

@mcfarlane_irene tweeted
ermid "For I ken mysel by the queer-like smell / That the next st(2018)

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
ste in terms o antrin, oorie, queer (!), fremd or curious tae bes(2020)
ane fanquine (thon soons gey queer, hoowinever...) https://t.co/(2020)

South East (Borders)

South West (Galloway)

Haddow, Kris nobody remembers the birdman - The Incomer, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
filled yer belly unexpectit. Queer that, sic a gap syne the firs on page 78

1 matches

Tindal, Betty Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
yon queer twistit horn. on page 155

1 matches

Scott, Hamish Eemis Stane 1 - Fields o Stanes, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
e, wis aa fremmit, he wis the queer bodie that wey. on page 21

1 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
h telt it an even if he wis a queer man I trou him still. Spikkin on page 19
Kings wi queer names on page 20

2 matches

Haddow, Kris Ronnie's Story, (words.krishaddow.com 2011) Central, prose
quiet. Ma faither said a wis queer fae the age o’ seven onward
e the age o’ seven onwards; queer as in strange, a mean – a w
2 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

East Antrim (Larne)