Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'rig'

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Use in varieties of Scots

rig	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	18.3	61	35
ORK - Orkney	19.9	2	1
SHD - Shetland	58.1	10	6
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A	19.6	6	4
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen	10.5	1	1
DOR - General Northern	35.5	8	4
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	4.9	2	1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee	74.3	7	1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire	32	3	1
LAL - General Central	11.8	9	9
SEA - South East (Borders)	48.4	4	2
SWE - South West (Galloway)	13.9	1	1
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)	163.5	1	1
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)	178.4	5	3
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)	65.7	2	1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of rig 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 Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
The darkened rig on page 10

1 matches

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
radio-rig atop o some haar-drenched hil on page 30

1 matches

Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
m ta gadder coarn i da hairst-rig. A boannie lass wi a strenge on page 19
Da ploo'd rig looks fir da voar speets on page 35

2 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
Her man wis lost aff o an oil rig supply boat whin peerie Brian on page 42

1 matches

Sutherland, Hazel Biggin Da Dess, (Shetland For Wirds 2004) Shetland, prose
s we walk doon past da tattie rig . Open da grinnd. Shut da grin
. In an oot, oot an in, up da rig . Turn aroond, da sam again.
Oot he springs, peltin up da rig . Dan, more rakin; back an for
ne fae rakin inta roogs on da rig to teasin an taperin da dess.
4 matches

Ratter, Peter Da Perishin Nort, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
in sherp pricks o fear up his rig . His fear-induced awaukenin h
1 matches

Priest, Ena Bonxie Geo, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
eter, dis is no lik him avaa. Rig -on claes an we’ll mak for d
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Görwill trows blamed for earthquake, (Shetland Times 2009) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
o dis size afore. Whit will I rig in?”
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
We'll nip intae Paris - rig you oot richt snod I An see a on page 15

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
hiv thocht muckle o the affa rig-oot at Eric gaed an trailt ha on page 14

1 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
see? A chiel weerin his best rig-oot? Seerly, them att's riggi on page 91

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
hone like sharn on a weet lea rig . Sae Minnie lowpit the dyke,
blade wad sheer awa frae the rig , an the air wad be blue wi sw
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
conveyor belts far skulls an rig -banes an ribs dirded alang ta
1 matches

Aberdeen

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
robe has mair than a thoosand rig-oots in it, giftit fae aa owe on page 13

1 matches

General Northern

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
tumml't ower flatlins on his rig, an liggit perfithe still; an on page 19
, wi a steive-like turn o her rig tae the hous, she tyeuk the g on page 25

2 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
fowers wid tak a hale ile rig o fuel tae itsel. Jonsar Eck
1 matches

Coutts, Pete Belhelvie, (bandcamp 2016) Doric, poetry
A traction rig they hid in tow, a new fairm
e mak the steam tae drive the rig
Auld Calder he sat on the rig and waited fir his boy
The rig fell fae the affa hicht and l
4 matches

@daleser23 tweeted
Is there nae a course on the rig?(2013)

(South) East Central

Morton, Elaine Lallans 61 - Twa poems, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Lothian, poetry
e he reuchly breathed upon ma rig, on page 59

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 71 - The Concreit Bouer, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
cement waa that wes baith the rig o the rottit bink an a stane
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
tir aw, ye were stuck oot ona rig, miles fae oniewhaur an coopi on page 46
Oniewey there wis ae rig that had a bit o a reputation on page 47
at thick. The cost o keepin a rig oot in the North Sea wis trem on page 48
y free baccie an fags fae the rig shop jist made it aw the bett on page 49
ther site an let a production rig come in an start sookin up th on page 51

7 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
orby aa this, there wis aye a rig or a furrow in whitever airt on page 44

1 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
hill-man, keppin weel aff the rig-heids, an laich doun in the s on page 32
that raise the mist frae the rig. Frae the burn side, whaur sh on page 46

2 matches

General Central

McGregor, Iain Lallans 85 - Archie Dodds, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
rvish chitter hottert doon ma rig-bane. on page 24

1 matches

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
guidit beast throu tough lea-rig, on page 13

1 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
et in it: fossils - like the rig-bane or fit-dunt o a bird, on page 100

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
e he reuchly breathed upon ma rig, on page 44

1 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 67 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
in fact a raw o taps alang a rig. Here thare's a three an a ha on page 65

1 matches

Hodgson, Brent Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
tten his pleuch til the richt rig. on page 119

1 matches

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
a (but abune them a, The Lea-Rig). Haein listit a the Burns' p(2020)

@billykayscot tweeted
ay green/Wis spread ower ilka rig o corn/tae charm oor rovin ee(2020)

@LairnScots tweeted
tae the dancin wearin yer new rig-oot! #Scots https://t.co/vtJn (2019) twitter link

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
w this, there was generally a rig or a divot hole in th wei whe on page 81

1 matches

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
id an oot athourt the Hoscote Rig , ir the ruins o ae hoose an a
utches ana, doon owre Hoscote Rig tae the Haugh. The storie gan
hill an doun owre the Hoscote Rig , tae
3 matches

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
wee stibble-rig o gress an traid on page 69

1 matches

West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
We wid sit on the heid rig an' blether on page 3

1 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
Owre ilka rig an fur, on page 22
rig an fur, on page 59

2 matches

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
leppin aboot in thaim sparkly rig-oots. It gies me tha dry boke on page 23

1 matches

King, Angeline Yarns 3 - Bluebells o Sallagh, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2024) Ulster - Ards, poetry
met a rig photographable in Insta-
1 matches

Dornan, Stephen Ding Doon tha Mairch Dikes, (Modern Poetry Translation 2019) Ulster - Comber, poetry
rig an fur.
1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Tha lang rig taen tae skirt tha bad - Bai on page 22

2 matches