Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'saxty'

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Use in varieties of Scots

saxty	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	11.4	37	20
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen	65.6	6	2
DOR - General Northern	17.7	4	1
NEC - North East Central	46.4	1	1
SEC - (South) East Central	10.1	4	4
WCE - West Central	4.6	1	1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh	25	4	2
GLA - Glasgow	4.6	1	1
AYR - Ayrshire	39.3	3	1
LAL - General Central	11.9	9	5
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)	88.3	1	1
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster	42.2	3	1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of saxty 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.

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 84 - Jamie’s Day Oot, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
'Saxty poun? Saxty poun! Ah ken Ah'm feel, but A on page 45
had a drink in. Ah widna pey saxty poun for that. Fact, Ah widna on page 46

3 matches

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
in the same region but aboot saxty mile awa. The Duoro river, fi on page 9

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 79 - The Tattiebogle, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
s. Did ye ken Aalmeldrum lost saxty-three? New Deer, fifty? New P on page 18

2 matches

General Northern

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
"Three hunner saxty-five," said Ailice. on page 81
preives at there three hunner saxty-fower days fan ye mith get on on page 82

4 matches

North East Central

Heather, Alistair Trains approachin?, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
een the ages o aboot forty an saxty , an skilled warkers intae the
1 matches

(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 61 - The Mass Jack, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
The wunter o saxty-fower wis hellish lang an bit on page 85

1 matches

Allan, Alasdair Lallans 102 - Defenestration, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, prose
dignity an haudendoon anger: Saxty, mebbes, or fifty? The twa nu on page 84

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom Minoritie Status, (Tapsalteerie 2017) Central - Kirkcaldy, poetry
But three hunner and saxty-five days were follaed bi yit on page 25

1 matches

Peffers, Bob Whit Aboot Ma Ceevil Richts?, (peffers50.freeserve 2002) Central - Fife, poetry
Ah'm mair thin saxty year auld nou.
1 matches

West Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 81 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Prestwick, newspaper
ns whan 'Ye turn yir back for saxty 'ear'. Atweill, it's a daunne on page 5

1 matches

Edinburgh

Pyper, Hugh S. The Five Scrolls, (Handsel Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1912052790) Central, poetry
saxty michty men are roond it on page 6
Saxty queens there are, on page 13

2 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
hegither, there were less nor saxty fowk wirkin at the decommissi
e Rational Warld an the lave. Saxty year later, Stephen’s paren
2 matches

Glasgow

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Thirty, saxty, nummerless as the stars like on page 136

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
ythes, pikes, an nae mait nor saxty muskets an twa score pistols on page 27
o command. John tallied about saxty mair wi swords or pistols, an on page 35
as he saw a band o men, aboot saxty strang - twinty on horseback on page 51

3 matches

General Central

Donati, Colin The Student and the Pawnwife , (Itchy Coo 2003 ISBN: 978-1902927817) Central, prose
izened auld buddie, upwards o saxty, wi sherp spitefu een, nippit on page 136

1 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
cried Gillies Lowp, which is saxty-somethin trees in a ring, and on page 162
been able tae coont if it wis saxty-three or - saxty-fower, no ev on page 163
oh, wi his back tae yin o the saxty-somethin trees, and his loofs on page 164

4 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 67 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
mrc-scotland.org.uk), wi some saxty teams, is aye thare tae lift on page 65

1 matches

Hodgson, Brent Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
ena Blackhall is the owther o saxty an mair chapbeuks, an the'r n on page 120

1 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 62 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
t tae a lattitude heicher nor saxty degree north sae some fowk mi
1 matches

Ewen, Allan Murphy’s Law, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
election in Scotland fir near saxty year. Syne thon day it wad se
1 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Drennan, William Yin Tae A Hunner, (Ullans Press 2004) Ulster, poetry
But at saxty , seiventy an echty
1 matches

General Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
scheme 42% ir twa hunner an' saxty on page 36
Airts Cooncil tae heft aboot saxty musicians. on page 42
preCovid tourism hefted aboot saxty five thoosan joabs in Norlin on page 65

3 matches