Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'shades'

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Use in varieties of Scots

shades	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	7.5	25	21
ORK - Orkney	19.9	2	2
SHD - Shetland	11.6	2	2
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	17.7	4	3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	9.8	4	2
WCE - West Central	17.8	4	3
DUN - Dundee	21.2	2	2
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow	5.1	1	1
AYR - Ayrshire	10.7	1	1
LAL - General Central	2.6	2	2
SEA - South East (Borders)	12.5	1	1
SWE - South West (Galloway)
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)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of shades 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

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
So many different shades o green - except on a rainy on page 48

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Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
in earthy shades o moss green. on page 100

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Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
different textures, an muted shades in its mixture a ling heddir, on page 91

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De Luca, Christine Lallans 58 - seiven poems bi Christine de Luca, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
A reesel o wind, an shades o blue rin on page 19

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Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
on an pooder fir aa differint shades o skin; wee potties o eye sha on page 83

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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
caves, lochs, muirlan dens an shades o daith
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General Northern

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
croll efter scroll yin hunner shades o bleck on page 3

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Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
Nae langer noo the forty shades o green.
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Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
Tae coont the shades i'm fer keen.
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Strachan, Shane Beyond the Sea, (Scottish Book Trust 2023) Doric, prose
o dads stand aboot in varying shades o tanned and burnt skin. Just
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(South) East Central

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 59 - A Day Weel Spent, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
ree yaird across the gress. A shades ma een fae the sun the better on page 125

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Fleemin, Sandy A Day Weel Spent, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
ree yaird across the gress. I shades my een fae the sun the better
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@kennethbryce184 tweeted
brother but al hae tae pit ma shades on if its sunny lol (2020) twitter link
aper but a bigger portion and shades it for me m8 (2021) twitter link

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
'Shades o the Olympics,' Hortensia mu on page 108

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Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
n thou gangs doun at last the shades amang, on page 217

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
tolt her, Or ah'll kick seven shades a shite oot yi. on page 101

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
n thou gangs doun at last the shades amang, on page 150

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Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
in the msM an bi the various shades o Tory Politician that mak up on page 78

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
Wir just shades o wir reflections on page 28

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Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
er's face starts tae fade fae shades ae. beetroot. He straightens on page 52

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Ayrshire

Lehane, Matt Cubismo Part III, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
(shades and myths)
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General Central

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
n' haein' yer hair dyed fifty shades o' broon, it's no' aboot buyi on page

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astrothsknot The Auld Man O Jerah, (archiveofourown.org 2018) Central, prose
h her it moved through aw the shades ay the sunset and the sunrise
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South East (Borders)

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
The water noo twae shades o' dark on page 10

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