Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'shell'

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Use in varieties of Scots

shell	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	14.5	48	32
ORK - Orkney	29.8	3	3
SHD - Shetland	11.6	2	1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A	36	11	3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen	31.5	3	2
DOR - General Northern	17.7	4	3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	12.2	5	4
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh	6.2	1	1
GLA - Glasgow	25.6	5	2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central	11.8	9	8
SEA - South East (Borders)	25	2	2
SWE - South West (Galloway)	41.8	3	3
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 shell 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
blanket and a lucky 'groatie' shell. on page 41

1 matches

Hall, Simon W. Bonny Isle o Sanday, (Brisk Northerly 2016) Orkney, blog
elkies sing, and the abundant shell sand haes a purple hue in the
1 matches

Forkin, Ellen Sea o Dunder, (Orkney Heritage Society 2010) Orkney, poetry
Under the tinkle o shell
1 matches

Shetland

MacInnes, Morag Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Shetland, poetry
sam colour as a partan shell, rust cu on page 21
like shell shards, grip o a on page 24

2 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
saved up fir sax month fir a shell suit?" She leukit aroon it er on page 20
, ae airm o a purple an green shell suit trailin oan the pathie. on page 21

2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
onnie roon pearl in an oyster shell bit turned tae smile at her b
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Bulletbroo, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
tellin them he must’ve teen shell -shock.
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Tarrarra boomby ae, This is my dying day, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
de. He’d fell intae the big shell hole he’d been tryin hard t
awa. Lying as he wiz in a big shell crater the noise seemed disto
ae be replaced by the stinkin shell hole. Close by he could hear
ae fuck yin widna land in his shell hole. That wid cow-the-gowan
e he wiz lyin in a big fuckin shell hole wi his bawbag still atta
7 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 79 - The Tattiebogle, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
"Ye see, a shell fae the Huns took awa een o m on page 14

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 82 - Beyond The Pale , (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
an nivver tell the nut bi its shell' an Ah've lernt that it disna on page 72

1 matches

McDonald, Charlie , (Facebook 2022) Doric - Aberdeen, poetry
n yer hoose wis jist an empty shell
1 matches

General Northern

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
C'wa, get me oot o' ma shell on page 100

2 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - Beggerey’s Greenhoose, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
a telephone box an a pre-war Shell Petrol pump that doubled as a
1 matches

@cligeey tweeted
ing the day a weerin matching shell suits https://t.co/JOEfC6z4pf(2020)

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
It's like a giant oyster shell, on page 63

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
seems tae comin maire oot his shell compared tae when ah first fo on page 153

1 matches

Gilmour, Rosie Ma Schuil, (Scots Hoose 2014) Central, weans
Shell no be chuffed ye lit yirsel d
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 176, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
he local Scrabble club, white shell -suited Declan that isnae juis
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 125, (self-published 2004) Central, newspaper
a bear cairryin an artillary shell in its airms. The Division fo
1 matches

Edinburgh

Sprott, Gavin Lallans 68 - Gairdens, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
Handy for shot and shell. on page 98

1 matches

Glasgow

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
e got you to come out of your shell very much. on page 1
eid and arms back intae their shell when thur feart? Ah wish ah c on page 2
why ye shid jist stay in yer shell. People need shells. on page 12

4 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Is hidden in that thin box o shell on page 40

1 matches

General Central

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
Chynge intae a shell, on page 44

1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
t will be like an auld buckie shell that is left ahint. There is on page 88

1 matches

Matheson, Ann Lallans 84 - Attrition, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, poetry
A shell skreicht. Rab's feet left the on page 9

2 matches

Hodgson, Brent Lallans 58 - The Rooks, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
An in the shell-torn touns on page 112

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
rrel as he chapped the walnut shell wi his knuckles. He cockit hi on page 126

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
In green-bay growth frae shell-smuith skulls, on page 81

1 matches

Armstrong, Kate Lallans 58 - Herman Und Dorothea, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
uty o licht glintin aff o the shell-wark on page 43

1 matches

Kay, Billy Lallans 78 - Thochts on the bonnie broukit bairn at hame an abroad, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
in aff o makin an sellin puka shell necklaces tae the tourists! A on page 8

1 matches

South East (Borders)

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
etreat within in ye'r ain wee shell on page 7

1 matches

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
a paerls an a kaim o tortoise-shell .
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Bryden, Hugh Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
can tell, whun a wummin in a shell. on page 105

1 matches

Adamson, Donald Bield, (Tapsalteerie 2021) Central - Dumfries, poetry
in unshuik-oot-shuin and shell-grittit on page 11

1 matches

Haddow, Kris Ronnie's Story, (words.krishaddow.com 2011) Central, prose
e stories tae bring me oot ma shell , and wi’ her support a’ve
1 matches