A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Concordance

The word 'slang'

Use in varieties of Scots

Occurrences of slang in Corpus

Orkney

Shetland

Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
in ad hoc rendeitions o urban slang, likes o Irvine Welsh’s; an
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Mid Northern A

Aberdeen

(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Thochts o Speakin Scots, (peffers50.freeserve 2001) Central, prose
stop uisin thon common street slang an lairn tae speak proper, th
t oniebodie cuid think o't as slang but for aw this ootby swall o
2 matches

McAlpine, Joan Meeting of the Parliament, (The Scottish Parliament 2019) Central, government
at makkin it whit it is no—slang, dialect, poor English an no
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS nummer 109, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
but raither some kinna local slang. Aboot five year syne, ma sis
ung, we'd a kent it wisna nae slang, for leirit fowk the likes o
thon wadna be seen deid uisin slang. But insteid o this we hae le
discreeminate atween Scots an slang, an A ken that at Embro, scho
4 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 177, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
t they speak is juist a local slang or inferior form o English as
1 matches

Clark, Sara Scot Free -The Psychic Cost O Uisin Scots, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
ckit fowk think that Scots is slang. We're livin throu whit could
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 147, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
wis Scots or juist some kinna slang sae there haes aye been a num
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 149, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
r bein telt no tae yaise thae slang words frae the gutter but tae
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 75, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
assie cam awa wi, "A like the slang that thay uise."
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 86, (self-published 2001) Central, newspaper
nt to hear that common street slang in my classroom. Learn to spe
er or some ither kinna Glesca Slang. Some o thaim wull nae doot b
that the words they uise isna slang at aw but pairt o a prood, if
3 matches

West Central

Clark, Thomas Aw Aboard! The fecht for the Scots language stairts the day!, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central - Bellshill, blog
businessmen in your kiddie-on slang. Which is aw fair eneuch, ah
1 matches

Campbell, Karen Gie it laldy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Glasgow, blog
Glaswegian isny Scots; it’s slang, ma mither said. Slang or dia
, ma mither said. Slang or dialect, leid or tung? Str
2 matches

Glasgow

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250242) Central, prose
efter that, ye kin gie Scots slang a fair guid go. Yer jist a we on page 7

1 matches

General Central

Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
Scots is naither slang nor 'bad English', tho it is on page 7

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
ou the estaiblisht media as a slang gibble-gabble, eiks tae the s on page 6

1 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 61 - Glesca dialeck i the modren warld, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
edged, fast-movin, streetwise slang at gied Gleswegian its covert on page 9

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 56 - Cauld Kail Fae Embro, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
at's sort of old English with slang in it." Efter Scots speakers on page 121

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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
in ad hoc rendeitions o urban slang, likes o Irvine Welsh's; an f on page 56

2 matches

Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
gettin tellt that this wis “slang” an no an acceptable wey ta
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Tait, John M Lallans 62 - Expository Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
Scots is a langage, no juist slang. But hale langages haes collo
e langages haes colloquial an slang registers as weel as leeterar
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Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
Rhymin slang
the yiss and coinin o rhymin slang and thir plays is nae excepti
wirks fortuitously as rhymin slang wi ‘gaed awa’, een if it
translation o English rhymin slang, shoot the crow for ‘go’.
Ithirs like some o the rhymin slang hae lestit a bit langer. Like
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Corbett, John Lallans 70 - Owersettins o Modren Drama intae Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
ead, Byrne delichts in mellin slang and cliché wi braid Scots, I
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Fitt, Matthew Fae Mooth tae Page, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central, blog
�not a language, it is common slang’. Ootside schule, kids telt
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Smirnov, Kuzma , (Facebook 2015) Central, prose
haim Scots will aye be stayin slang an treatit as sic, but anely
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@gordimhor1 tweeted
@DoricPhrases It's Scots no slang(2019)

@ionafyfe tweeted
an eejits think that Scots is slang.(2020)

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
@JaneyGodley Chaffing slang! How's yer bairn doing?(2020)

@OliphantWullie tweeted
STVNews But mind Scots isnae 'slang'. It's a real livin leid ( la (2022) twitter link
aye ben tellt ye cannae spik SLANG in ony formal situation !!! G (2022) twitter link

@billykayscot tweeted
rimary Brilliant bit o rhymin slang there??(2020)

@fairpechtoot tweeted
scuss the difference between 'slang' and Scots language. https://(2018)

@GMacminto tweeted
e hinneren o references tae ‘slang’, ‘illiterate speech’ an t (2022) twitter link

@LairnScots tweeted
ots Language Award... whit IS slang? Whit IS Scots? Why is it tha (2019) twitter link

South East (Borders)

The Westender Ins and oots, (The Hawick Paper 2007) Southern, newspaper
t, an' oov hed Chinese for es slang es a can remember. Thone food
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South West (Galloway)

Bryden, Hugh Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
Is thet rhyming slang? on page 98

1 matches

@StuartPoet tweeted
ens yon an disnae hink o't as slang but jist pairt o their leid. (2020)
Sounds like Scottish rhyming slang for Heinz Baked. Haw maw, gon(2020)