Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'sold'

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Use in varieties of Scots

sold	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	6.9	23	20
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland	17.4	3	2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A	3.3	1	1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern	13.3	3	1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	2.4	1	1
WCE - West Central	8.9	2	2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh	6.2	1	1
GLA - Glasgow	20.5	4	4
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central	7.9	6	6
SEA - South East (Borders)	25	2	2
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 sold 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.

Shetland

@Julie_Dennison tweeted
ing I hed at da Shetland Open sold dey took VAT aff o it, it's n (2014) twitter link

@shaetlan_rose tweeted
oah I didna see dat it wis aa sold oot! Yes du's likly richt?? w(2019)
afraid the first two have now sold out (!!) but there are still (2019)

Mid Northern A

Gauld, Ilene Ilene Gauld - Piper and Poet, (Doric Future 2020) Doric - Keith, weans
o caad "Smile a Fyle" which I sold and split the proceeds atween
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General Northern

@72redz1903 tweeted
z1903 : Yas min! Robert Plant sold oot at the Tivoli the night, (2022) twitter link
Yas min! Robert Plant sold oot at the Tivoli the night, (2022) twitter link
e He started as a midfielder, sold tae Riems for 2 million - I (2021) twitter link

(South) East Central

Handy, Robbie Forked Tongues, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Dunfermline, blog
ced, packaged, controlled and sold . Limited use of Patois is tol
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West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
e tickets fur Stramash huv aw sold oot. Charlene an Nicola huv b on page 75

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Burns said 'We're bought and sold for English gold' on page 42

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Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Sport, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
n’ ethics, would hae tae be sold .
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Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
payed fir that guitar that I sold tae get pished, an how much t on page 3

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McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
if ah ever see the cunt that sold me thum again ahm gonnae kick on page 4

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McCrory, Pat Lallans 57 - Jimsie’s Maw’s Soup, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central - Cowcaddens, poetry
It's sold faur an wide, even in Kelvins on page 29

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Bennett, Peter Arabian Monkfish (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
ot. In just oer two weeks, he sold the lot ay it an Scanlon’s
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General Central

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
sold yon wild, crushed sweetness o on page 81

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Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s linguistic launscape – Scottish Staunart English and Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
fur exemple, telt/selt (told/sold ).
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@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
ft in the world ?? plus I was sold long ago on your good charact(2020)

@jax6754 tweeted
@JohnBishop100 Last sold ticket fir Thurs #edfringe is(2014)

@IshbelMcF tweeted
aresuperfan @edbookfest Its sold out! Were hoping to go on t(2019)

@SusiBriggs1 tweeted
@simiain2 Thanks pal, sold oot. ??(2020)

South East (Borders)

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Which sold in wee one gallon tins on page 40

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@jamie_ginger tweeted
d and said aryt ti a man that sold is a carpet aboot 20 year ago(2019)