Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

eager	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	7.5	6	7.4	0	0	41.3	19.4
Number of occurrences	25	12	5	0	0	4	4
Number of authors	14	9	2			1	2

Occurrences of eager in Corpus

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Central

Curran, Doug Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
een tae be rid o the harness, eager tae be fed. on page 25

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
t oan her knee, an the bright eager eyes wir lookin up tae hers-s on page 122
an make their eyes bright an eager wae mony a Stringe tale, mebb on page 123

2 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
er oot the wet n away fae the eager eyes ae Strathclyde's finest. on page 3

1 matches

Beekman, Tony Lallans 85 - The Belt, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
ummer wan. Tam, you're lookin eager. Whit's your answer?' on page 40

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
eepit in Marxist dialectic an eager tae dae his bit fer humanity. on page 70

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
ants tae the throne were that eager tae push their ain claims tha on page 22

1 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
Less eager on page 103

1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Sacrificial Doo, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
That Monty prick seemed awfy eager tae get me here, know whit ah
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Coyle Loyal, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
t ay there, we’re a bit too eager in expeditin the orange, cord
1 matches

Wallace, Lorna An Ode Tae Tinder, (lornalouwriting.wordpress.com 2020) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
She’s eager lik yiv never seen,
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
uce is noo lyin oan the couch eager tae keep a closer eye oan me.
1 matches

Doric

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
istance, an she looked up all eager leck, half hopan at e Moose h on page 30
steps, an Alice lookeg roond, eager till see e Queen. on page 76
sped on her knee, an e bricht eager eyes were lookan up intill he on page 120
an make thetr eyes bricht an eager wi many a strange story, mayb on page 121

4 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - The Bruntie Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
The rest o the crowd, eager tae make amends for their rec
1 matches

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
th distance, an she looked up eager, hauf hopin that th Moose hed on page 31
teps, an Ahlice looked roond, eager tae say th Queen. on page 78
ed oan hur knee, an th bricht eager eyes were lookin up intae hur on page 123
, an mak their eyes bricht an eager wi mony a strange tale, perha on page 124

4 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
teuk Maisie bae surprise. Hir eager een pleaded wi Maisie tae pla on page 6
he was flichtie an blythe an eager tae be on his way. on page 12

2 matches

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
upon hir knee, an the bricht eager een wur luking up intae hirs- on page 124
ns, an mak thir een bricht an eager wi monie a strange yarn, perh on page 125

2 matches