Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

elbae	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	4.2	6	0	0	0	0	9.7
Number of occurrences	14	12	0	0	0	0	2
Number of authors	9	8					1

Occurrences of elbae in Corpus

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Central

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 85 - D.I.Y. Doctor , (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
aff her table tap wi her free elbae. on page 36

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McGregor, Iain Lallans 87 - The Neep Lantern, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Central, prose
ent shooglin an a bittie mair elbae jundie agin the glaur, A war on page 22

1 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Cat Wumman: Tales O Nine Lives - The Witch, (Luath 2025 ISBN: 978-1804252420) Central - Peebles, prose
bag. Maisie jundies me wi her elbae: 'Oot ma wey! It's ma turn!" on page 42
n ma haund ower her mooth, ma elbae roon her thrapple in an airm on page 46

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - The Glesgy Screwdriver, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
for it! Nor ony lang stands, elbae grease nor tartan pent naithe on page 97

1 matches

Robson, Frances Lallans 74 - Sloth, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
e disnae ken his erse fae his elbae;
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Fleemin, Sandy Big Schuil, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
Peter gied iz a dunch wi his elbae, "tell him the rubber baas jo
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Fleemin, Sandy Economic Theory, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
it wad be tae sit in a chair, elbae on the table, cup o coffee an
1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 62 - Blue Lift Snaw, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
says he at last, dunchin his elbae in my direction. Weel, yiblin
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Forrest, Liam Hittin the Toon, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Dunfermline, prose
uld tell their erse fae their elbae. He wiz thinking tae himself,
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 174, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
jist stick ma elbae oot the wundae
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 86, (self-published 2001) Central, newspaper
le Rob taen her gently bi the elbae, leuked her in the ee an said
1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
t his airm an Maisie felt his elbae stiffen again hir ain, his fa on page 20

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King, Angeline Weans o Latharna, (angelineking.com 2021) Ulster - Larne, weans
s she propped her heid on her elbae.
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