A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

faded Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.7 5 7.4 0 5.8 10.3 9.7
Number of occurrences1910 5 0 1 1 2
Number of authors16 7 5 1 1 2

Occurrences of faded in Corpus

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Central

Curran, Doug Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
a faded photograph or twa. on page 24

1 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
red puffer jakit, wae ripped, faded jeans. Hur face is gorgeous, on page 26
pub, toilet stinkin ae pish, faded tartan carpets, dark wooden f on page 38
ken glass. Eis angry look has faded tae acceptance. McGiver wisna on page 60

3 matches

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
la lightnin bolt tattoo. It's faded and obscured by thick hairs. on page 18

1 matches

McDowell, Diane Drummond (Ma's Bairns), (Independently Published 2021 ISBN: 979-8592734588) Central, prose
her pretty green een oan its faded maijesty! Tae her, it leukt l on page 1

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
ir smiles faded, on ir face, on page 58
Bleached or faded - on page 66

2 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
As daylicht faded an the air grew chill
1 matches

MacDonald, Bo CAULD NIGHT, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
ce slipped even as mah coupon faded awa' intae th…
1 matches

Doric

Skinner, Alison C. Tales Fae The Doric Side - Leaves, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
aithert leaves, halla-veined, faded an brickle, tummelt oot as sh on page 23

1 matches

Benzie, Lesley Tales Fae The Doric Side - Pictur o Misery, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
through the faded pink curtains, on page 68

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
d o mind-pictirs dissolved an faded awa an he felt the caal win b on page 93

1 matches

Lawrie, Alistair Northwords Now 45 - The Win, (Northwords Now 2024) Doric - Peterhead, prose
y the fireplace, happit up wi faded cushions. Aside it wis a tabl
1 matches

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 59 - Raymond Vettese : nineteen poems, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Montrose, poetry
It’s there, the truth, in faded broon,
1 matches

Shetland

Sinclair, James Makkin Hame, (Shetland For Wirds 2018) Shetland, poetry
e listened as Charlie's wirds faded awey.
1 matches

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Like faded dreams that blaw away on page 34

1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
whose green een flichtered an faded in tuin on page 6

1 matches

Millar, Al Echas frae tha Big Swilly Swally, (Ullans Speakers Association 2023 ISBN: 978-0957666238) Ulster, poetry
bancs, Thranged wi wecds, an faded names On forgotten rows o fog on page 30

1 matches

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