Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'fiver'

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Use in varieties of Scots

fiver	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	13.6	45	28
ORK - Orkney	9.9	1	1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A	26.2	8	4
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen	10.5	1	1
DOR - General Northern	22.2	5	4
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	30.9	12	9
WCE - West Central	22.2	5	2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow	25.1	5	3
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central	6.6	5	3
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)	27.9	2	1
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	28.4	1	1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of fiver 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.

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Ronaldo jist gied me a fiver and asked me hoo far I wid go on page 43

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
At a fiver a time on page 15

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
r ower an drap a guilt-tinged fiver inte the paper cup an stare d on page 43
ge in yer pooch; fin ye tak a fiver oota yer wallet, the Queen bl on page 81

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
nna s'pose Ah'll ivver see at fiver again." on page 15

1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
gie them birthday cards wi a fiver in it and the same at Christm
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Angels Ten, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
okin aifter my stal, so wid a fiver be ower muckle?” I handed t
1 matches

@FaeFoggie tweeted
din and found a bargain fir a fiver. Nummer 43 onyeen? https://t.(2019)

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 77 - Anither Time, Anither Place, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
open-handed wi't. He pit the fiver in his back pouch, an rummage on page 29

1 matches

General Northern

Leslie, Deborah Tales Fae The Doric Side - Mabel, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
comes, bit then he gies ma a fiver fir nae reason. on page 95

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
Jonsar Eck says ."Och jist a fiver "
1 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
sawdust, yet you charged me a fiver
1 matches

@Franwella tweeted
nae the hardneck tae charge a fiver tae park yer car like they di(2011)

@fittiecrooners tweeted
o'those scratch cards & won a fiver so lucky day(2017)

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
. Any ae them'll dae ye fur a fiver. No me, though. Sookin a poli on page 1

1 matches

McPartlin, Moira Before Now : Memoir of a Toerag, (Trilleachan 2021 ISBN: 978-1838360702) Central - Fife, prose
ht! Ah'm still waitin fur the fiver he owes me fur diggin dung in on page 7

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
had tae beg the Social fer a fiver. The lassie'll vouch fer me, on page 45

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
d be better juist shivvin yer fiver in the collectin tin. on page 122

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 82 - The Cream Cookie, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Midlothian, prose
gyte an gies aa his jyners a fiver extry in thair pey-pokes!' on page 59

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Economic Theory, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
ermer or twa at the hairst, a fiver a day, nae bather. Stop takki
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
When Ah wis fined a fiver jist fur speedin on ma bike.
1 matches

Forrest, Liam Hittin the Toon, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Dunfermline, prose
uined dresses wit they paid a fiver fur oot eh Primark. They hud
1 matches

Muir, Glenn The Truth Will Out, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, prose
lete strangers saying gimme a fiver or I’ll shout rape isnae a
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Sport!, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
ivir let him forget aboot the fiver he had done her oot o.
he telt us that he had pit a fiver on it tae win.
2 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
and she saw they were only a fiver - that would b me in the bad (2020) twitter link

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
she said. Emmm well ah got a fiver fae ma granny an another five on page 43
er ring tae Wully McCoy fur a fiver cause she thinks it's hauntet on page 108
he could buy it aff us fur a fiver an me an Yvonne agreed cauge on page 136

4 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Gied us a fiver out o her giro on page 64

1 matches

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
o be built like the side of a fiver to get into the caravan throu on page 30

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Intae the Snaw, (Gatehouse Press 2015 ISBN: 978-0992857370) Central, poetry
burnin wi fiver, deid warriours thirst. on page 38

1 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
done well so he always hus a fiver in his backburner tae put tae on page 8
. Danny swaggers up n pulls a fiver oot his new red Berghaus jaki on page 12
Should the eld alky steal the fiver and the six bottles ae wine, on page 13

3 matches

General Central

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
it when ye thocht ye'd wun a fiver oan thon scratchcard thit yer on page

1 matches

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
slippt oan a wet fiver on page 3
tae len ye a fiver? on page 5

2 matches

Watt, George T. Lallans 73 - A Braw Bairn, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
a fiver here a fiver thair on page 59

2 matches

South West (Galloway)

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - No In-gleesh, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
air wur floggin flights fir a fiver plus fees. The baggage fee wa
e it wis only gaun tae cost a fiver tae haul ma carcass across Eu
2 matches

General Ulster

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
It cost fourteen pun an a fiver a week, on page 56

1 matches