Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'fourth'

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Use in varieties of Scots

fourth	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	10.8	36	22
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)	35.2	1	1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A	13.1	4	3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen	21	2	2
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central	45.9	1	1
SEC - (South) East Central	10.3	4	4
WCE - West Central	31.1	7	1
DUN - Dundee	10.6	1	1
EDN - Edinburgh	12.4	2	2
GLA - Glasgow	10	2	2
AYR - Ayrshire	32	3	2
LAL - General Central	9.2	7	4
SEA - South East (Borders)
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 fourth 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.

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
eedie whilie, an then sade "E fourth." on page 66

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Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Morrice wis on his fourth Vodka Volcanco fin the entert on page 15
isle again...an aat'll bi her fourth shottie. Bunty's mair rings t on page 77

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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
An fit micht the fourth commandment be, dearie?
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Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
d started again. This wiz the fourth time this week that he’d wi
1 matches

Aberdeen

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
in a fourth-fleer flat on page 32

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Hardie, Buff Dod 'n' Bunty, (Evening Express 2000) Doric, newspaper
Weel, by the time it wis the fourth shottie an' I'd spent twelve
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North East Central

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
Weel, slave. For yir fourth trauchle, ah'll mak it even h on page 18

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(South) East Central

Allan, Alasdair Lallans 102 - Defenestration, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, prose
ems Mr Gowanlock hed lampit a fourth-year laddie, the doctor's gon on page 83

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
is spider kin make it oan the fourth attempt then ah'm gontae gee on page 25

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McAlpine, Joan Meeting of the Parliament, (The Scottish Parliament 2019) Central, government
oun, Dunbar an King James the Fourth kent throughoot the continent
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Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 59 - Bellin the Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Ormiston, prose
y the baxter’s door for the fourth time that week, Rhona’s sta
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West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
big sister, Navdeep, who's in fourth year, when Charlene come marc on page 28
e lid ae the bin. Some ae the Fourth Year lassies that wur sittin on page 98
a chewin gum, said ma ma, The fourth time he appeart on page 109
usin's girlfriend. She wis ip fourth year at oor school an she ask on page 126
bag ae speed aff this guy in fourth year the day an he wis sittin on page 130

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Dundee

@d_anderson878 tweeted
en wi the spacie left fir the fourth ane...thit wisnae there at aw(2020)

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
“The fourth yin’s by the docks,
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
s like he’s awready oan his fourth cartwheel. As we set oaff oan
1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
r a meenit, then said "'S the fourth the day." on page 68

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Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
d ae elder troops, Furget the fourth of July ~ Bonfire Night up he on page 14

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Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
r a meenit, an then said "The fourth." on page 44

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
he neist year she bore Edam a fourth son, William. Then, in 1723 a on page 73

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Neill, Willie Lallans 61 - Three Tales frae the Brithers Grimm, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Ayrshire, prose
scruntie's niver cantie." The fourth wes peelie-wallie: "Daith w on page 42

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General Central

Robson, Frances Lallans 82 - The Locomotive, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
The fourth wagon is full o bananas; on page 30

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Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
ently ... on the evenin o the fourth day, ane o ma weemen warkers on page 30
third Gowden Ticket, but the fourth as weel. TWA GOWDEN TICKETS F on page 36
'And wha got the fourth Gowden Ticket?' Chairlie spie on page 39

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Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
aboot tae say 'Hullo! for the fourth time when he thocht that he w on page 19

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Douglas, Ashley The Maitland Quarto and Poem 49, (wee-windaes.nls.uk 2021) Central, prose
cript. This brings us tae the fourth threap in favour o female scr
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