Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'performance'

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Use in varieties of Scots

performance	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	28.5	95	35
ORK - Orkney	59.6	6	4
SHD - Shetland	5.8	1	1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A	6.5	2	2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern	44.3	10	4
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	48.8	20	4
WCE - West Central	26.6	6	4
DUN - Dundee	10.6	1	1
EDN - Edinburgh	12.4	2	2
GLA - Glasgow	5.1	1	1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central	32.8	25	8
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)	27.9	2	2
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)	174.4	3	1
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 performance 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

Orkney Voices Group Gallows Ha, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
whispers threeded through the performance and through this text. A few on page 34

2 matches

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Bit I gied a brave performance o hids complicated turns, on page 3

1 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
be the thowt o parents luntit performance. Wi Darling's silence aboot h on page 83

1 matches

Hall, Simon W. Lamborghini: Cult o the Bull, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, blog
the beatan hert o the Italian performance ker industry: the home o Ferr
1 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine An Excerpt From Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Future Fantasy, (The Bottle Imp 2019) Orkney, poetry
be the thowt o parents luntit performance .
1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
stove, dryin oot fur a repeat performance da nixt day. Tree pair? Yes, on page 93

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"During the first half of the performance I want to take you through so on page 60

1 matches

Johnston, Mary Lallans 81 - A Day at Edinbro Feestival, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric, prose
el, nae exactly free, efter e performance somebody aye cam roon wi a ha
1 matches

General Northern

@72redz1903 tweeted
sDaiIy Disagree it was a poor performance, it jist wisnae a good perfor (2022) twitter link
Polvara. The positives is the performance o the new players esp Stewart (2022) twitter link
en you look at the first half performance its difficult tae say he go (2021) twitter link
ans reaction tae yesterdays performance. (2020) twitter link

@beast_afc tweeted
tae get here, please gee us a performance. Don't try tae be clever, jus(2020)
@DiscussDandies On performance an output Wright out is hard (2020)

@cligeey tweeted
Happy the nicht we that performance(2020)

@fittiecrooners tweeted
deenFC @EuropaLeague wee that performance canna see them get past the n(2016)

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
tae ma surprise is clappin ma performance tae. on page 57
e some well-rehearsed theatre performance. Ah'm tellin yae, likes. He g on page 196

3 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
lly enjoy themsels. After the performance the Unicorn Bowed doon in fro on page 100

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 142, (self-published 2005) Central, newspaper
But the strangest performance cam frae Mandy Black that pla
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 147, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
Tartuffe bi Liz Lochhead. Its performance is the stert o the Lyceum's 4
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 116, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
wi the prospeck o a promenade performance wi juist a puckle enticin dec
At the efternuin performance on 7 Juin, the feck o the aud
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 176, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
ae sense o aither preachin or performance . It comes ower wi a hertfelt
ony pairts wis the first live performance on television o a body takin
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 174, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
The performance on 19th Aprile at the King's
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 102, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
ryst, Cadger Jimmy, Sang, The Performance of the Young Men, Lauch Whan
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
- a wis captivated wae that performance lol (2021) twitter link
nd no forgetting a top drawer performance from your keeper as well - g (2021) twitter link
hance - a long tae c a cameo performance fae the big man bit a fear it (2021) twitter link
takes wee man - n a standoot performance against the big t - champagn (2020) twitter link
te efter a tip off - crackin performance from u guys btw - awe the be (2020) twitter link
and 3 other occurrences.

West Central

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 59 - Rants and Foys, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
eel descreivit as "recreative performance." This gaes back tae the days on page 56

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
th Theatre dacin thir matinee performance ae Bugsy Malone. She wis wi a on page 58
tae evaluate another actor's performance. When he on page 169

2 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
In the middle o this performance on page 126

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
ments can be identifeed i the performance, an ir uised gey weill for le on page 136

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
receptioun (efter ae dwaiblie performance , Scott e’en spak til the au
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
up as exemplars o capitalist performance? on page 123

1 matches

Edinburgh

Smith, Jamie Soonds o the kirk an court: early airt muisic in Scotland, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
as Clerk’s best. The first performance o it wis led by nane ither th
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
, bit it bude tae tak awa the performance . She wussed she cud juist git
1 matches

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
take in mah future husband's performance. on page 2

1 matches

General Central

Scottish Parliament Scots Leids Bill – Stage 1 Report, (The Scottish Parliament 2024) Central, government
Scots tae be incluidit in aw performance and leid based creative progr on page 50

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
for denner afore the nicht's performance. When we get there at seeven on page 30
ill no be comin alang tae the performance the nicht. But wanice ye've g on page 52
s. "We'll be late for oor ain performance." on page 54
. We'll jist be giein the yin performance, this Friday nicht. It's aboo on page 75
pit in quickly, mindin whit a performance he'd made aboot denner. on page 78
Also on pages 81, 85, 88, 89, 107, 110, 128, 132, 134, 140, 143, 145
18 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 58 - The Sang o the Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
yaise the leid inthrow their performance. Gin ye speir whit wey we ken on page 77

1 matches

Neil, Gabriel The Green Pairty: Holyrood’s nixt opposition?, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
an effecks o, a strang Green performance at Holyrood nixt year. Ye can
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando Review: O is for Hoolet, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
guage wi an engagin an lively performance .
1 matches

Facebook link ( 2017) Central
Ah enjoyed the performance and wis weel impressed wi the

@SusiBriggs1 tweeted
te sangs tae sing. A gorgeous performance. ? https://t.co/VabeZlO232(2019)

@Chazzbat tweeted
cin be eternally proud o this performance.(2020)

South West (Galloway)

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
hic-hoc gilly-go performance on page 54

1 matches

@StuartPoet tweeted
be yin man! Cracking poem and performance, mint.(2020)

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Dickey, William Yarns 3 - Annual General Report, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2024) Ulster - Ballymena, prose
tae congratulate them on the performance , and are lukkin foart tae the
dodge fallin slates during a performance o Mary Poppins.
y tae discover weel intae the performance that they had completely misj
3 matches