Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'singil'

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Use in varieties of Scots

singil	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	11.8	39	11
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A	26.2	8	1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern	4.4	1	1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	12.9	5	3
WCE - West Central	8.9	2	1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh	6.2	1	1
GLA - Glasgow	10	2	1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central	21	16	5
SEA - South East (Borders)	48.4	4	1
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 singil 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.

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
wer ae airm an he didna hae a singil hair oot o place. He'd a raa on page 35
is hairt es he leukit it the singil wreath o fite lilies. on page 74
ryin te say is at ere's nae a singil thing ye need te chynge," sai on page 85
aroon aneth the licht fae the singil bare bulb at swung fae the wi on page 88

4 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
" Ronnie leuch. "Jist pit in 'Singil by choice' - aye nae my choi on page 53
s - a bare shelter te mony a singil man an hame-sick fee't laddie on page 92
sidert collectors' items noo: singil-furra ploos, the aul binder a on page 93

3 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
a quine bit Ah widna chynge a singil thing aboot er. Muggie's a ha on page 28

1 matches

General Northern

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Iviry singil day I'm in I' pub on page 90

1 matches

(South) East Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 74 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
audit shaws that the’r nae singil an bunemaist bodie steidit in
1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
herein a singil wird o thair sorraes, he reto
1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 76 - The Man Wha Jeopardeized The Continued Existence O The Universe, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
eident, bentset no ti miss ae singil fallin stern. "A wush A
kest. No a singil straik o licht coud be seen.T
2 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 59 - The Queen’s Shull’n, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Fife, prose
es.” He gestured aroond the singil ruim that doobled is leevin s
1 matches

West Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 76 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
e said that trauchils cums no singil spies, but in battalions, an on page 3

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
singil-mindit in his weys o thinkin, on page 7

1 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D Traisur Insch (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008) Central, prose
in ma wuddrums wi thon o the singil-leggit sie-farin man. Bot bi on page 7

1 matches

Glasgow

Durie, Nick Votin Seestems, (peffers50.freeserve 2003) Central - Glasgow, prose
Ither seestems intaks Singil Transferable Vote, Pertie Lei
o the Kinrik is taen tae be a singil constitouensie an aa the saet
2 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
Wonka's! Hae you ever seen a singil sowel gaun intae that place - on page 16
, Mr Wonka had tae spier ilka singil ane o them tae get oot, tae g on page 18
birlin, and fae then on, no a singil chocolate or sweetie wis made on page 19
it upside doon. Oot drapped a singil siller saxpence. 'It's ma sec on page 42
ven folk. Breakfast wis noo a singil slice o breid for ilka buddie on page 46
Also on pages 104, 128, 133, 136, 143, 144, 160
12 matches

Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
ichts sets thegither intil ae singil document ae cannie an inclusi on page 18

1 matches

Law, John Lallans 56 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
noun, John Law maun admit his singil-haundit guilt for the editori on page 4

1 matches

Robertson, Colin Lallans 81 - Wildlaw, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
paicialist organisations or a singil kintra wi monie indwallers. I
1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 59 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central, newspaper
undart wis guid, an (juist ti singil oot ane) Mary Johnston’s vo
1 matches

South East (Borders)

Purves, David Lallans 73 - Ten Owersettins frae the Chinese, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
nor a singil sie-maw on page 37

1 matches

Purves, David Lallans 75 - On War, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Southern, prose
ep on the dunes an lang for a singil moufu o the guid meit the pri
1 matches

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
A singil cran flies late ti reist.
A singil wyld guiss sklims intil the t
2 matches