Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'statue'

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Use in varieties of Scots

statue	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	9	30	22
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	6.5	2	2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen	21	2	1
DOR - General Northern	4.4	1	1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	21.9	9	3
WCE - West Central	8.9	2	2
DUN - Dundee	10.6	1	1
EDN - Edinburgh	12.4	2	2
GLA - Glasgow	10.2	2	2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central	3.9	3	3
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)	27.9	2	2
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)	605.7	1	1
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 statue 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

Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
ess. It was sittan still as a statue , its eyes fixed unblinkanly o
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
ft o their pew, wis the steen statue o a bishop, lyin on his back,
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
�� The constable stood like a statue lookin at Mabel. “Go on min
1 matches

Aberdeen

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
sity biggin is a bronze globe statue caad the 'Sphere Within Spher on page 7
ally, in the early 1600s, the statue o the wee lad was uised tae d on page 13

2 matches

General Northern

@fittiecrooners tweeted
ddenAberdeen maybe stick up a statue while yer at with them wearin(2016)

(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 82 - Joco Geordie, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
aias lik the Robert Fergusson Statue. Gordon Wright, a fere o bait on page 10

3 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 119, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
The Handsellin o Sir Jimmy's Statue bi oor Stravaigin Reporter
[NOTE: image here of the statue in original]
dsellin o the £40,000 bronze statue o Sir Jimmy Shand, sculpted b
the model uised for makin the statue ) It staunds on the plinth com
4 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 125, (self-published 2004) Central, newspaper
aed its inside re-biggit, the statue wis gien tae the Sikorsky Mus
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
r that stands like a gormless statue oan the touchline - gee eers (2020) twitter link

West Central

Neill, Willie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern, poetry
staunin ablo the statue the Doonhamers bigest on page 144

1 matches

Philips, Cally Wha's feart o' the library?, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Turriff, prose
here wis this huge big golden statue , like a Buddha or somehing, a
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
el commemoratit by the bonnie statue in the High Street an likely on page 80

1 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
A solid tragic statue ,
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ae hospital corridors lik the statue o a goddess surroondit be wor
1 matches

Glasgow

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
Anither statue, haly muild on page 32

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Just Another Minute, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
A statue ay Queen Victoria, sittin oan
1 matches

General Central

Donovan, Anne Gone are the Leaves, (ISIS 2014 ISBN: 978-1445099262) Central, prose
r best. I love to gaze at the statue of Our Lady, with the stars r on page 3

1 matches

McClurg, Fernando The USA: Whit happened tae the Guid Guys?, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
ricae’s myths. Liberty (the statue is ane the wurld’s best-ken
1 matches

@fairpechtoot tweeted
h' :-) The 'Oor Wai o Spikin' statue fae last year's bucket trail (2017)

South West (Galloway)

Niven, Liz Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central, poetry
lik a stane statue on page 9

1 matches

@StuartPoet tweeted
y got her richtfu mindin an a statue doon in Lahndan? Same as noo.(2020)

Donegal (East Donegal)

Millar, Alan Yarns 3 - Sammy Thomson's, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2024) Ulster - East Donegal, prose
her frosted tartles, a waeful statue , whar neither sun nor boady r
1 matches