Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'weak'

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Use in varieties of Scots

weak	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	19.2	64	30
ORK - Orkney	9.9	1	1
SHD - Shetland	11.6	2	2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)	140.7	4	1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A	29.4	9	3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern	79.8	18	2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	2.4	1	1
WCE - West Central	4.4	1	1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh	18.6	3	2
GLA - Glasgow	46.1	9	6
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central	14.4	11	9
SEA - South East (Borders)	24.2	2	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)	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 weak in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
l casserole cheust maks me go weak at the knees. on page 31

1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
he's been very ill, and still weak, but getting better every day on page 23

1 matches

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
types of verbs: regular ("weak") verbs and irregular ("stron on page 73

1 matches

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
Till beg a tale o brith too weak Till stir e peediest feather! on page 5
e yooth, "an yer jaws are too weak on page 46
leepan," he Sade in a hoarse, weak voice, "Ah heard every word e on page 69
y!" e Duchess began in a low, weak voice. on page 88

4 matches

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
they're nae. I can makk them weak as kittlins. I can makk them
brukken the commandments, as weak as Eve afore her, Steenhilloc
n him afore he gaed oot, an a weak chest onywye. I'd a brither f
3 matches

Hutchison, Pat Mrs Clushet o Faaldydykes, (McStorytellers.com 2018) Doric - Banffshire, prose
mornins that my een are affa weak fin I read the paper. Div ye
�Can ye see how my een are so weak in the mornins doctor?” spe
’s wrang wi yer een bein so weak in the mornin?”
“The reason yer een are so weak in the mornin is quite straac
s. Yer een are set in an affa weak place!”
5 matches

Irvine, Owen Eldritch Story, (The Gaudie 2018) Doric - Banff, weans
sty, no!” The dug let oot a weak pine as the pike tore through
1 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
Affa weak is the sin in o the sky,
Sin is weak , day fine an dry,
Sin is weak bit affa fine tae see,
Fine day bit weak is the sin.
Weak sin for maist o the day.
8 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
Later on oot comes a gey weak sin,
Weak is the sin bit it dis bide fa
peas? Ere wis een or twa affa weak lookin things" Fit div you th
Weak is the sin, wi blue skies up
Weak is the sin, win cauld an affa
6 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
3 @HarryIngolfsson Nah, hes weak in the air - his strength wi (2021) twitter link
ent cleansing, culling of the weak and underperforming - th (2020) twitter link

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
that useless bastard and his weak effort trickles intae the kee on page 105

1 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
rs: oan his ain daithbed, too weak tae e'en sign his ain will, h on page 102

1 matches

Edinburgh

Higgs, Jo The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols, (berfrois 2022) Central - Edinburgh, prose
nae, tragically, affecting ma weak constitution. Gangly fucking
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
in Malik’s ermchair, feelin weak . Whaur had Malik went? Whiles
about last night, you were as weak as a kitten, I fought you off
2 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
Tae ask a tale ae breath too weak Tae stir a totey feather! on page 5
he youth, "an yir jaws ir too weak Fur anyhin tougher than suet; on page 48

2 matches

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
b his hawn, it's aw clammy an weak, like grabbin a hawd ae a dei on page 13

1 matches

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
ders oppressin an keepin tham weak on page 36

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
y. Nae cookin seeps intae yir weak limbs an restores ye like yir on page 3

1 matches

Logan, Kirsty Lego, (Scots Hoose 2017) Central, weans
walked in, and said through a weak voice that didna sound like h
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Graftin, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
e’d just witnessed, Joe’s weak explanation indicatin that we
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
’s pleadin, the deceptively weak looking smackheid assertin ma
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
at the arse-end ay his life. Weak . Broken.
1 matches

General Central

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
cause though A still felt weak as pish the tea was feelin st on page 63

1 matches

Scottish Parliament Scots Leids Bill – Stage 1 Report, (The Scottish Parliament 2024) Central, government
he policie wull fail, whereas weak policie can mak a difference on page 58

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Gone are the Leaves, (ISIS 2014 ISBN: 978-1445099262) Central, prose
grey-brown silk glisks in the weak November sun. The fabric of h on page 3

2 matches

Watt, George T. Lallans 73 - Gruggie, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
for thi main; thi pride o thi weak, on page 74

1 matches

Robson, Frances Lallans 75 - The MacNificat, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
addictions in the herts o the weak an sweir,
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando Tae see oorsels as we see ithers, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
e majority i the Commons an a weak an leaderless opposition, Kam
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s linguistic launscape – Scottish Staunart English and Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
weak past tense forms o specific v
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Maitland Quarto and Poem 49, (wee-windaes.nls.uk 2021) Central, prose
the ‘-t / - it’ endin on weak verbs that we aye see in Mode
1 matches

@jax6754 tweeted
23.00? Need tae rest ma very weak ankle the day! Guid luck fir (2014)

@Chazzbat tweeted
y mair o the lead character's weak behaviour, or the clichéd di(2020)

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
Tae beg a tale o breeth tae weak on page 5
h youth, "an eer jaws are tae weak on page 47

2 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Noo ait ale appears sae weak, on page 21
Make ye weak tay bolster theim on page 34
Mae bodies weak an cowld richt thra on page 49

3 matches