A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

actions Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words15.3 17.5 3 0 63.9 0 8.9
Number of occurrences4934 2 0 11 0 2
Number of authors23 19 2 1 1

Occurrences of actions 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.

Central

Bennett, Peter nobody remembers the birdman - Stovies, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
an is a prisoner ay their ain actions, or inaction ~ a slave tae th on page 12

2 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
n opportunity to explain your actions, before I sum them up for you on page 54
e other consequences of these actions - and for that I apologise u on page 56
rience of gang violence, such actions are widely whispered about an on page 57

3 matches

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
gadgin thair actions wi thair ain bouks an claes, on page 37
o aa the actions Ah've iver teuk on page 51

2 matches

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
Jist how much pain his actions caused, and jist how cruel he on page 14

1 matches

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
about fleet actions and getting sunk, on page 51

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ar, and ah mimic the joackeys actions oan the hoarse. Frankie wis y on page 39
eapin the consequences ae his actions. Ah mean, the closet ah kin g on page 120

2 matches

Bryden, Hugh Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
in the actions of a daily chore on page 101

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
e pit forrit tae say that the actions o on page 44
been biggit up on government actions. A ken this lass in her thirt on page 113

2 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
fir yir actions that ir so vain on page 108
intent, fir meh actions which eh resent. on page 112

2 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 59 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
lenth fae the ootcome o thair actions micht growe - unalike bangst on page 54

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
bly helped them justify their actions. Ah dinnae work. You dae. The on page 26

1 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 59 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
lenth fae the ootcome o thair actions micht growe - unalike bangst on page 54

1 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
Your actions find me the wirds. on page 34

1 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
ickers. This than implies the actions necessar tae reverse that shi on page 56

1 matches

Somerville, Shirley-Anne Scots Government Commitments tae Gaelic an Scots an Scots Langages Bill: consultation, (gov.scot 2022 ISBN: 978-1804358313) Central - Holyrood, government
idhlig (BnG), an for tae tak actions on the Scots langage. Whaur p
haun in formin the immediate actions taen, alang wi langer term ac
taen, alang wi langer term actions, for tae deliver thir commitm
3 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
loe yer voice, yer face, yer actions,
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
h ascribed it tae John an his actions. Fur toppin himsel! The cowar
1 matches

Ewen, Allan Pairt twa: Janus leuks aheid, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
furder afield. An individuals actions an conversations can mak a di
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando The USA: Whit happened tae the Guid Guys?, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
need tae juidge a kintra’s actions by its ain declared aims an m
screive doon – is this the actions o the “guid guys”? Tae to
age”… gin that’s no the actions o the “bad guys”, naethin
3 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 100, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
ippen oniethin less nor gowd. Actions an deeds is the anelie gowd t
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Stovies, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
an is a prisoner ay their ain actions, or inaction – a slave tae
Aye, its yer actions right enough, that’s whit d
2 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
ge, no fear, that fuelled his actions so, aye, it wis murder. https(2020) search twitter

Doric

Diansangu, Mae naebdy likes a clype, (Scots Hoose 2021) Doric, poetry
o their actions.
1 matches

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
ye hid ma wife in fits wi yer actions in aboot ma acceptance speech (2020) twitter link

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
nouns (entities) oot o verbs (actions): on page 39
anes richt up: - in expresses actions gyaan on whaaras - ie maks no on page 40
forms wis nivver mixed up an actions gyaan on is markit wi - in (p on page 41
MAKKIN VERBS (ACTIONS) on page 43
WI VERBS: ACTIONS AN PROCESSES on page 44
Also on pages 62, 69, 77
11 matches

Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
r vision and then defined the actions across the areas of focus for on page 5

2 matches

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