A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

advance Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words9.1 9.3 9 0 0 31 8.9
Number of occurrences2918 6 0 0 3 2
Number of authors23 16 4 1 2

Occurrences of advance in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
he lobsters an the turtles aw advance! on page 99

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Beekman, Tony Lallans 84 - The Fate o the Philosopher, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
ain A hae. An ye kent fine in advance, bein aa-kennin, that A wid c on page 49

1 matches

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
he labsters an the turtles aa advance! They are waitin on the shing on page 44

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
im turn it ower The better ti advance. on page 20

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
gotten tae sort things oot in advance. She wis five and a hauf when on page 60
"Here's a month's rent in advance," Ah said, giein him forty pe on page 196

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
t micht mak ye think they had advance warnin o Theresa May's 'snap' on page 8

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McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
ike a typical polis (a wank), advance oan mah uncle, He's got his h on page 176

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
musta aw been pure planned in advance an he wis jist tryin tae bam on page 169

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Hail, the advance o civilization! on page 142

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Law, John Lallans 56 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
the'r onie ither significant advance. For nou it's a stalemate: sc on page 4

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Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
feinished an duixL Gie him an advance on his pey, and he wad disapp
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Heather, Alistair Bravehert: The truth anent William Wallace (pairt 1), (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
, tae ready theirsels for the advance o the English airmy. They mai
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Challengin' Times, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
st enhance, tae allow you tae advance.
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Durie, Nick The Best o the Baith o Thaim, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
ae four-five minutes A had ‘advance copy’ wittins that Davidson
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@Chazzbat tweeted
Ah need some guidance. Ta in advance x(2020) search twitter

@LairnScots tweeted
@scotslanguage.com, thanks in advance! (2019) twitter link

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
Aye the next advance he made - an aye the next re on page 15

1 matches

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
yieldin tae the advance on page 3

1 matches

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
"__ee advance twice-" on page 95
course," e Mock Turtle sade: "advance twice, set till partners-" on page 96

3 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
"Gordons advance" Tae her dismay the bush adva
1 matches

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
" - ee advance twice - " on page 98
th lobsters an th turtles aw advance! on page 99

3 matches

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
e lobsters an the turtles aal advance! on page 100

1 matches

@TheFarrierPhil tweeted
Brilliant buddy, thank you in advance ??????! Bloody rabbit, Wee Du (2021) twitter link

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