A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

bears Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words9.7 14.9 1.6 0 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences3028 1 0 0 0 1
Number of authors26 24 1 1

Occurrences of bears 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

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
A glaurie wecht bears doun on us on page 22

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Robson, Frances Lallans 82 - The Locomotive, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
th has giraffes, elephants an bears; on page 30

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Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
Hoo ma time bears the gree on page 47

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Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
Gowdilocks and the Three Bears on page 29

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
This drive hus been nae teddy bears picnic fur me neither and ah on page 158

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
e Seeven Dwarfs and the Three Bears and aw the rest o them. It wi on page 180

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
is weel kennt that some polar bears developt a taste fer human fl on page 37

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
at an double o sevens an care bears (which accordin tae him are a on page 128
ked like brown an white teddy bears wi long pink tongues. The maw on page 169

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
The hale o Gallowa bears his name, on page 85

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Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
tage, somethin like the three bears hoose or even the witch's on page 19

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Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
nd onybody that's Freendly wi Bears can find it. on page viii

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Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
fechtin aff wolfs an bears an lions on page 82

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Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
an the aix o fortune bears nae regret. on page 30

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McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 58 - Gairm review, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
an, Plum MacDuff..." (But wha bears the gree whan this speil enns on page 126

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
a maircenarie, Scott's sister bears Harden's son, an straucht dee on page 138

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Thom, Williamina Lallans 75 - Oor Tibby Pagan, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, weans
a story. Nane o yer ‘Three Bears’ or ‘Goldilocks’ for us
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Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
firmed in Pairt II. The rules bears on education, judicial author
ens o a Multilingual World” bears this
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Robertson, Colin Lallans 81 - Wildlaw, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
e thinks on the pittin doun o bears, wowfs an ither lairger speci
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Bolland, John Lallans 71 - Line of Sight – excerpt fae a novel in progress, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
ang gone bit the shoppie that bears his name is oan screen 4. Bei
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Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - Where Dae Ye Catch the Bus Tae Sarajevo?, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
The sun bears doon.
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 115, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
close rinner up last year but bears the gree aw tae hersel this y
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Bennett, Peter Coyle Loyal, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
The bastarn dug bears its teeth, gravity pullin at
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Puchowski, James Frae Norrowa ower the faem, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
tions here, an nae ane pairty bears the gree. Political discoorse
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Ewen, Allan Pairt Ane: Janus leuks back, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
ependence pairties ainlie) aw bears testament tae this. Oor commu
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 102, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
And a' his teddy bears,
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Doric

Robertson, George C. Lallans 87 - Bluid An Banter, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, script
rad: Fit did ye expect: teddy bears! Weel, tae begin wi, Ah dinna on page 40

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Ulster

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
Gars traitors flee, an bears tha gree on page 33

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