A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

capture Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.8 9.6 1.6 0 0 10.9 4.4
Number of occurrences2118 1 0 0 1 1
Number of authors18 15 1 1 1

Occurrences of capture in Corpus

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Central

Robertson, James The Mannie, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
couldna wark fast enough tae capture it aw. By the time she wis do on page 10

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Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
er. The boys managed to evade capture and here we are. I've got six on page 55

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
an brek up hill getherins, an capture the leaders. Sae nou at ilka on page 28
ld glens an passes for fear o capture by the dragoons. on page 51

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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
idin tae his aid an maistlike capture or kill them aw. Gin they wer on page 17
, if oniebody did attempt tae capture him they'd jist get battert. on page 83

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
Clicky when Nicola tried tae capture us. on page 169

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Steele, Gregor Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
They'll capture the castles, brek oot guns an on page 5

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Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
dingin doon aw the buildins. Capture it and huckle it back here al on page 30

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Robinson, Christine Lallans 73 - Historical Lexicography and the Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1700, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
questration but wis tryin tae capture a range o spelling). This pro on page 20

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Grae, Emma Jimmy and his wee darlin Alexa, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
Ah wanted tae capture that love we hud in the early
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Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
ex haed come ben Scotland tae capture Soothron fowk on the run, an
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 125, (self-published 2004) Central, newspaper
Airmy in Italy an managed tae capture Monte Cassino efter ither uni
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Douglas, Ashley The Smeddum o Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
eanin is gey trauchlesome tae capture in fou in jist ane English wi
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Facebook link ( 2016) Central
wi 5,000 merks reward fur his capture.

Facebook link ( 2017) Central
ifter him but he still evaded capture. In desperation they put 5000

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
in the English dictionary tae capture ma present mood. The street i
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@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
ade o wyce fife wummin tae re capture him @TriciaMarwick @valmcderm(2020) search twitter

Doric

@DoricPhrases tweeted
Coronavirus: Photos capture Cruden Bay life in lockdown h(2020) search twitter

Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
capture o the Port an Toun o Berwick,
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Ulster

@Angelinekking tweeted
ns, you’ll find something to capture the imagination of the big we(2020) search twitter