A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

carefully Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words12.5 11.3 7.5 39.7 34.9 10.3 8.9
Number of occurrences4022 5 4 6 1 2
Number of authors23 12 2 3 3 1 2

Occurrences of carefully in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
wrappin itsel up awfy carefully, sayin, "Well, s'aboot time a on page 32
uns, an she set tae work awfy carefully, nibbling away at wan then at on page 53
Knave flipped them aer, verra carefully, wae wan fit. on page 80

3 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
iley picture. Fauldin it awfy carefully, he puts it in his breist poc on page 1

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ae vodka and ciggies huv been carefully laid ootside. Withoot geein i on page 142
ma Oasis CD case. Which ah've carefully positioned oan ma lap. As ah on page 144
been chucked oot a motor. Ah carefully lay him back doon oan the roa on page 150
nd a piece ae paper. Which he carefully laid doon oan the desk. Befor on page 192

4 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
ower his jotter and scrievin carefully. on page 46

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
The auld Herd carefully weighing the odds, on page 15

1 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
n sure ah read every question carefully. That wis part o ma problem a on page 44

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
a dirty pile o black ash. He carefully gathered every last speck in on page 43

1 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
Fower Maries: Think - think carefully - lady. on page 35

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Not Scotland, (Edinburgh International Book Festival 2010) Central - Glasgow, prose
beach was carefully organised – neat furniture,
1 matches

Donovan, Anne Buddha Da - Chapter 1 Anne Marie, (Canongate 2009 ISBN: 978-1847673459) Central - Glasgow, prose
cairried on placin the dishes carefully on the shelf as he spoke. 'Pr
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Al Fresco, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
the ketchup. The sannies were carefully wrapped in a clean tea cloth
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Challengin' Times, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
ggers aff! Whit dae ye dae, a carefully climbed doon, asked the other
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
tin the sentence that she had carefully rehearsed wi Guzul, “wad th
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
chers’ apron oan and ah’m carefully examinin ma tool kit. Fae the
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
read. Ken, the yins that are carefully plastered acroass the wahs. E
1 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
re o Cameron. He'd best tread carefully, or he'll get exactly whit he(2020) search twitter
, aye. When Ah'm fed up wi ma carefully curatit playlists.(2020) search twitter

Doric

Innes, Brian P. Tales Fae The Doric Side - Thochts o a Teacher, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
ys and girls" he says, "watch carefully how I feed the peacock safely on page 50

1 matches

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
began wrappan idsell up awful carefully, remarkan, "A really mosst on page 29
s, an she set till work awful carefully, nibblan first at wan an then on page 51
E Knave did so, richt carefully, wi wan foot. on page 78
"He micht bite," Alice carefully replied, no feelan at all anx on page 87

4 matches

Orkney

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
disgust on his face, he again carefully examined the once more extinc on page 20

1 matches

Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
, knarled bit o metal inside, carefully packed up in cotton wool. Hid on page 37
Carefully stoprotted ivery summer; Gran on page 47

2 matches

Hall, Simon W. Lands o Twatt, (Brisk Northerly 2018) Orkney, blog
unconditional help, and their carefully considered advice.
1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
dn't believe it when the boys carefully peeled the fish off the tiny on page 9
ane wis been torn up, an dan carefully sellotaped tagidder again. Ja on page 25
da first time in years as he carefully an nervously nosed his wye tr on page 57
vver see. Shü pat da letters carefully back ati dir box, an dan gude on page 78

4 matches

Priest, Ena Bonxie Geo, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
an win hame-trow. Slowly and carefully Mansie watched, lik a solan,
1 matches

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
Carefully creep and crawl aroond da Kee(2017) search twitter

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
sterted wrappin itsel up awfy carefully, remarkin, "Ah really must b' on page 30

1 matches

Ulster

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
Mair carefully than at schule; on page 35

1 matches

@Rosehill_girl tweeted
aat? No way! And there I was, carefully making a list of everyone who (2021) twitter link

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