A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

casual Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.8 10.1 6.4 0 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences2419 4 0 1 0 0
Number of authors17 14 2 1

Occurrences of casual in Corpus

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Central

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
evenin, said the wee prince, casual-like. on page 59

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 70 - A Bannock Day’s Pley for Thrie Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, script
yeir sonsie face! (Seeminlie casual) But tell me, guidwyfe, what on page 48

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Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
aun. Still git the buroo tae. Casual, see?' Kin mibbe stall her ti on page 1

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ven here" ah add as ah take a casual peek aroond the room, jist ta on page 34
lin some blood thirsty fitbaw casual come derby day at Easter Road on page 87

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
vver existit. Aye, richt. Sic casual racism is standart fare whan on page 115

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
a casual laugh. on page 38

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ight though, it wisnae jist a casual conversation aboot dairy prod on page 99

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Hubbard, Tom Minoritie Status, (Tapsalteerie 2017) Central - Kirkcaldy, poetry
Naebody steps across it, casual-like. on page 19

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Clark, Thomas A Scots Pairlament?, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Bellshill, blog
ric are tae be heard in ivery casual blether - in corridors an ca
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Bennett, Peter The Guru an Zander, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
y’ve aw goat the uniform ay casual leisure troosers an polo shir
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Chalmers, Aimee Lallans 59 - Joukene Poukerie, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Fife, prose
pt yer haunds ahent yer back, casual like, then raxt an scratched
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Bennett, Peter Coyle Loyal, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
beak. He’s tryin tae act aw casual but ah kin tell his arse is g
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
en Chinese men daein the same casual lawbourin as him. He passed a
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Bennett, Peter Wan Goal tae the Good, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
the boay the other week; the casual indifference tae it or whit,
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Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ely registers; just the usual casual racism an xenophobia, spewed
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Monahan Brown, Ricky Dùn Èideann, (The Scores 2020) Central, prose
oud jist introduce hissel, aa casual lik. Bit the time fur thinkin
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Donovan, Anne Hieroglyphics and Other Stories - All that Glistens, (Canongate 2004 ISBN: 1841955191) Central, prose
things lik that. She’s that casual aboot it, she can jist walk p
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Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
baith jump oot the motor. Me, casual, him, a wee bit uneasy. The s
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Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
t awa in front, tryin te look casual. The place wis absolutely ste on page 40
," said Ronnie, tryin te look casual an sober aa it the same time. on page 61
n his jersey an tryin te look casual, "bit Ah've ariddy lookit. In on page 87

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@beast_afc tweeted
erdeenFC @RobMacleanSport Bit casual boys. Should hiv the tux on f(2020) search twitter

Shetland

@tattooedselkie tweeted
tae face up tae the fact that casual racism exists.(2021) search twitter