A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

changes Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words16.2 9.6 25.6 39.7 40.7 0 22.1
Number of occurrences5018 16 4 7 0 5
Number of authors29 12 7 4 3 3

Occurrences of changes in Corpus

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Central

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2003 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
classics, but then the music changes. None ae the big band stuff a on page 7
Then his expression changes. on page 14
when yer opinion ae somebody changes, ye wonder how ye never reali on page 25
'Awww, right, ah see.' This changes everyhin. 'Cannae be huvin th on page 29

4 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
've started tae notice subtle changes in ma boady. Ah kin feel ma m on page 119

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
Back at the schuil, muckle changes were happenin. As soon as the on page 222

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
n mixed wi grey an yella that changes shade dependin on the light - on page 67
yir whole digestive system aw changes an it takes a while fur yir b on page 91

2 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
indicated many pronunciation changes, probably owing to natural de on page 15

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
'If the wind changes, yer face will stick like tha on page 42

1 matches

Smith, Jamie William Playfair: faither o data visualisation, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
tain a distinct notion of the changes that had taken place. I found
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Fu’ o’ colour changes,
1 matches

Philips, Cally Jings, crivens, help ma Boab, it’s independence!, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Turriff, prose
afore ah’d seen a load o’ changes. Ah mean. Oor Wullie wis a we
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
power ae faitherhood. Cos it changes a man, so it does. Ah mean, a
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 5, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
but Craiyg gits in first and changes the direction ae oor chat ‘
1 matches

@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
standable ?? when yer picture changes to something crazy then I'm s(2020) search twitter

@bigandymccoll tweeted
scussion. Literally every day changes that, even slightly, sometime (2022) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
@DicaculusManiac so many changes in all forms of grassroots fi (2020) twitter link

Doric

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
ure, as she minded e number o changes she hed gone through at day. on page 51
y for repeatan his remark, wi changes. "A'll sit here," he sade, "o on page 55

3 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
Hope afore lang wither changes course.
Dry an het, wither changes taewards nicht,
Slowly changes the colour o the tree.
ord bit thocht tae himsel she changes her
mind mair times than she changes her sark.
5 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
En wither changes aboot denner time,
Changes tae rain bit the shoors are l
En the day changes, poors o rain come nicht.
3 matches

Wilson, Heidi and Isla Then and noo, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Keith, prose
Aye time changes things it's richt enough,
1 matches

Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
for a while, listening to the changes in the static noise. It never
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
h lanes & sat through 3 light changes holding up traffic? https://t(2017) search twitter

@72redz1903 tweeted
. If anything, maybe too mony changes in 2nd half. Glass’ point ab (2021) twitter link

@fittiecrooners tweeted
r “specials” the day! Niver changes!!! I dinna bither asking fit (2018) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Changes every smelly nappy, on page 23

1 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
The sky changes is we stand an lukk on page 34

1 matches

Hall, Simon W. No the Six o Clock News, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Orkney, blog
ard in 1960, he set in motion changes in linguistic and media repre
1 matches

Facebook link (Orkney Reevlers 2021) Orkney
I wis readan a article aboot changes in the English language, hoo

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
or shö wis mindin da footh o changes at shö wis been trow dat day on page 54
n half-wye wi me plan! Aa dis changes - I can mak nae sense o dem! on page 55

2 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
e, an dan shüs seen dat mony changes. Shü wis fae Chloe's first m on page 9
him. Time gude by, wi lots a changes i da toon. Maist a da peerie on page 39
ew Zealand in 1960, an what a changes ah'm seen already. I noticed on page 62

3 matches

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
changes, as in on page 73

2 matches

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
tfu, es shae mine't hoo monie changes shae had went through that da on page 52
ne noo! Hoo puzziin aal these changes ir! A'm niver sure what A'm g on page 53
e repeat haes remark, wi some changes. "A'll sit here," said hae, " on page 57

3 matches

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Full moon changes nicht til noon. on page 28

1 matches

@the_gellick tweeted
Billy, the aul spellcheck aye changes oor Ulster Scots: it'd scunne (2015) twitter link

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