A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

checked Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words26.8 33.5 19.2 49.7 0 21.9 4.4
Number of occurrences8363 12 5 0 2 1
Number of authors26 14 7 3 1 1

Occurrences of checked in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
tae dae: wance or twice she'd checked oot the book her sister wis r on page 7
she stood watchin them, an he checked himsel: the ithers looked roo on page 77

2 matches

Crichton, Tam Lallans 84 - Ower the Faem Pairt Twa: Doon the Watter, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
ddin wirsels for the fecht. I checked an re-checked the straps on m on page 56

2 matches

Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
awfie daupit wey. The ithers checked her rochly, and they went oot on page 6

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom Lallans 59 - Leids and Lieder: Walcome ti Helvetiscots, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
Traber o orte-Verlag kindlie checked pruifs o the German texts. on page 5

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
in the cells, jist till they checked oot oor story, they said. on page 28

1 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 68 - 1841 – The Plouman, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
nt a cairn o field stanes. He checked the coulter wis rinnin free o on page 17

1 matches

Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
the example o a bairn gettin checked either by parent or
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
He sais when he checked the map it looked straight fo
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ae dae the verra thing he had checked Beatrice for, an seem tae end
ae dae the verra thing he had checked Beatrice for, an seem tae end
ow that you’d normally have checked it after a journey. So don’
sayed. “I haven’t checked my e-mail for eight months. M
4 matches

Alston, Connor THE BLACK-EYED CHILDREN OF SCOTLAND, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
e hoose so the polis went and checked it oot. They foond Carol’s
1 matches

Facebook link ( 2016) Central
on the moor an in the mornin checked aw roond tae see if thur wis

Haddow, Kris Ronnie's Story, (words.krishaddow.com 2011) Central, prose
’ Doctor Laidlaw tae get me checked oot. A panicked, but she said
1 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 74 - The Killie Fleshers - 1786, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
r for a wee read efter he had checked the ledgers. William an James
1 matches

@jax6754 tweeted
@JeffBrazier .....just double checked.....and yep! I'm following yo(2018) search twitter

@annieones tweeted
@NoseNicky Whatever mate! Checked out your profile, pretty sure (2021) twitter link
o bein pyin attention? Huv ye checked oot thu tories back cataloag? (2021) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
_Pacey @pele_anderson av jist checked so a doo noo - done a tour w (2021) twitter link
@DicaculusManiac it wisnae a checked brother lol - it wis rudi kl (2020) twitter link
the cheeky wee fecker wae the checked shirt lol (2021) twitter link
nfollowed me // automatically checked by https://t.co/swk4DY0qhT (2020) twitter link
followed me // automatically checked by https://t.co/swk4DY0qhT (2021) twitter link
and 37 other occurrences.

Doric

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
she stood watchan them, an he checked hissell suddenly: e ithers lo on page 75
ay "A wance tasted-" but soon checked hersel, an sade "No, never") on page 95
often seen them at dinn-" she checked hersel at wance. on page 98

3 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
checked tae see if he hid candles, ji
1 matches

Harvey, Lewis Crash, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
but they took him aff tae be checked oot as weel.
1 matches

The Mannie Fae Unco The Diary o a Feel at the Skweel, (unco.scot 2021) Doric, prose
e teen intae the Drama room I checked the wee treasure door but het
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Angels Ten, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
iz unreal an fin I got hame I checked oot the bodywork tae see if t
ads cleared the earth awa and checked the coffin wiz still in ae bi
2 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
hem up aifter Mistress Gordon checked them and was tellt whar the s
1 matches

@FaeFoggie tweeted
@aberdeentaxi1 Jist checked oot i window. Nihin happenin (2019) search twitter
@NatalieAHood Hiv ye checked oot i vidjo...fit a hoot!(2020) search twitter

@fittiecrooners tweeted
the box for SNP, thank God I checked that my vote didnt mistakenly(2019) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
And thoo aalways checked I wis safely home when I ower on page 63

1 matches

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
r tae mates who werena there, checked himsael on page 30

1 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Imagean a broon, checked worsit cot, on page 101
I checked the basket, then the path on page 105

3 matches

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
he stood watchin thum, an hei checked hisel suddenly: th ithers loo on page 77
say "Ah yince tasted - " but checked hersel gie quick, an said "Nu on page 97

2 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
sed bae hir freen, Sally. She checked the reflection o hir smile, a on page 1

1 matches

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