A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

choices Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.1 8.7 6 19.9 5.8 10.3 4.4
Number of occurrences2617 4 2 1 1 1
Number of authors21 12 4 2 1 1 1

Occurrences of choices in Corpus

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Central

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
e, an' makin' better, happier choices. Simple as! The first lot wur on page

2 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
oor kintra's clear electoral choices, that bi nou, eftir the 1994 on page 101

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Stark choices made fir the faimily's sake. on page 15
Ye've twae choices, pal, "Tak it, or leave it!' on page 71

2 matches

Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
a maitter o coorse, ane o the choices on offer. It seems thrawn, if on page 14

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
Even drap-doun langage choices on wabsteids an online forms on page 6

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Lallans 62 - Cormilligan, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, poetry
Stark choices made fir the faimly’s sake.
1 matches

Gilmour, Rosie Fareweel tae Wallyford, (Scots Hoose 2017) Central, weans
patient, content and mak guid choices
1 matches

Clark, Thomas Tae Kathleen Jamie, an ither Scots Scrievers, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Bellshill, blog
s kintrae the day has got twa choices - find a wey tae be yersel '
1 matches

Clark, Thomas Wha's Like Us?, (Bella Caledonia 2017) Central - Bellshill, blog
e're anely faced wi meaningfu choices yinst in a blue muin, o coors
1 matches

Clark, Sara Scot Free -The Psychic Cost O Uisin Scots, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
. Ah wis brocht up thinkin ma choices o wirds wir valid. Aw ma Engl
1 matches

Campbell, Karen Gie it laldy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Glasgow, blog
o divided by their parents’ choices. Naw tae fracking. Aye tae ke
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando Scots, the Electoral Commission an the language community, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
for daein that, an sum o the choices made are reasonable eneuch. B
1 matches

Ewen, Allan Pairt Ane: Janus leuks back, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
s o disenfranchisement, fauss choices an poor representation. Credi
1 matches

Wilson, Rab A Newsin Wi Jack Aitken, (Dictionaries of the Scots Language 2021) Central, poetry
Gin she’d nae choices,
1 matches

@raiphsays tweeted
@indieandluna So minne choices aboot whit tae dae..(2020) search twitter

Doric

Banff Academy Aiberdeenshire Bairns an Young Fowk’s Chairter , (GIRFEC 2020) Doric - Banff, prose
wi need tae gar us mak gweed choices.
1 matches

Wilson, Katie Becus a hae a sister a hae a friend, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Buckie, prose
ly hope that yi mak the right choices in life. but I don’t hesita
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Uri, Antonia Flooery achievement for the Scots Government, (The National 2019) Doric, newspaper
o these plants bein strategic choices seein as they baith produce s
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@72redz1903 tweeted
ke step up and he clearly had choices. I want tae see mair gambles (2022) twitter link

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Fur, when you've meed your choices, there can be no turneen back on page 36

1 matches

Miller, Alison Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, prose
l likely no agree wae aal wir choices, but that's chist the wey hid on page 8

1 matches

Shetland

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
It's da first o 2 choices o Da Borrowin Days (da next c(2015) search twitter

Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
ov Aye a richt pair lol. Braw choices fir baith pairts. Nolte is cr(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Logan, Liam Thon Ulster Scots Book, (Galdanagh 2014 ISBN: 978-0992881405) Ulster - Dunloy, prose
es, proclivities or lifestyle choices an A'll tell yes aal noo, A d on page 45

1 matches

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