A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

civil Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words12 10.6 14.4 9.9 0 21.9 22.1
Number of occurrences3720 9 1 0 2 5
Number of authors27 15 6 1 2 3

Occurrences of civil in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
eid. Bit he could still gie a civil question a civil answer.-How' on page 57

2 matches

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
an unco civil learned chiel, educate at Sal on page 44

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
were jist aboot civil tae their wee dochter. The ne on page 44

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
irden until she learnt tae be civil. Eftir a wee while, the naugh on page 97

1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 73 - Historical Lexicography and the Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1700, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
ts of the Lords of Council in Civil Causes (20/2 1471): Alex. bea on page 17

1 matches

Bolland, John Lallans 71 - Line of Sight – excerpt fae a novel in progress, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
s o terror or related forms o civil unrest.
1 matches

Clark, Thomas Wha's Like Us?, (Bella Caledonia 2017) Central - Bellshill, blog
We're like the Three Amigos o civil nationalism; whaurever there
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part two of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
tly rebuffed by the low-level civil servant he’s been assigned
1 matches

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
obably not as extreme. It’s civil liberties, after all, but som
1 matches

Lehane, Matt La Le La Le La Iron Mountain, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
civil hegemony
civil hegemony
2 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
erhaps we’re corrupting the civil society?” he venturit. “P
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando Indytwa?, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
re state, tredd union richts, civil liberties an regulation o the
1 matches

Davidson, Alistair The Mitterand Plan, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
only under the shelter of the civil magistrate that the owner of
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando Tae see oorsels as we see ithers, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
lk haes fasht human richts an civil liberties groups. The tane is
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 125, (self-published 2004) Central, newspaper
nt. Thae campaigners frae the civil richts NGO, Cornwall 2000, ch
s on tae the Cornish folk. Ae civil richts upsteerer frae Bodmin,
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@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
Godley Week it certainly isna civil!(2020) search twitter

@OliphantWullie tweeted
fir wee insults btw. Keep it civil. (2022) twitter link

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Cud ye nae jist hiv bin civil?" Isobel glowered it the dash on page 30

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
oan is road oot. "At wis affa civil o ye an much appreciatit." on page 27

1 matches

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
"Then id wisna awful civil o ee till offer id," sade Ali on page 64
y leck, sade, "If ee canna be civil, ee'd better feenish e story on page 70

3 matches

Mitchell, Ian R. Lallans 63 - Walkin Woundit, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
“The Spanish Civil War? Ye reading aboot that, l
1 matches

Murdoch, Steve Schrödinger’s Leid?, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Doric - St Andrews, blog
s hairns for weys tae be mair civil an decreyed the speech o Lowl
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
park sign aat ARI yon says “Civil remedies in force” I aye thi(2014) search twitter

@_DawnLeslie tweeted
aiten fir/fur the impendin ‘(Civil) War o the Translations’ abo(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
He barely said a civil wird or teuk a bite tae aet. on page 50

1 matches

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
p in a huff, "If ee cannae b' civil, ee'd better feeneesh th stor on page 72

1 matches

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
ed fae NE AND Robert Steveson civil engineer fae Glasgae in desig (2020) twitter link

Ulster

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Whiles, blame is pit on civil laws, on page 55
Professors, Civil Sarvints tae, on page 57

2 matches

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
ly remarkt "If yae cannae bae civil, yae wad bae better finishin on page 74

1 matches

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
They started aff raisonablie civil, on page 35
In fairness the polis wur civil, on page 36

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