A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

could've Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.6 5.3 0 0 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences1110 0 0 1 0 0
Number of authors6 5 1

Occurrences of could've in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2003 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
some auld has-been singer. Ye could've came efter me but naw. In fac on page 16
"Ye could've joost let yersel oot the door on page 31

2 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ice pure aw high pitched. She could've kept a diary of everythin tha on page 83

4 matches

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
've hid ma ain wean if only A could've, an at the labour the wife sa on page 45

2 matches

Gillespie, Alan Mon the Rovers, (Scottish Book Trust 2021) Central, prose
heid down. We battered them. Could've scored. Should've scored.
1 matches

@bigandymccoll tweeted
through the whole trial that could've reported back tae her. (2022) twitter link

Shetland

Mainland, Jim Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Shetland, poetry
if he held his tongue whin he could've spokken, on page 28

1 matches

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