A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

covers Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words16.2 19.5 7.5 39.7 17.4 0 8.9
Number of occurrences5238 5 4 3 0 2
Number of authors34 22 4 3 3 2

Occurrences of covers in Corpus

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Central

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
up the drawers tae Dolly. She covers her mooth wi her hawn as if s on page 26

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Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
e as A cam, an shed thair lug-covers, an thae that didnae hae Engl on page 34
The scrammlin fir thair lug-covers aming thae English-speakers t on page 35

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Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
hoy covers aff when guests are kept on page 39

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
nfused expression emerges and covers his puss. on page 130

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
rent, and the rest jist aboot covers paraffin fur ma stove and ma on page 197

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Ross, Derek Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
m, an auld story wrapt in new covers. on page 196

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
that once we shared covers on page 11
it covers ah thi burds feathers on page 90

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
rought up tae her anaw. These covers they gie yi are mingin, she s on page 151

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Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Perjink, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927565) Central, weans
aside for them, wi anti-clart covers. A special-forces team wis on on page 21

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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
The lad covers a line that reads 'My life is on page 8

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
ee coorses that, atween them, covers jist aboot awthing a learner on page 52
ies bi sindry Scots screivars covers sindry dialects an styles tha on page 57

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Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
Yin barely covers his ankle on page 18

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Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
him and coorie in aneath the covers, readin until he couldnae kee on page 93

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Armstrong, Kate Lallans 58 - Herman Und Dorothea, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
wth o the water-supply wi its covers, on page 43

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Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
An covers the haill - o England - Sco on page 28

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Clark, Thomas Eemis Stane 1 - Ye’re Still Here? It’s Ower. Gang Hame., (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
these radge things atween twa covers for even a meenit. If Scots i on page 24

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
ks its pynt. Whit subjecks it covers is dealt wi weil eneuch, an i on page 130

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Robinson, Christine Lallans 74 - Burns an the Dictionar o the Scots Leid, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
culus family’ and the entry covers the buttercup or meadow crowf
e ither writer except Dunbar, covers a vast range o semantic field
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 147, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
asis for the image". Her wark covers sindry styles an prices reing
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Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part one of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
r luxuriant mousey broon hair covers her tits, just obscurin her n
h sit up straight, bunchin ma covers oer the ragin hard-on ah’ve
, placin it in oan tap ay the covers an fold ma airms, leanin forw
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Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
asks me tae lift ma shirt and covers ma body in stickers. Ah wonde
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Donovan, Anne Buddha Da - Chapter 1 Anne Marie, (Canongate 2009 ISBN: 978-1847673459) Central - Glasgow, prose
basket, draped in pink frilly covers.
wean in a cot wi pink frilly covers isnae a boy.'
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Geraghty, Martin 378, (TheCommonBreath.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
The boy momentarily covers his face with both hands. ‘
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Dempster, Michael DIGNITY, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
thit covers
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MacDonald, Bo CAULD NIGHT, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
ape fae th' tangled fankle o' covers oan his kip as thay aye did,
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Douglas, Ashley The Smeddum o Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
n its least intense sense, it covers bein ‘disappyntit by’ or
This verb covers sae muckle grund in Scots tha
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
the white strip ae paper that covers the long table. As he wis gen
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
god’’ she gushes, as she covers her mooth wae her hand. ‘â€
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Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
turnt an twistit Raivellt the covers, woke the wife An neen of the on page 15

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Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
It covers her doup. on page 115

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Strachan, Shane Beyond the Sea, (Scottish Book Trust 2023) Doric, prose
She covers her moo as she shrieks wi lau
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Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
ght fades aroon us as a cloud covers owre the sun. Andrew opens hi
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McDonald, Charlie , (Facebook 2022) Doric, poetry
Seat covers wis iye a popular buy
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Orkney

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
"Anywey, wan o the covers hid got broken in some wey a on page 20

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Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
nd when we were draped in wir covers, Bert started tae golder and on page 61
s - he wis a stud atween the covers on page 77

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Hall, Anja Poosack, (Orkney Heritage Society 2010) Orkney, poetry
I stick puss under the covers
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Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
da boannie jewellery, cushion covers, even da dug's collar, dey aa on page 53

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Sutherland, Hazel Biggin Da Dess, (Shetland For Wirds 2004) Shetland, prose
ht. I lie in da middle an Dad covers me wi scurtfoos, dan I'm up a
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Watt, Valerie Trowie time flees an aa, (Shetland Times 2009) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
t is a sheeny silver suit dat covers a trow’s body fae heid tae
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Ulster

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
Lik' a cloak the stoor covers im', on page 9

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Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
on airt. Ulster-Scots culture covers monie historical tims an' pla on page 29

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