A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

destined Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.9 4.8 1.6 19.9 0 0 0
Number of occurrences129 1 2 0 0 0
Number of authors8 6 1 1

Occurrences of destined in Corpus

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Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
int in tryin tae succeed; Yur destined tae be jist like me, a Coke c on page 15
cannae help boays like us are destined tae be the pun ae the system' on page 19
ae the high caste and ah wis destined tae furever slumber in the lo on page 59

3 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
t ma life wis shite an ah wis destined tae spend it wi ma nae pals d on page 169

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Destined tae stake a mark forby, on page 76

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
, ye'd huv thocht we wur both destined fur mair. We wore troosers li on page xx
another reminder that ah wis destined for wan hing. on page 53

2 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
@Thuckster__ Soonds like thur destined fer big adventures. Guid on t(2020) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
danMcCallion @CoreyHook1 defo destined fir the top in the fashion st (2020) twitter link

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
war aa its ain. His feet war destined tae wauk at the tail o the pl
1 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
e kitchen - the wife wis aye destined tae win. on page 32
wis noo fear and pain. Wis I destined tae nivver see Bella again? on page 72

2 matches

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