Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

doing	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	25.6	30.8	15.1	29.8	23.2	31	8.9
Number of occurrences	82	60	10	3	4	3	2
Number of authors	37	18	9	2	4	2	2

Occurrences of doing 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

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
nice to Shaun, his mum isn't doing very well, she says back, pur on page 37
crisps must huv been his own doing. He's put two whiteboards wae on page 58

2 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
pounds,' the suit says. 'For doing nothing.' An then, awfy calm. on page 1

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
gement. I think your group is doing a remarkable job and I wish y on page 106

1 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
at kind of writing will we be doing?' she asks. on page 7

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
mily. Whit have ye's all been doing with yourselves?" on page 92

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
'Perfect, Mrs Brennan, You're doing brilliantly.' on page xx
'How are you doing?' she asks. . on page 11
tellin you whit you should be doing. So that's whit ah dae. Ah'm on page 27
'And how are your other girls doing?' he asks. 'I saw Marie today on page 117

5 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
t needs to be done/that needs doing with any baby that ever was b
1 matches

Heather, Alistair Rin throu the jungle, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
n earth do you think you’re doing? This is private property!”
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part two of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
Tell me, what have you being doing to address this recently?’
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 117, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
are in the country! An aw for doing what? Curling your locks, for
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ry grateful for what you’re doing.”
d. “Who knows? If they’re doing science, they’re doing it c
science, they’re doing it completely outside the aca
3 matches

@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
annies do this and walk about doing wh(2020) search twitter
middle of naewhere living is doing ma heid in and dundee can go (2020) search twitter
m, live how ye want and be ?? doing it.(2020) search twitter
pot noodle at £1.20 clearly doing something wrong ?? looks grea(2020) search twitter

@alistairdunn tweeted
uefa should be doing everything they can tae get a(2015) search twitter
ime for the germans tae start doing the 'thierry henry'(2015) search twitter

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
016 I just cannae stop maself doing artisanal stuff. Its taking(2020) search twitter
I was 18 and saw my mates mum doing them in the oven ??(2020) search twitter
ure ??. I cannae do right for doing wrong. ?????.(2020) search twitter
@Judy_Jarv Sorry Im only doing cathedral roofs now, but I ca(2020) search twitter
@BatesMoira Its no doing it for you then Moira ????(2020) search twitter
and 1 other occurrences.

@g_hibby tweeted
:) Enjoy yer day whatever yer doing, and keep safe mind.. I'm oot (2022) twitter link
:) Enjoy yer day whatever yer doing, and keep safe oot there.. ?? (2022) twitter link
AwTroon Afternoon A... How ye doing..? And what ye up tae the day (2022) twitter link
idly got fed up o' what I was doing... So decided tae gie' up, an (2022) twitter link
nis85457546 Hi Denis.. How ye doing?.. Have ye been oot yet? Dinn (2023) twitter link
and 12 other occurrences.

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
NickyClark How is your girlie doing? I think of her often! Pray f(2020) search twitter
affing slang! How's yer bairn doing?(2020) search twitter

@SusiBriggs1 tweeted
@ionafyfe how are you doing now with yer recovery? ?? Hop(2019) search twitter

@bigandymccoll tweeted
o you really think that NS is doing her best to achieve indy? I a (2022) twitter link
e told you were she should be doing, and sent you vids were @SSal (2022) twitter link
cannae make conference do I'm doing my tiny bit by recommending c (2022) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
ful scenes - u widnae get me doing that lol (2020) twitter link
s is news - people have been doing this for ages and as for trav (2021) twitter link
ats off to the driver - only doing his job after all - as for t (2021) twitter link
tyHeartsFC and kelty could be doing the same thing and nobody cou (2021) twitter link
aitlandfc @AmmyFitbaNews your doing a great job with all your art (2021) twitter link

Doric

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
Try to enjoy what you are doing. I certainly enjoyed writing
scribing what your husband is doing. It would be far,
2 matches

Gray, Kath Lallans 63 - Aikey Brae Fair – 1962, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
Aiberdeen says, “How is she doing at school?” Yer mam says, �
1 matches

Strachan, Shane Beyond the Sea, (Scottish Book Trust 2023) Doric, prose
What are you doing in there? a voice caas oot fa
1 matches

Uri, Antonia Widney’s Fuil, (Mak Forrit 2017) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
ell Jamie, and what were they doing in hell?”. The witty loun k
1 matches

@d_anderson878 tweeted
ound notes to everybody I see doing it). https://t.co/ifHIHA1w1h(2020) search twitter

@DoricPhrases tweeted
y I think a few of us will be doing this tonight!(2014) search twitter

@72redz1903 tweeted
Scandinavian sides have been doing this for years (2022) twitter link

@beast_afc tweeted
@TheFyfie A united fan doing some bin raking before breakf(2020) search twitter

@_DawnLeslie tweeted
te time/procrastinate/put off doing something. Im an expert scu(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Lamb, Gregor Lamb’s Tales, (The Orkney Dictionary 2005) Orkney, prose
‘Whit the devil are you doing here, peedie lass,’ he shou
1 matches

@peediepuss tweeted
@Downshifter6 You're doing great beuy! (2021) twitter link
t 100 pairs, self sustaining, doing grand. A wrong in the busines(2020) search twitter

Shetland

Facebook link (Wir Midder Tongue 2021) Shetland
at re-licensing da images an doing anidder print run next year b

@tattooedselkie tweeted
Wir Janey doing the Lord's work again. https:(2020) search twitter

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
The best thing aboot doing the dishes is seeing who is v(2014) search twitter

@shaetlan_rose tweeted
women @MarjoleinR who is also doing some stand up at The Stand in(2018) search twitter

Southern

@jamie_ginger tweeted
a bath and getting in eet. No doing anything tonight.gane ti heed(2012) search twitter
chemicals involved so sitting doing fool all. #fireinthehole(2012) search twitter

@officialAliRed tweeted
nnedydalby Hope the wee yin's doing well :)(2019) search twitter

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
ye doing out at this time of the night on page 51

1 matches

@OrangRuth tweeted
@DebShoes72 Sammy was doing an up-the-skirt video in thon(2018) search twitter