A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Concordance

Use in varieties of Scots

Occurrences of dr in Corpus

Central

Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
n 1996 wi the German academic Dr Katja Lenz fae the University on page 33

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Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
use, Thatcher, Blair, Mundell Dr. Findlay, Para Handy on page 77

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Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
h call her Siobhan insteid ae Dr Livingstone and everyhin. on page 1

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
feel like Leith's answer tae Dr Dolittle at the minute. This on page 21

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Douglas, Sheila Lallans 59 - Rants and Foys, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
ck, the great Shetlan fiddler Dr Aly Bain MBE haes ruisit the on page 56

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Robertson, Sine Lallans 59 - Newsins fae SLRC, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
on Scotspeak, a book an CD by Dr Chris Robinson an Carol Ann C on page 87

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
effect. Anither medical man, Dr Watson, likewise then turnt u on page 27
l meal was then eaten back at Dr Watson's house, but his sugge on page 28
spirit O enterprise they took Dr Knox's requirement fer deid b on page 108

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
That reviled anthem penned bi Dr Arne, on page 42
Wham auld Dr. Lilico delivert on page 87
'Oh it's you Dr. Shipman, juist come in' on page 145

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
Dr Michael Dempster - Whit div on page 61
bi Dr Michael Dempster on page 62

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Forde, Iain W D The Kirk, The Skuil, The Buik (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2007) Central, prose
an dytes pit mair on gremmar. Dr Purves maun o veritie beir th on page 11

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Forde, Iain W D Traisur Insch (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008) Central, prose
The Laird o Cockburnspeth, Dr Livingston, an the lave o thu on page 3
e in a dwyne at tuik him aff. Dr Livingston cam i the fureday on page 6
thon nicht, ti naebuddie bot Dr Livingston, an on him A obsai on page 7
Suin eftir Dr Livingston's horss cam ti the on page 9

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Calder, Bob Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
Dr. Whyte discusses twinty poets on page 95
ratulated in the appyntment o Dr. McCulloch to an editorial po on page 96

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Neill, Willie Lallans 59 - Christian Henry Divertimento, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
Hüben hier und wieder drüben dort on page 10

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
Dr. Caroline Macafee's paper on on page 9

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Hodgson, Brent Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
Louis Stevenson's Unco Case o Dr. Jekyll an Mr. Hyde: A Graphi on page 119

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
eivit bi Prof. Duncan Glen an Dr. Colin Will. I wadna contradi on page 120

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Wilson, Rab Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
Law, alang wi his co-editor, Dr. Tam Hubbard, haes produced w on page 132

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Law, John Lallans 56 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
former Editor o this journal, Dr David Purves, will hae space on page 4

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 82 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Prestwick, prose
ie pert of the Twantie-Furst. Dr. George Philp, Osteopath, sch on page 6

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 167, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
Learning, alang wi Professor Dr James McGonigal, an Dr Beth D
James McGonigal, an Dr Beth Dickson, Senior Lecturer
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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 74 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
David C. Purdie’s mindin o Dr. Martin Luther King at we fea
mair fun wi lexicographie nor Dr. Johnson attributit til’t!
Anither weill-kent linguist, Dr. Caroline Macafee, tells us a
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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 75 - Review - The Shorter fiction, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
ir consultin is the unyirdlie Dr. Damiotti. Whan they enter hi
ir mukkil fasht, but the guid Dr. gies thaim a waucht ti kitti
the quaistion bydes as ti hou Dr. Damiotti coud a spaed this a
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Facebook link ( 2022) Central
he SCMA Rev Jim Millar an Rev Dr Cameron did the needfu. The S

Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
ity leids. In his submission, Dr Dauvit
Dr Dauvit Horsbroch argies, tae,
24 Submission fae Dr Dauvit Horsbroch
eef Education in Scotland”, Dr Mary Brennan o the University
eef Education in Scotland – Dr Mary Brennan, University o Ed
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McAlpine, Joan Meeting of the Parliament, (The Scottish Parliament 2019) Central, government
McAlpine and the multilingual Dr Alasdair Allan, to re-establi
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 108, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
n his speech the nicht afore, Dr. Kirk proponed the shuid be a
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Douglas, Sheila Lallans 63 - The Smithsonian Folklife Festival 2003, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
nd this year it wis oor turn. Dr Nancy Groce, the curator o th
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Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
bi Dr Dauvit Horsbroch
w pouer aff a neeborin starn. Dr Forgan, noo at Saunt Aundraes
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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
braw ettils an dedicatioun o Dr. Dauvit Robb, whause lang res
kythed is dedicat til Scott. Dr. Robb says that ‘It was not
. clekkin i the NLS, ti whilk Dr. Robb haed airlie, spaicial i
’). A think masell, tho, at Dr. Robb misses a guid opportuni
’, but this, A’m thinkin, Dr. Robb kens). Here the airlie
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Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
I went to Dr Brown last night
"My hands are shaky, Dr. Brown,"
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Hershaw, William The Retour O The Grey Airmy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Fife, blog
Dr. Walter Smith, an expert on a
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Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
itever ye dae, dinnae consult Dr Google.
Ah’ve spent enough time wi Dr Google. If ah’m a goner, ah
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 117, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
an its new Ootreach Officer, Dr Chris Robinson, cuid provide.
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 119, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
The ceremony wis opened bi Dr Sandy Tulloch, ane o the wark
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 175, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
lassic cried the 'Unco Case o Dr Jekyll an Mr Hyde'.
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 174, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
The Unco Case o Dr Jekyll an Mr Hyde
s Stevenson's Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde micht no h
r a murderer an in chapter 9, Dr Lanyon's Narrative, whaur Lan
Hyde's physical chynge intae Dr Jekyll, whit cuid be mair ali
the characters in the story, Dr Jekyll hissel, the lawyer Utt
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Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 59 - Bellin the Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Ormiston, prose
wi Irn Bru, pizza suppers wi Dr Pepper, an Internet Relay Cra
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McKillop, Roger Uprisin' an' Doonfa', (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
lls an’ oot o’ his wy’! Dr Archie, Locheil’s brother,
couldnae move ma legs. A saw Dr Archie helpin’ Locheil bit
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McLachlan, Jack Glessheids maun wale guid neebors tae thole the dreich Scottish climate, (University of Maine 2019) Central - Ceres, prose
Dr Lesley Lancaster, frae the Va
Dr Lancaster an her team fand th
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Dempster, Michael DIGNITY, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
Dr. Michael Dempster, Juin 2021
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ake in Chinese. “Excuse me, Dr Zheng, I think you’ll fin y
erms roon her. “Permit me, Dr Varshini,” he sayed, chaffi
tt, it sayed in Hindi ‘Guru Dr Bhatnagar Ashram’, bit in E
Beatrice. Beatrice Varshini. Dr Miss Beatrice Varshini.”
im had genuine needs tae keep Dr Mrs Bose busy. The Pandit usu
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Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
is an owersettin in Scots bi Dr Dauvit Horsbroch fae the text
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Widmann, Thomas The State o Denmark, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
results — e.g., http://www.dr.dk/nyheder/politik/valg2015/r
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 100, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
Dr. Fiona Douglas,
Cooncillor Dr. Michael Foxley, a Gaelic ups
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 102, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
hambers on Wadensday 1 Mey bi Dr. Elaine Murray MSP, Depute Me
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Wilson, Rab A centre of undeemous excellence fir Scots leid, (The National 2017) Central, newspaper
le an weel respeckit academic Dr Caroline Macafee (A J Aitken,
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Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s Linguistic Landscape - Scots and Gaelic, (Translation Services 24 2022) Central, prose
the time adverb (the noo / an-drásta).
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@iainnicol tweeted
@tejmuk A medical Dr? Bluidie hell.(2020) search twitter

@billykayscot tweeted
etimes. Rev Webster, kennt as Dr Bonum Magnum in Auld Reikie, (2020) search twitter

@Chazzbat tweeted
tae kill vulnerable citizens. Dr Philippa is shakin her heid a(2020) search twitter
ve a cyst?! That's a bit OTT. Dr Pimple Popper aye dis it unne(2020) search twitter

@DABArbuckle tweeted
Watching auld re-runs o Dr Finlay's Case Book. Brilliant(2020) search twitter

@johnstone_shane tweeted
rMDempster @Lenniesaurus Hink Dr D hud it. It's a pal fae thi (2020) twitter link

Doric

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Montrose, prose
efly the dour yet whiles wyce Dr. Hamish Robertson, aka 'Old S on page 124

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Vettese, Raymond Lallans 73 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric, prose
efly the dour yet whiles wyce Dr. Hamish Robertson, aka ‘Old
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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
hid caad fur her fur a wikk. Dr Henderson hid examined the bo
t wis feed as hoosekeeper tae Dr Henderson, in a hoose bi a we
n sticks frae the Fir widdie. Dr Henderson'll veesit the maist
wis gaun tae be fine noo that Dr Henderson hid cried inbye.
forbye twa three eraly daffs. Dr Henderson, tee, hid bin back,
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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
ee quinie, she wis dother tae Dr Shiran Bandara an his wife, L
e far Brian Duguid vrocht wis Dr Shiran Bandara, an his Person
ien aa his virr tae research. Dr Bandara an his wife hid pione
Neil Duguid hid taen Dr Bandara's induction course th
ction course three year back. Dr Bandara likit fine tae gie hi
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McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Wullie’s Wife: The Hoaspital Veisit, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
clup frae Dr Kildare on the box – braw,
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Rumbles, Brodie-Anne Recordin on Beep, (Scots Hoose 2022) Doric - Banff, weans
Recording of Dr Arthur Lanlay.
n guilty. She noo bides unner Dr Arthur Lanley's care in the C
tae you a latter recording of Dr Arthur Lanley. This has been
p. "Ay ay, Miss Echidna. I am Dr Arthur Lanlay. I am here tae
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Hutchison, Pat The Tabby Sooker, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
t ye’ll understand. It teen Dr Makadoork weeks and a lot o p
or a while, especially aifter Dr Makadoork showed me a replace
y session I’d tae admit tae Dr Makadoork that I’d fell aff
e walkin tae my place o work. Dr Makadoork said that if I walk
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Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
s. An mair nur yon, she likit Dr Ewan veesitin. He wis fat an
ome a Licht like a pencil, an Dr Ewan wad shine it inno Kirsty
t tae snap. Her ma ay thankit Dr Ewan fur veesitin, bit whyles
“Dr Ewan says” quo her mither,
“Mmhm,” agreed her ma. “Dr Ewan’s a clivver doctor, is
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@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
get fally doon foo, shite ma dr’aars and gie ma grunny the k(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
¼ o da countries idda wirld, Dr. Parkvall fan at ⅓ o da glo on page 19

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Tait, John M Lallans 60 - The Three Hooses, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Shetland, weans
"Well," says Dr Urban Intelligentsia, ane o t
struction of the house," says Dr Intelligentsia. "It is vital
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Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
s’ in Scottish Language 19, Dr Caroline Macafee writes:
Leid Alane’ in Lallans 57, Dr Caroline Macafee writes,
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Watt, Valerie A faersome feerie, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
ded up oagin alang tae veesit Dr. Kunal.
ftir. So I hed my doots aboot Dr. Kunal’s social skills. But
rgery wis crubbit an ill lit. Dr. Kunal wis croogit ower a des
Dr. Kunal lookit me straight in
“I wid be blyde o dat, Dr. Kunal.”
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@helenmoncrieff tweeted
A wonderful talk fae Dr Mark Bolton, my storm petrel (2019) search twitter

@shaetlan_rose tweeted
Tl;dr shetlanders, plz dunna run do(2018) search twitter

Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
irn”, hae yersel ae leuk it Dr. David Purves’ observations
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Ulster

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
whut ye'll ait or whut ye'll drïnk; ner yit aboot yer bodie, on page 7
, an he's tarrible fand o tha drïnk sae he ïs - tha freen o on page 9
e or onie ither kine o strang drïnk, on page 69

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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
Dr. Frank Ferguson on page 4

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