A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

embra Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words30 46.8 4.8 0 0 21.9 0
Number of occurrences9388 3 0 0 2 0
Number of authors28 25 2 1

Occurrences of embra in Corpus

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Central

Robertson, James Naebody'd Seen Him, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
sooth, oot o sicht, Embra, Glesca, Lunnon. Thoosans o on page 18

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Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
"Let's race frae here tae Embra toon." on page 29

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Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
yer shooder blade's in Embra noo. At least we've seen a bi on page 77

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Burns, John Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
Tae Embra. on page 60

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
eer syne he wis a student in Embra in the 1960s, he has been scr on page I
the wey, at the University o Embra in Scotland's capital.) on page 19
renooned White Elephant g the Embra trams, which an affy lot o lo on page 30
fer a meenit aboot the latest Embra schuils scandal an whit it te on page 37
the auld Royal High School on Embra's Regent Road originally the on page 58
Also on pages 59, 60, 64, 66, 76, 85, 89, 91, 101, 102, 125
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Douglas, Sheila Lallans 59 - Rants and Foys, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
Haines o Blackfriars Music in Embra, baith as a prentit buikie an on page 56

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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
dam Smith, Professor Cullen o Embra an Professor Millar o Glescae on page 123
Muir, Palmer an the ithers in Embra, Wright realised that his sai on page 124
on trial at the High Court in Embra, an despite the fact that aw on page 128

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
the bold Douglas sclimb't up Embra's crags, on page 128

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
The Auld Toon (The Old Town, Embra); on page 30
elling Centre for Scotland in Embra anent whaur best tae find ins on page 59

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McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 67 - Andra’s Sang, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
Stout Captain Hay tae Embra faur't: on page 50

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McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
fair enuff ahll mibe stay in Embra on page 28

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
en leitratur fae Aiberdeen or Embra or airchaeological larachs at on page 110

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Douglas, Sheila Lallans 58 - The Sang o the Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
im in Greyfriars Kirkyaird in Embra. Kilmaurnock can be prood o H on page 77

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McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 67 - review, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
gs Goldoni frae Venice tae an Embra shotten throu wi a lilt frae on page 109

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 103, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
ghall, in the nearby capital, Embra, there's Saughtonhall an Powd
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McAlpine, Joan Meeting of the Parliament, (The Scottish Parliament 2019) Central, government
e Scottish Government here in Embra.
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Somerville, Shirley-Anne Scots Government Commitments tae Gaelic an Scots an Scots Langages Bill: consultation, (gov.scot 2022 ISBN: 978-1804358313) Central - Holyrood, government
ither areas, sic as Glesga or Embra, thit wad mibbie be taen as n
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Douglas, Sheila Lallans 62 - The Cairryin Stream o Tradeetion, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
brainch o the TMSA or fae the Embra office. Gin he haena seen it
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Douglas, Sheila Lallans 63 - The Smithsonian Folklife Festival 2003, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
wadna send a reporter tae the Embra Festival and prent a wheen o
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Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
throu the air ower the city o Embra, gauin for a while stracht al
r this, in 1816, mony fowk in Embra spottit anither orra object u
mely Gairdens by Halyrood, in Embra, an ootby the gait o Restalri
uncan Forgan at the Versity o Embra anent detectin seegnals aff o
in a caur doun the A70 atween Embra an Tarbrex in Sooth Lanrikshi
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Bremner, Stewart Haud Yer Wheesht?, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
, ye'll find me at mercats in Embra, sellin ma airt. Whilst it's
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Smith, Jamie William Playfair: faither o data visualisation, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
chair o natural philosophy at Embra University. Upon the early de
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Heather, Alistair Whaur we cam fae: the Pechts, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
n the Pentland Hills, sooth o Embra, an the Pentland Firth aff Jo
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Heather, Alistair The Body Snatchers, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
ae the streets o Aiberdeen or Embra an kill a dug. This dug wad t
St Andras, Aiberdeen, Glesca, Embra, Dundee — sterted gangin ab
ir graves. The same is true o Embra’s kirkyairds, an ither airt
Twa lads in Embra realised they didnae hae tae
he bodies for his students in Embra tae dissect in the Anatomy Ro
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Heather, Alistair The porage revolution: Hou porage cam tae mak Scotland habitable, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
, throu Aiberdeen an doun tae Embra. They jyned up wi the Scots o
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Heather, Alistair Trains approachin?, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
ctric service breingin atween Embra an Glesca. On the ither haund
ay. The Borders line rins fae Embra doun tae Tweedbank, juist ayo
ive traivel costs. Busses tae Embra teuk ower twa oors, but this
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 174, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
felt right at hame. Bidin in Embra the last toontie-six year Ah
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Philips, Cally Wha's feart o' the library?, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Turriff, prose
re Krishnas wan bit. Ah mean, Embra’s no exactly the South o Fr
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Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
it the keeping o the castle o Embra bi the Lord Jeems an whan Jee
, Kirkcaldy held the castle o Embra on behauf o Queen Mary’s me
at spent muckle o his days in Embra whaur he wirkt as a notar pub
s Frauncis) landit an claucht Embra. He pit oot a proclamation in
on met at St Andra’s Hoose, Embra, an gree’d formal like the
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Horsbroch, Dauvit The Embra Greement, (Scots Language Centre 2012) Central, government
Embra, 15 October 2012
Embra, 15 October 2012
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Douglas, Ashley The Smeddum o Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
erdeen, syne we gaed back tae Embra
erdeen, syne we gaed back tae Embra
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Heather, Alistair Tartan Tourism nae mair, (The Herald 2018) Central, newspaper
Embra-based Finlay, kenspeckle airt
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Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s Linguistic Landscape - Scots and Gaelic, (Translation Services 24 2022) Central, prose
dium schuils in cities sic as Embra, Glesgae, Aiberdeen and Inver
e, Craigentinnie, no faur fae Embra, maist likely derives fae Cre
n thrang urban centres sic as Embra and Dundee and in mair landwa
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@jack_capener tweeted
ewangibbs Multis here in East Embra(2020) search twitter
Thair's #haar hingin owre Embra sae thick ye cin awmaist tast(2019) search twitter
@ionafyfe Bydin in Embra, A've aye hid problems wi uni(2018) search twitter

@iainnicol tweeted
y awesome, but alas I bide in Embra.(2020) search twitter

@OliphantWullie tweeted
raw. We hadnae beaten them in Embra fir 26 year and had a great n (2022) twitter link

@Chazzbat tweeted
24°C in Embra the day. Ah wis stood on ma d(2020) search twitter
Thunder an lightnin in Embra the nicht. It's absolutely pi(2020) search twitter

@bigandymccoll tweeted
en Andrew live a few times in Embra. He dis the best ranting come (2022) twitter link

@LairnScots tweeted
on at Corstorphine library in Embra the day! There were grannies (2019) twitter link
@DrMDempster did you dae the Embra yins? We've got some Doric yi (2019) twitter link

Doric

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
an a hauf oor flight awa fae Embra, Reykjavík is aften owerluik on page 11

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Uri, Antonia Naewey tae bide, (Mak Forrit 2018) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
month bidin on the streets o Embra, Cardiff, Dublin, Belfast an
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@d_anderson878 tweeted
t lik an teuchter minority in Embra an Glesga faan A wirkit there(2020) search twitter

Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
irter signed aff bi London an Embra. Sae hoo are sae mony o'ts ac(2020) search twitter
CreativeScots Ta buddy. Am in Embra the morra, mee(2020) search twitter