A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

ended Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words22.3 24.5 20.8 9.9 34.9 0 13.3
Number of occurrences6946 13 1 6 0 3
Number of authors44 27 8 1 5 3

Occurrences of ended in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
that Toi wan ended up gittin stabbed aff a Young on page 10
fantry as a young man. He hud ended his career in the railway pol on page 37
ae the community polis but it ended up more Tom n ferry. They sit on page 58

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
cause that's exactly where ah ended up. Well, that wis up until a on page 22
hough and his sales pitch hus ended. And ah'm insteed talkin tae on page 80
ted tae watch The Wire and we ended up watchin Sex and the City, on page 137

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
aff richt tae the skin so he ended up wi a baldy white ring roon on page 30
' Mrs Wormwidd said. 'And wha ended up better aff? Me, of coorse. on page 91

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
huv ended up in tears. on page 12
so wi ended up we Cherie an Tony. on page 73

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
Clicky ended up stayin fur his dinner anen on page 169

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Thus ended then the 'Buckfast ban', on page 34

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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
The school ended up gettin flooded by the spri on page 20

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Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
Shuggie chapped ma door an I ended up oot here. For whit? No eve on page 24

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Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
y stertit aff in, they ayewis ended up at it, and ilka time, as i on page 114

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
got called, and Mrs Gillespie ended up in hospital wi smoke inhal on page 28
e hud naewhar else tae go and ended up in the cemetery. Ah thocht on page 50
ays. Ah'm surprised she never ended on page 79
Renfrew ferry, and the story ended "up in the Thistlegate Post, on page 115

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Briggs, Susi The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - The Princess and the Grumphieman, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
ed past the Grumphiehoose she ended up swappin kisses fer toys wi on page 91
nert awa in disgrace and they ended up in a forest. Tae mak thing on page 92

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Higgs, Jo The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols, (berfrois 2022) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Ah’ve no clue how Evans’ ended up wi him but he used to take
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Bates, Gregor The Death Dance, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - East Dunbartonshire, weans
I darted away, and somehow, I ended up in the courtyard, where th
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Mortimer, Cara Bewaur o th tap tap tap, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - North Lanarkshire, weans
ep, but it didnae maitter. It ended up it wis takin ages, over an
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Clark, Thomas Yes Nae Mair, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Bellshill, blog
campaign on the back fit, an ended it that wey, cause - let's f
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McKinlay, Kieran Walk Way to Fame, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Dunfermline, prose
goal posts and the game only ended when the person that hud the
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Bennett, Peter Clyde Built, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
e goat tae know each other an ended up pals. We stood side by sid
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Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
s dishin it oot at a hoose we ended up in oer Finnieston waiy las
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Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
agony. Ah didnae care hoo it ended.
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Muir, Glenn David of Seafield, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
ing oot aa owre the place. He ended up like Luca Brasi, mair or l
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McKillop, Roger The Builders, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
A ended ma career as a Lecturer in Sp
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McKillop, Roger Wee Roge Boobs, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
in’ badly but ma right haun ended up oan her right boob! “Oh
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Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
hud me stuck fur wurds Bit we ended up sharin’ a right guid cra
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Ewen, Allan Murphy’s Law, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
eitin o Clause IV essentially ended the Labour Perty’s explicit
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Facebook link ( 2021) Central
wis fecht. He then prayed an ended wi “Lord spare the green an

Facebook link ( 2019) Central
govenrment and the rebels and ended up locked in the Edinburgh To
ment regiment, wis caught and ended up swingin frae the gibbet in

Donovan, Anne Hieroglyphics and Other Stories - All that Glistens, (Canongate 2004 ISBN: 1841955191) Central, prose
s quite messy, hauf the stuff ended up on the flair and it wis ha
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
at the thoat ae dyin that he ended up takin a heider straight oa
’s pissed oaff that ah’ve ended her blether wae the other yin
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@jax6754 tweeted
n @lisaAmakeup Sorry you guys ended up at the end o the que! xxx(2015) search twitter

@MartinBroon tweeted
wae Ma daughter and grandson.ended up cutting a lonely picture,o(2019) search twitter

@Chazzbat tweeted
'P' in LGBTQIAP stood fer. Ah ended up blockin him. Dinnae believ(2020) search twitter

@weenell3 tweeted
@katiec1314 I ended up on steroids .... better th (2022) twitter link

@changed_days tweeted
K72 Most raves av went tae av ended up mawkit! Especially at the (2021) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
aker can a ask how both teams ended up playin at the forresters n (2020) twitter link

Doric

Robertson, George C. Lallans 87 - Bluid An Banter, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, script
tit a child, but Ah micht hae ended up wi a litter o cubs. Some m on page 40

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Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
tor, or ony estate worker, it ended up in a bawlin
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Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
rang for an ambulance if she ended up wi real difficulty breathi
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Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
Maybe he’d been lucky and ended up in the sea wi the sky abee
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
er heed abeen the parapet and ended up a real target for him and
appened. As usual as the film ended she’d burst oot greetin but
2 matches

The Mannie Fae Unco The Diary o a Feel at the Skweel, (unco.scot 2021) Doric, prose
t the teacher's boat fyles an ended wi a row or a scud in the lug
r came intae the class and it ended up wi me gan awa wi them. The
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Hutchison, Pat The Stones That Turned, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
mory as tae how her bairn hid ended up bein pitten tae the army i
ny. He’d chosen the army an ended up dyin on the North West fro
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@FaeFoggie tweeted
h too. Nivver got a cake tho. Ended up gettin a moothful fae ma b(2019) search twitter

@fittiecrooners tweeted
tatties the day! Bert & masel ended up deen a’yon Scottish songs(2020) search twitter

@McGoo1888 tweeted
a bit slower than the lads...ended up in a gay shop in Zeebrugge (2022) twitter link

Orkney

Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
en whaar sometheen started an ended and even the bumble bees had on page 14

1 matches

Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
gs dat happened on Friday dat ended wi Jesus on a cross. An noo s on page 153

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Watt, Valerie Trowie time flees an aa, (Shetland Times 2009) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
n da hertholl o a bonfire. We ended up axin him intae wir howe fo
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Watt, Valerie A faersome feerie, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
So dat’s hoo I ended up oagin alang tae veesit Dr.
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Nicholson, Hannah Samhain - Usher in the Dark - Minni-Babbi, (Leopard Arts 2021) Shetland, prose
st dat aesy tae tell whar hit ended an da sea startit. Da ship ap
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@Julie_Dennison tweeted
ly aroond da 2 minute mark, I ended up no goin danite so Mary Bla (2020) twitter link

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
r wis. At least wir isolation ended daday and we wir allowed oot (2020) twitter link

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
the refters. "No wunner he ended up a doctor wi aal them there on page 1

1 matches

Dornan, Stephen Ode Tae 2021 , (twitter 2022) Ulster - Comber, poetry
An a wheen o centenaries ended wi “Up tha ‘RA”.
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@Angelinekking tweeted
jig in the kitchen last night ended in a torn calf muscle. I'm of(2020) search twitter

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