A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

essential Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words15.3 19.5 10.6 0 11.6 0 8.9
Number of occurrences4938 7 0 2 0 2
Number of authors29 20 5 2 2

Occurrences of essential in Corpus

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Central

Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
noo. The medium o Scots is an essential element in allooin makars tae on page 44

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
ere in the end. The cigar wis essential. It wis mibbe a bittie thicke on page 204

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
heh heels ir no essential. on page 14

1 matches

Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
Scots language is integral an essential tae cultural an personal iden on page 4
Scots language is integral an essential tae cultural an personal iden on page 9
6. Scots shuid be an essential pairt o the educational curri on page 11
Scots language is integral an essential tae cultural an personal iden on page 20
Scots shuid be an essential pairt o the educational curri on page 21

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Allan, Alasdair Scots Language Policy, (Scots Parliament 2015) Central, government
The Scots language is an essential element o the culture an heri on page 2
nd and recognises Scots as an essential pairt o this. on page 4

2 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
Language's publication, the 'Essential Scots Dictionary'. The latest on page 51

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Eemis Stane 1 - Ye’re Still Here? It’s Ower. Gang Hame., (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
the Scots language remains an essential part of our national culture. on page 24

1 matches

Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
imous in the view that it wis essential for Scots tae be awned, incor
regairdit by mony folk as an essential pairt
2 matches

Somerville, Shirley-Anne Scots Government Commitments tae Gaelic an Scots an Scots Langages Bill: consultation, (gov.scot 2022 ISBN: 978-1804358313) Central - Holyrood, government
elic medium education thit is essential gin we are tae hae the quicke
ns thit thir issues abuin are essential gif we are tae see the faster
er education institutions mak essential contributions tae the promoti
ity wull hae tae be taen as a essential pairt o onie tak on hou tae l
Consultation is a essential pairt o the policymakkin proc
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Bolland, John Lallans 71 - Line of Sight – excerpt fae a novel in progress, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
show. Ah dae that sometimes. Essential tae the task Ah’d say. Aat
1 matches

Clark, Thomas Mindin on Willie McIlvanney, (Bella Caledonia 2015) Central - Bellshill, blog
wirkin class lives - it wis essential.
1 matches

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
Ainlie essential shops wur meant tae be open a
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Al Fresco, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
ankets for sitting on and the essential fishing gear.
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
rdship arisin fae the bleeze. Essential graith had been saved, bit mo
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Wan Goal tae the Good, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
n how keepin a clean-sheet is essential cos it just takes United tae
1 matches

Young, Clive Creative Scotland an the sowl o Scots, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
h Language Dictionaries’ “Essential Scots Dictionary”, is 20 ye
1 matches

Macdonald, Ileene Fit’s it aa aboot?, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
ein sanctioned or budgets fir essential services cut. We hae foon wur
1 matches

Facebook link ( 2019) Central
l, lavender and a wheen ither essential oils wi anti-infection qualit

@rattlecans tweeted
like squeezing bread which is essential (2022) twitter link

@ThonJacobite tweeted
(dinnae be leavin yer hoose, essential travel only, only ane person (2021) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
es1108 @SaltSportsLive its an essential journey as far as am concerne (2020) twitter link
Live telling people its no an essential journey craig - surprised th (2020) twitter link
g n lend ma support as its an essential journey - efter av hud a tak (2021) twitter link
e lot oh them - they are not essential - shop local n keep safe (2020) twitter link
me bargains - if thats no an essential journey - a dinnae ken whit (2021) twitter link
and 2 other occurrences.

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
oyce. "A full body massage wi essential iles." on page 13

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Carney, Don Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric, prose
ric ts easy ti read, which is essential. She writes wi a lot o passio on page 5

2 matches

Elphinstone Institute Aiberdeenshire Cooncil – Scots Leid Guidelines, (Aberdeenshire Council 2017) Doric, government
The Scots leid is an essential pairt o the culture an heirsk
policy recognises Scots as an essential pairt o the culture and heirs
2 matches

@cligeey tweeted
@Ali_Leith Nae essential travel(2020) search twitter

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
Part o the essential shoppin' list. Fit een first?(2020) search twitter

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
Da heritage o maet is a essential pairt o ivvri culture's herit on page 103

1 matches

Facebook link (Wir Midder Tongue 2016) Shetland
ingin ready, da idder piece o essential equipment wis da 'girnin waan

Ulster

@fairfaaye tweeted
y not have realised just many essential Ulster-Scots words feature in(2020) search twitter

@MarkThompStuff tweeted
drive doon sooth tae London. Essential travel but avoiding planes an(2020) search twitter