A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

false Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words10.6 9.3 15.1 19.9 23.2 0 0
Number of occurrences3418 10 2 4 0 0
Number of authors28 16 9 2 1

Occurrences of false in Corpus

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Central

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
hm the eyes, lull him intae a false sense ae security, that's aw on page 24

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Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
inning misers: all masks, all false, left to smash At the foot of on page 64

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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
A story tauld as false as lang, on page 112

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ooked a wee bit lik the jelly false teeth yi used tae get aff the on page 12

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Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Frae the throat o false victory. on page 118

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
nd until then, they'd aw been false alarms. But awbody wi mair th on page xvii

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Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
oot his son, the keys and the false teeth, although he said it mi on page 25

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Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
broad smile on er face wi er false teeth an that, bit Ah mean sh on page 46

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Watt, George T. Lallans 74 - Januar 19th, 2009, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
yowkit tae false howp.
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McPartlin, John Lallans 76 - The Gied Ower Gairden, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, poetry
e stanes, riffles through the false
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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2020) Central, prose
ooked a wee bit lik the jelly false teeth yi used tae get aff the
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Bennett, Peter Sharks, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
y any emotion than the fuckin false wan, an sais nothin. Just hud
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Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part one of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
t but really that’s pish. A false consciousness Marx called it.
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 101, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
hat it was ane fatal year for false notaries and witnesses, as da
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astrothsknot The Auld Man O Jerah, (archiveofourown.org 2018) Central, prose
tale, byt yon disnae make it false.
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@RickHJohnston tweeted
oot o this backward- looking false Union. There's a world role f (2022) twitter link

@DABArbuckle tweeted
because o the like o you. Yer false patriotism and hypocrisy is s(2020) search twitter

@ThonJacobite tweeted
because o the like o you. Yer false patriotism and hypocrisy is s(2020) search twitter

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
nicht - I'm jist nae gaun Ma false teeth's broken in the sink Wi on page 15

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
w digital camera, "...giein a false impression." on page 52

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Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Fan her false teeth fell oot on page 64

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - TROUBLE WI WITTGENSTEIN, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
order can be neither true nor false. An did he nae tell you 'Chai on page 91

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Johnston, Shaun The Forkie Gollach, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
tell them a lee and gi them a false name but then a saw ane of th
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Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
she says afore flashin a big false-toothed smile.
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Hutchison, Pat The Tabby Sooker, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
at tae the left and right and false words o thanks comin fae my t
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@d_anderson878 tweeted
A mynt anither false freen: ma grunny hid a gloryh(2020) search twitter

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
e pittin yer pan loaf heid on false.(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Me false teeth clattered in me mooth l on page 3

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Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
, aafil sad, an Brenna says, "False consciousness." "Whit?" on page 98

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Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
ir faase freends! Linguistic "false freends" ir wirds or expressi on page 105

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Facebook link (I Hear Dee 2021) Shetland - Shetland
ir faase freends! Linguistic "false freends" ir wirds or expressi
Tae "correct" false freends is a mistak. Aa dey i

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