A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

foreign Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words21.5 22.1 13.6 39.7 11.6 31 35.4
Number of occurrences6943 9 4 2 3 8
Number of authors40 23 8 1 2 1 5

Occurrences of foreign in Corpus

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Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ah learnt wur fast becomin a foreign language tae ma mates. Goat t on page 91

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
e an city, is ownit bi opaque foreign based companies that naebuddi on page 83
ad (wha are international, no foreign, ye ken) tae pillage the body on page 96
ere wis much interest fae the foreign media an some o the English m on page 105
In Foreign Affairs, this his meant daein on page 114

4 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
in thi foreign accent, it wizna me. on page 56

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
claims that they had let this foreign king come in an tak ower cont on page 22
rin awa in whit wis clearly a foreign tung. Nou he didna ken onie L on page 26
in soun meant. Somethin, some foreign object, something made o meta on page 51
ler stairtit tae fish for the foreign object. Then he haud it, an t on page 52

4 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
know how you can eat aw that foreign stuff the smell wid pit me af on page 30
eet said she'd go an see this foreign film called Bombay that naebd on page 112

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Whit magnet draws us tae a foreign shore? on page 15
In yer mind escape frae this foreign place, on page 19
Whit magnet draws us tae a foreign shore? on page 21
Whit magnet draws us tae a foreign shore?. on page 22

4 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
that wis maist likely tae ken foreign phrases and fantoosh wirds. " on page 65

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Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
butchered on foreign sile! on page 17

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central - Prestwick, prose
he finnds hir a verra bonnie 'foreign' leddie (wha aye cryit him 'M on page 116

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Watt, George T. Lallans 73 - Nae Tae Be Taein, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
thay ken we're unner a foreign yowk on page 41

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Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
ectoral attitudes tae, modern foreign leids.” Taen fae Scottish C
ives tae be the leids (modern foreign, heritage,
2 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Shudder at the Niffer, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
ld end wi a "i" (unassimilate foreign wirds like "macaroni" uphaud
1 matches

Wilson, Rab Lallans 62 - Cormilligan, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, poetry
Whit magnet draws us tae a foreign shore?
In yer mind escape frae this foreign place,
Whit magnet draws us tae a foreign shore?
Whit magnet draws us tae a foreign shore?
4 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
ng to the influx of Irish and foreign immigrants in the industrial
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Let foreign folk tak spicy dips,
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Carpe Diem, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
id tryin tae get a drink at a foreign bar. It’s no a drink she’
1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
here, in the palace o anither foreign king, inventin new mervels. B
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 114, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
hey promise an aw tae rax oot foreign languages teachin in primary
thin Europe. She said that „foreign languages is basic skills' an
e gate o teachin at least twa foreign leids tae the unco young.' Th
3 matches

Philips, Cally Wha's feart o' the library?, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Turriff, prose
’ it wis like gaein intae a foreign world. Noo, ah’d been used
1 matches

Davidson, Alistair The Mitterand Plan, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
Franc gart Mitterand turn tae foreign lends, wi austerity as the pr
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 100, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
ry (Scots/ language learning/ foreign language aids).
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 106, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
ae read, write an speak in a "foreign" language, wi laddies bein pa
1 matches

Gilliland, Sam Lallans 74 - Thof nae a rigmarie hae I, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
Douglas corp is cowpit intae foreign syle,
1 matches

@OliphantWullie tweeted
oun, " This is like learnin a foreign language, only A ken hauf the (2022) twitter link

@Chazzbat tweeted
"best before" date, an noo a foreign body in ma crispy duck. Ur th(2020) search twitter

@DABArbuckle tweeted
ybody else forced tae speak a foreign language at the primary skuil(2020) search twitter

@bigandymccoll tweeted
friend of mine contacted many foreign papers with the names of the (2022) twitter link

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
news His "fits" an "faas" tae foreign lug Cwid only raise a gallic on page 15

1 matches

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
evaliers show aff their impty foreign honours, stars in folk's een on page 10

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Sandy's insult an extractit a foreign body fae fit wis lef o her po on page 32

1 matches

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
only men fae foreign climes on page 26

1 matches

Robertson, Sine Lallans 58 - .. an the SLRC, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
a ower Scotland, and hine awa foreign, tee. We hae second an third on page 111

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
rangipani, likely thon wad be foreign flooers. An fit the sorra wye
ers. An fit the sorra wye wad foreign flooers thole the caul o an M
2 matches

@cligeey tweeted
@advancedref Haain a foreign apple n banana for ma denner (2020) search twitter

@fittiecrooners tweeted
l find auld crooners like me, foreign boa(2018) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
He speaks a foreign language noo - we can't comm on page 44
residence, that foul-moothed foreign burd. on page 55
a pow o bluid, lukkan up at a foreign moon. on page 63

3 matches

Parkins, Hazel Lallans 67 - Fower Poems efter Rilke, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Orkney, poetry
and fremdly foreign on the mirror-stand on page 58

1 matches

Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
wi da money. He gied ta some foreign place an haein sae much money on page 123

1 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
loved it. He hedd a slightly foreign accent, at I coodna quite pla on page 54

1 matches

Southern

The Westender Ins and oots, (The Hawick Paper 2007) Southern, newspaper
he check-oot, oo could hear a foreign language bein' spoken. "Did e
ma pal, "They were speakin' a foreign language." "Aye an' it wasnae
suin bletherin' aboot a' the foreign names that hev become local h
3 matches

Ulster

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Ye neednae gan' tae foreign lans, on page 56

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Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
Never strolled doon a foreign street. on page 41
ile hae wil recal' some vivid foreign scene, on page 43

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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
i' an' heigh level access tae foreign on page 21
o' Foreign Affairs tae heft the Omagh Pr on page 43

2 matches

Gibson, Darren Oul money, (Ullans Magazine 2013) Ulster, prose
s, separatin oot tha yins fae foreign kintries, fae tha yins they u
1 matches

@the_gellick tweeted
pizza or haggis or ony ither foreign muck. #UlsterScots #Lifestyle (2014) twitter link

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