A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

formed Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words15.2 13.3 6.4 0 98.8 0 4.4
Number of occurrences4725 4 0 17 0 1
Number of authors25 20 3 1 1

Occurrences of formed in Corpus

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Central

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2003 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
brain there an then. Aw fully formed an ready tae fuck this cunt's on page 23

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Bryden, Hugh Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
wi ither writers. In 1991 he formed Cacafuego Press wi the makar on page 91

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Ross, Derek Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
formed up in perfect order, bein gro on page 192

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
See, shiz formed a habit that needs on page 61

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
The Fallin weemin formed a committee, on page 65

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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
Infants formed in the earth's clay caverns on page 29
Yit, he wis formed a perfect loon on page 75

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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
'This essay is well-formed, and you've used the five sen on page 45

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Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
nicht a hunner and eicht men formed a dour circle roond the fit o on page 33

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Kay, Billy Lallans 78 - Thochts on the bonnie broukit bairn at hame an abroad, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
he leid o the Scots when they formed their ain ethnic communities on page 8

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Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
es aw coontit, Wir Parliament formed, the right wing routit. on page 4

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McAlpine, Joan Meeting of the Parliament, (The Scottish Parliament 2019) Central, government
ery much support the recently formed oor vyce group, which was set
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McKillop, Roger Challengin' Times, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
in front o’ the group. This formed the basis o’ a new relation
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Crawford, Ross Awa in a Dwam, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
circle ae wispy, human shapes formed fae a mist that wisnae there.
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Davidson, Alistair The Mitterand Plan, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
War II, capital-C Communists formed pairt o the govrenment. Sadly
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Puchowski, James Frae Norrowa ower the faem, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
an the Borders, we could hae formed a jynt ticket atween the SNP,
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Widmann, Thomas The State o Denmark, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
The Socialist Fowks Pairtie, formed in 1959 (pairt o the European
the SNP), and the Unity Leet (formed in 1989).
72, a freelie new pairtie wis formed, the Progress Pairtie. Initia
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Monahan Brown, Ricky Dùn Èideann, (The Scores 2020) Central, prose
ae the lawn fae space, foulie-formed. Haein a guid luik roond aboo
el the Terrace Café. He suin formed a plan whereby his days wid b
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Facebook link ( 2021) Central
n the Cameronian regiment wis formed in 1689 they taen his name wh

Facebook link ( 2021) Central
Aifter that they formed up tae defend themsels wi 8 h

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
dmark oan accoont ae it huvin formed part ae the auld Leith Train
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@kennethbryce184 tweeted
ckGilchrist__ these perfectly formed cheeks r tae die for brother (2020) twitter link

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
icter o'issel es a young loon formed in is myn: he'd bin gweed an on page 77

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
d like te jyne up wi them. Wi formed wir ain tribute band...an the on page 58

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Shepherd, Robbie Harknin tae the braw souns, (John Benjamin 2000) Doric, newspaper
e country, an the association formed as a mither haudin her flock
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Murdoch, Steve Lallans 63 - A keik at the Swedish game o bandy, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
the Scottish regiments fyles formed the bodygaird for the Swedish
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Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
Vowels is formed bi lattin air blaa ithoot ony on page 23
ae Aald English - ing/-ung at formed nouns fae verbs. Ithin Sooth on page 41
Shaetlan naems ey came tae be formed wi a 'on' as dey ir a remnant on page 47
sumivver, irreglar verbs isna formed wi - e(d), d'ir formed in twa on page 72
gular verbs, however, are not formed with - (e)d, but in various o on page 73
Also on pages 74, 75, 76, 77, 83, 95
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Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
eeked at her ma. Grace's lips formed a line. "We value Jamesina's on page 1

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