A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

gain Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words16.8 18.1 14.4 19.9 0 21.9 22.1
Number of occurrences5234 9 2 0 2 5
Number of authors43 31 6 2 2 2

Occurrences of gain in Corpus

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Central

Curran, Doug Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
y was the gossock that should gain, on page 17

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McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2003 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
on line. For now, you need to gain an understanding of working i on page 60

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Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
ruses. Aiblins the reader cin gain a sense o whit is meant bi re on page 40

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Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
ng her honour might bring you gain on page 37

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
how much ti gain, how much on page 77

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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 greater gain he has in view on page 112

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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
Mey justly gain the upper haund on page 61

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
ences tae haun for a body tae gain a better unnerstaunin o Scots on page 33
nent the leid. If ye want tae gain howe unnerstaunin fae a parte on page 52

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Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
Sometimes the tods wid gain a wee bittie grund and the ra on page 25

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Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
g hard darg, nae easy wey tae gain on page 8

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Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
er luve for me brings me this gain - on page 16

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Stephenson, Michael Northwords Now 43 - Tao Te Ching 9, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2022) Central - Bathgate, poetry
ye want, but loss yer sel tae gain it? on page 4

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - The Gowden Gate Til Samarkan, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, poetry
for unkent fear that we micht gain on page 33

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Perrie, Walter Lallans 73 - The Tod an the Stoat, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
an thinks it sport if He can gain on page 54

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Hardie, George Lallans 73 - Pop Gaes the Idol, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Hamilton, poetry
thay've tellt him he cud gain on page 114

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Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
whan ye wiss ti gain thair kest.
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Falconer, Gavin Lallans 63 - Richt Scots an Pithy Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
isna the maik o the cultural gain o uisin Scots in heich regist
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Bolland, John Lallans 71 - Line of Sight – excerpt fae a novel in progress, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
screens, adjustin the signal-gain tae compensate fur deepening
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Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
ge a bittie, but nae pain nae gain.
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Clark, Thomas Wha's Like Us?, (Bella Caledonia 2017) Central - Bellshill, blog
racists o The Donald. But we gain naethin bi sic a comparison,
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Smith, Jamie William Playfair: faither o data visualisation, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
ae the een wad allou fowk tae gain insicht intae them an haud on
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McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
ys at the back, they said yer gain ower fast, can he no’ slow
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Philips, Cally Jings, crivens, help ma Boab, it’s independence!, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Turriff, prose
cked? Watson’s loss wis wur gain. Andy wis wan o’ the people
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McClurg, Fernando The Great Divide, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
The SNP haes the maist tae gain frae this new set-up, but whi
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Smirnov, Kuzma , (Facebook 2015) Central, prose
e maist braid byleids for tae gain international kennin an recog
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@jax6754 tweeted
fae aqua class. Nae pain nae gain! Hee hee! @JeffBrazier(2015) search twitter
ollowing week tae, no pain no gain!??? xxx(2015) search twitter

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
ted muck raking for political gain nae fechtin tae owercome thi (2020) search twitter

@billykayscot tweeted
Scots words is pruch - dodgy gain or booty. Mind ma uncle descr(2020) search twitter

@DABArbuckle tweeted
fowk gie me the boak. Ah kin gain a stane jist LOOKIN at a doug(2020) search twitter

@weenell3 tweeted
You're goin the right way tae gain votes by slaggin folk .... th (2022) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
uses people - for there own gain over nearly 3 seasons in amat (2020) twitter link

Doric

Gray, Kathleen Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Ootlin, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
Weel, we kint something wis gain tee give an it eventually did on page 59

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Vettese, Raymond Lallans 63 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
point where he felt he had to gain some kind of security, and he
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Elphinstone Institute Aiberdeenshire Cooncil – Scots Leid Guidelines, (Aberdeenshire Council 2017) Doric, government
s tae engage in Scots leid an gain qualifications. Education Sco
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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
die wad syne hae the keys tae gain entry tae his bidie-hole.
r – his mither hid seen nae gain in sharin thon wi him.) The a
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Uri, Antonia Fit tae dae aboot obesity?, (Mak Forrit 2018) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
sues which can lead tae wecht gain. Ah, masel, hiv gaed fae bein
€™s fowk fa struggle wi wecht gain because o thyroid problems, f
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Uri, Antonia Will virus crisis mean a fresh stairt for Scots produce?, (The National 2020) Doric, newspaper
thou, we are likely gaun tae gain a hail new appreciation for S
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@glenlivetloon tweeted
4Moray Always about political gain, eh? @NicolaSturgeon has comm(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
in and aal fur, oh, so little gain. on page 77

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Hall, Simon W. Lands o Twatt, (Brisk Northerly 2018) Orkney, blog
a damp August morning. Lambs gain weight, content on new pastur
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Southern

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
But whit did Ah gain at aw?
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Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
e ups an douns thit micht hev gain aff owre the ‘ears, at
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Ulster

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Sitch love A niver thocht tae gain - on page 71
Sitch love A niver thocht tae gain on page 72

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Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
For oor eternal gain. on page 33

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