A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

he’s Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words18.4 11.3 43.7 0 29.1 10.3 8.9
Number of occurrences5922 29 0 5 1 2
Number of authors17 8 6 1 1 1

Occurrences of he’s in Corpus

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Central

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
ry, you wont give a toss that he’s done that. The battles to win(2020) search twitter
caravan holiday in Arbroath. He’s still bitter cause we cannae (2020) search twitter

@IshbelMcF tweeted
literally his hale job - an he’s daein it fir the natioun. ???(2018) search twitter

@MartinBroon tweeted
tty sure, “He who knows whit he’s daein” , knows whit he’s da(2019) search twitter
shisname’s like, “Aye well, he’s huvin a good game” ??. ?????(2019) search twitter
??Whit???. Really? ??. Bet He’s honoured He gets mentioned in(2019) search twitter
__fitness ??Aye! Spot oan ??. He’s no awe that.. ??. ??. ???????(2020) search twitter
??. He’s goat a point ??. https://t.co(2020) search twitter

@billykayscot tweeted
day wi @NicolaSturgeon though he’s a guid twinty seiven year aul(2020) search twitter
land tradeitional music scene he’s thirled tae. Minds me o ma pa(2020) search twitter
@Lenniesaurus He’s an eejit that I muted lang sy(2020) search twitter
@twentysixbux Aye, he’s no wice is common Scots,(2020) search twitter

@fairpechtoot tweeted
exists in the central belt! ‘He’s aye bummin hissel up’ and ‘(2018) search twitter

@raiphsays tweeted
oge wis capable a learnin fae he’s mistakes! Nae Tory ever cin!(2020) search twitter
@goanabootbiddy He’s gonnae dae it!!(2020) search twitter
@Sparraneil He’s gonnae dae it!!(2020) search twitter
Vote wee peepee! He’s a braw wee dug! #ayechihuahua(2020) search twitter

@LowEndJardo tweeted
love this stuff but see cause he’s wan ae them lot a hope every (2021) twitter link

@MizLiot tweeted
en lit this dinnae bother me. He’s jist upset at being called oo (2021) twitter link
d he had a slip o the tongue, he’s no as guid wi the words as he (2021) twitter link

Doric

@sovereigndaisy tweeted
ee Tom’s from London, thinks he’s an opinion former. Yawn, jog (2019) search twitter
faither a copy o yer beuk fur he’s awa tae Portugal ????????????(2019) search twitter

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
nkennedy_ Young loon kens fit he’s oan aboot ken! #ArtMin #Bunks(2018) search twitter

@DoricPhrases tweeted
’s still dinging doon an noo he’s oot washing an polishing his (2018) search twitter
siller inta ma bank account. He’s gyan tae gie me a whack o siv(2019) search twitter
toothbrush aat opens windaes! He’s contact free an can social di(2020) search twitter
He’s a guid loon! https://t.co/T3P(2020) search twitter

@72redz1903 tweeted
ilDrysdale @KeithC_NFL I feel he’s tried too hard tae deliver th (2023) twitter link
hink fan it comes tae Barron, he’s nae kicked on this season but (2023) twitter link
Ant Stewart, re his passing. He’s nae Beckenbauer, but arguably (2022) twitter link
ected- if the lad is a player he’s jist gan tae have tae hit gru (2022) twitter link
ore o the team his players - he’s the kind o manager ye want ta (2022) twitter link
and 12 other occurrences.

@_DawnLeslie tweeted
@Gregor_McIntosh Aye, he’s had a proper balder! He’s an(2020) search twitter
@cligeey Nah, he’s used tae me by noo! ?? He rai(2020) search twitter

@Woodside Wullie tweeted
amieson Why does the few hair he’s got left on his heid settle d (2021) twitter link

Shetland

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
t I ken its a poor excuse but he’s been braaly stressed oot we h (2021) twitter link
ared for it - hubbys told me he’s not bought anything yet. So I (2021) twitter link

Southern

@officialAliRed tweeted
He’s a very chilled out wee guy ??(2020) search twitter

Ulster

@Rosehill_girl tweeted
@lexiprice17 He’s an eejit - but he’s my eeji(2020) search twitter