A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

highest Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.2 6.7 3 9.9 0 31 4.4
Number of occurrences2013 2 1 0 3 1
Number of authors17 10 2 1 3 1

Occurrences of highest in Corpus

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Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
erin its muscles tae lowp the highest fence it'd ever seen. Ye jist on page 1

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
hat wis ayont this world, the highest point o the heavens, the faur on page 219

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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
. Ye cin see this even at the highest level o Scortish history an p on page 20

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
edit French cause she got the highest mark in oor class in the Prel on page 169

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McDermid, Val The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - The Gowd Breeks, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
le, ah'll show them wha's the Highest High Heid Yin o them a'." on page 59

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Calderwood, Lynsey Cantsmell, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2020) Central, prose
ool is History an she got the highest marks in oor class fur the pr
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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
y and devotion to duty of the highest order’ that wun him the Mei
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 117, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
p your jaws and insist on the highest wages, and the best o fare in
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@OliphantWullie tweeted
jist pure $$$$ stirrin o the highest order ! Ayeways listen tae th (2022) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
e yous in it - clowns oh the highest order lol (2020) twitter link
llion @HibernianFC aye of the highest order - time tae nip up tae (2021) twitter link
thian - perfick chips oh the highest calibre - jist remember folk (2021) twitter link

Doric

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
"An joost as A'd taken e highest tree in e wood," continued e on page 50

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Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
he standard o fitba wis o the highest
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Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
you still liked to climb the highest mountains in the solar system on page 67

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Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Up Britain's highest peak on page 50

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Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
"An jist as Ah'd taken th highest tree in th wood," continued t on page 51

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@cammyrudkin tweeted
f he is wantin ti play at the highest level then he shoud gan ti ki(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
"An jest is A had tuk the highest tree in the wood," the Pigeon on page 52

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