A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

lairn Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words42.4 50.9 18.1 29.8 23.2 0 79.7
Number of occurrences13699 12 3 4 0 18
Number of authors33 20 5 1 2 7

Occurrences of lairn in Corpus

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Central

McGregor, Iain Lallans 90 - Sally, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
t had taen place, thou oo did lairn, efter oo clyped its whaurabo on page 63

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 70 - A Bannock Day’s Pley for Thrie Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, script
twa blue ene. Mebbe thon wul lairn hir a richt guid lesson, no t on page 48

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
hem stairtit straicht awa tae lairn the Commandments aff by hert. on page 6

1 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
icht - an Ah wisna blate tae lairn. Thir waur nine signs. on page 14

3 matches

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
A hope thaim that love me can lairn tae forgive - on page 13
while then someday they might lairn, on page 15
When fur wantin tae lairn they git huckelt an shot? on page 16
because he couldnae lairn tae let go; on page 32
Did the ghostie no lairn that he's better aff deid? on page 48
Also on pages 104
6 matches

Clark, Thomas Diary o a Wimpy Wean, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785302145) Central, weans
r heid that we're aw gaun tae lairn some instruments and set up a on page 31

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
haunds said, "They've got tae lairn tae dae whit they're telt." on page 48
y haundy, when ye're wee, tae lairn the odds atween "literally" a on page 68

2 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
the skie that wice men niver lairn. on page 33

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 58 - The Dumb Jyner, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
at denner time, an Ernie wad lairn him the richt wey tae shuit o on page 65

2 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 67 - Five sonnets o Cecco Angiolieri (1250-1319), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
h ye'd be mair kyn! - Wha'll lairn me? You? on page 45

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central - Prestwick, prose
ind. In ither wurds, tho ye'l lairn mukkil about Scott, ye'l lair on page 116

2 matches

Law, John Lallans 56 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
aders, or pruve ower fykie ti lairn. Aa thir conjectures micht be on page 4

1 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 56 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
1881 for tae help Scots fowk lairn tae write an speak 'richt'. T on page 15

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 82 - The Cream Cookie, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Midlothian, prose
t tae gammlin an gin he disna lairn his lesson, things'll ainly g on page 58

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 168, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
Imagine tryin tae lairn fowk tae speak a form o Engli
consait that thair job is tae lairn the hamelt Scots speakers hou
ned tae help English speakers lairn hou tae speak Scots wi some o
e hamelt Scots speaker cannae lairn hou tae better his yuiss o hi
4 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 167, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
Coorse, some fowk will never lairn an fitba commentators on the
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Thochts o Speakin Scots, (peffers50.freeserve 2001) Central, prose
n thon common street slang an lairn tae speak proper, they war fl
thaim wisna heidie eneuch tae lairn hou tae speak proper oniewey.
wey o gittin ower this is tae lairn tae think in Scots or raither
think in Scots or raither tae lairn tae be able tae think in aith
4 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 75 - Review - The Shorter fiction, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
Ti say the truith, we whiles lairn frae the notts that Scott mic
1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
· Aesy Teach, Aesy Lairn
ld expeck teachers tae try an lairn bairns the likes o "heiliegol
abiech, or ca the feeties an lairn it! Asweel, this kin o thing
Aesy Teach, Aesy Lairn
· Scots bairns haes tae lairn English, sae it's aesier for
11 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Shudder at the Niffer, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
ock-ee'd. The'r a grammar tae lairn, an the richt denotations an
r ain langage that they didna lairn ye at the schuil, it wad be a
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 111, (self-published 2003) Central, newspaper
e us believe, but we cuid aye lairn a puckle tips frae fowk lang
1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 62 - Blue Lift Snaw, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
Ay, but what div I lairn up at pairsonnel but that Stu
1 matches

Clark, Sara Scot Free -The Psychic Cost O Uisin Scots, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
hae picked a better pairt tae lairn aboot Scots dialects than Haw
d. Aw at wance, ah wantit tae lairn it. An ah set aboot it wi the
ot the luxury o bein able tae lairn Scots frae the grund up, wi t
suin follae suit. Until then, lairn it frae a dictionar. Lairn it
it frae a dictionar. Lairn it frae yer granny. Lairn it
7 matches

Clark, Sara Your Leid, Oor Leid, Awbody's Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
nt. It wis somehin ah had tae lairn. "Twa cups o tea," an auld ch
me, that ah wis stairtin tae lairn the leid? Weel. Ah work for a
2 matches

Holton, Brian An Owresetter’s Tale, (Bella Caledonia 2015) Central - Galashiels, blog
hren Nigeria, whaur he’d ti lairn the Hausa. Eftir ma brither H
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 114, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
airns an adults that want tae lairn the language an tae gie Gaeli
it haed been mair uissfu tae lairn the leids o her neibours rait
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 116, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
he Bretons haes the richt tae lairn thair language but no tae uis
1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 59 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central, newspaper
life. I think I’ll need ti lairn an be mair brutal wi the Dele
, sen I haena fashed masel ti lairn whauraboots on the mobile pho
2 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 59 - Bellin the Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Ormiston, prose
“we can be patient. We’ll lairn tae communicate someroad.”
1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 59 - A Stot an a Cleg, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central, prose
n Dante’s wyce: langsyne he lairn’t the wey.
1 matches

Dempster, Michael DIGNITY, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
lairn masel
lairn yins
tae lairn
tae lairn
Lairn hou tae uise
7 matches

McClurg, Fernando Scots, the Electoral Commission an the language community, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
ge. This is the lesson we can lairn frae whit’s happent wi Ulst
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 106, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
s is hauden back wi haein tae lairn tae read, write an speak in a
e non-speakers that wants tae lairn, wis a muckle "naethin". Sae
for aa the fowk in Dixie tae lairn Scots for tae better unnersta
3 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 86, (self-published 2001) Central, newspaper
thocht o oniebodie tryin tae lairn the language an aw. That in i
ndit resource, whaur fowk can lairn Scots nae maitter whaur they
2 matches

Duncan, Robert The Oor-Wulliefication o Scots?, (autumnvoices.co.uk 2022) Central, blog
ivit as ‘A guid fun wey tae lairn oor language’. In the SND,
r language’. In the SND, ‘lairn’ is a variant o the heidwor
ppose the reason they uise ‘lairn’ is tae threap that ‘This
3 matches

@jack_capener tweeted
cotgov No Gaelic mate, Scots. Lairn yer leids.(2019) search twitter
here's nae herm in ettlin tae lairn it! https://t.co/2WXRULFMes(2019) search twitter

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
ect irregular French verbs an lairn ilka form o reg verbs doon ta(2020) search twitter
en the fort ane either. Canna lairn the June Imrie ane for that i(2020) search twitter
/Awd8z3CSvG Wasn't ettlin tae lairn this but wis roon at my freen(2020) search twitter
aiblins. A wifie frae Mintlaw lairn me the wird mony year syne(2020) search twitter
nline classes tae impruive an lairn mair o the grammar an idiom o(2020) search twitter

@LairnScots tweeted
ns can play a game where they lairn the #Scots wirds fir facial f (2020) twitter link
Play oor lairnin games tae lairn aboot #Scots, an hear wirds f (2020) twitter link
weans an bairns can help folk lairn how tae pronounce the wirds i (2020) twitter link
Wantin tae lairn mair aboot #Scots and culture (2020) twitter link
rns (an weans!) tae help folk lairn how tae pronounce the wirds i (2020) twitter link
and 5 other occurrences.

Doric

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 87 - Andy, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, prose
est; eest by Gweed Himsel, to lairn im a preenciple o the nyow cr on page 30

1 matches

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
r o the Palais des Nations an lairn aboot the history o the build on page 5
iché. At the museum, ye will lairn aa kynes o tales aboot leprec on page 7
ean parliament. Veesitors can lairn aa aboot the EU, its laws an on page 13
day. Opportunities tae see an lairn aboot Tintin are happily nae on page 14
ce for onybody that wants tae lairn mair aboot the warld aroon th on page 15

6 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 78 - Scots Teegars, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric, prose
intae flicht. A had a lot tae lairn. on page 80

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
nt. "I'm seer Tibbie shid hae lairn't ye better mainners! Aye, ye on page 10

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Loch Skeen, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
“That micht lairn you a lesson, naw tae middle
1 matches

@d_anderson878 tweeted
r A wis five year auld. A did lairn fae ma mither richt eneuch. h(2020) search twitter
hem fae oot an aboot wint tae lairn an hiv mair open minds - nae(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
tae be taen oot i the yoles, lairn the hidden neuks o the staeti on page 36
au Ceti wi a croose reid face lairn a class o adults reputaetiona on page 41
ay uissed this kinno wark tae lairn bairns the staetion. The wren on page 144

3 matches

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
bøn kent o as a language tae lairn da bairns wi at da skül, an on page 7
lairn = 'teach' in StE: Granny, can on page 106

3 matches

De Luca, Christine Dodie's Phenomenal Pheesic, (Shetland For Wirds 2008) Shetland, weans
x a very speecial medicine ta lairn Granny a lesson.
1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
ay it fur I've a wee sang til lairn ye the wirds. Isn't that righ on page 14

1 matches

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Ye'll lairn gye shane, a dog's a dug. on page 37
future genérations tae Wull lairn aboot tha Loard. on page 66

2 matches

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
haim that's seeck. But awa an lairn tha mainin o thïs Scripture: on page 9
eftèr he haed quït, "Loard, lairn iz hoo tae pray, jist tha wye on page 89
ae A'll gie hïm a whalin tae lairn hïm a lesson, an let hïm ga on page 109

4 matches

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
Ir lairn hoo tae bring tha barley in, on page 21

1 matches

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
cted. Thon maks thaim fit tae lairn an' ect collectively; pit acr on page 37
r the Ulster-Scots sector tae lairn fae the on page 48
le podcasts can bae uised tae lairn an' forder the uise o' the Ul on page 54
uised tae lairn hit gif they want tae. on page 57
Canada tae Norlin Airlan tae lairn aboot the historical links at on page 63
Also on pages 64, 672
7 matches

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
Noo let's lairn wer childer, tae aa live in p on page 33

1 matches

@the_gellick tweeted
Lairn aboot a rake o Ulster Scots f (2016) twitter link
@LADFLEG - he'll hae tae lairn the aul Ulster Scots: we're q (2014) twitter link

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