A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

lately Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words18.4 17 11.2 19.9 17.4 0 57.5
Number of occurrences5732 7 2 3 0 13
Number of authors27 15 6 1 3 2

Occurrences of lately in Corpus

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Central

Robertson, James Naebody'd Seen Him, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
Lately he has been wondering about t on page 18

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Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
mony queer hings hid happened lately, ye see, that Alice hid stair on page 12

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Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
a middlins fairmer, but jist lately he'd fawen upon unchancy tide on page 6

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
e's no been intae the bookies lately. Usually, as regular as the m on page 35
Lately though, ah've been a bit like on page 62
t hus been nigglin awey at me lately. Everyboady kent this wisnae on page 96

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
s The Rid Hoose, which, until lately, hud been occupied by a Miss on page 222

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
pal tae me than Charlene has lately. Ah don't know whit Charlene' on page 26

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Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
onywhere aboot in the Forest lately?' on page 75
e had been gettin mair muckle lately, and couldna by ony possibili on page 132

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Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
her siblins had been through lately. Their parents had dee'd, gru on page 127

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
Ma mind's been wanderin a lot lately.' on page 59

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Waddell, John Lallans 58 - Three Waddins and Fowr Funerals - a monologue, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
she had been awfle doon jist lately. She'd aye been a bit o a dep on page 59

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 67 - Leddy Stair’s Closse, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
Wha'd lately cam til Reikie Toun, on page 141

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Liddell, Faith Eemis Stane 1 - Ghaist Yairn, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, poetry
Lately, Ah hae cawed eez name, on page 20

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Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
ve been an auld crabbit chops lately. Ye must be thinkin ah'm a ba on page 21

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Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
Colin Wilson haes lately brocht up the idea o uizin "-
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Morton, Elaine Lallans 71 - The Concreit Bouer, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
“Been ony guid walks lately, missus?” said the mon, aam
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Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 59 - Bellin the Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Ormiston, prose
’s been at him gey an aften lately an he’s that watchin hissel
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Muir, Glenn Lion Rampant, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
“Dave’s the name, lately o the Riverside Pride,” Dav
“Shug at yer service, lately o the Swamp Pride,” replied
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Muir, Glenn Al Fresco, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
s there hadnae been much rain lately and the sun beating doon on u
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
uckin been losin it big time, lately’’
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@Cobradile94 tweeted
whit's gotten intae Elon Musk lately, but A'm no compleenin! ¯\_((2018) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
gue games on offer down south lately guys - never mind lol (2020) twitter link
the efforts clubs have put in lately - it would b great if fans c (2021) twitter link
spotted on one of ur comments lately - seems i dont exist at all (2020) twitter link
so insulted by your comments lately - esp about ur 2 best suppor (2020) twitter link
cC4llion hees been awfy quiet lately - hus wee nikki put the foot (2021) twitter link
and 2 other occurrences.

Doric

Shearer, Gillian Tales Fae The Doric Side - Guernica, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
d tae be affa hoose prood bit lately she'd gotten scunnert wi the on page 41

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Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
happened lately, at Alice hed begun till thin on page 12

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Murdoch, Steve Schrödinger’s Leid?, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Doric - St Andrews, blog
lture an language deniers – lately haudin forrit at nae sic a le
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The Flying Pigs Multiple choice voting leaves city cooncil facing, (Press and Journal 2022) Doric, newspaper
He’s been affa quiet lately, but there he wiz, bouncing a
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@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
Fer ‘e love o’ #JoeyHarper, lately thon loon #Cosgrove has hit t(2018) search twitter
sy Broons (ahem, appairintly) lately! #Bananas #Strippers(2018) search twitter

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
Fit hiv ye dein fir me lately - Janet Jackson #changeasong(2019) search twitter

Orkney

Hall, Simon W. Tame Hogmanay, (Brisk Northerly 2017) Orkney, blog
o funny stories Ah’m heard lately. I hope ye’ll mibby brave t
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Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
u hivna heard fae your sister lately, hiv ye?
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Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
at mony wheer things happened lately, at Alice wis startit ta tink on page 12

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Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
theen shü's no hedd muckle o lately wi dee shargin aboot her exam on page 24

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@tattooedselkie tweeted
amined a lot o past behaviour lately an I am makkin a conscious ef(2021) search twitter

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
-o-the-wye things had heppent lately, that Alice had stairtet tae on page 12
't tae usurpation an conquest lately. Edwun an Moreas, the Earls o on page 26

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Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
der a Covid - 19 fundin roun' lately shewed at thaire wus a on page 34
ster-Scots commonity bit, til lately, thae daeins on page 45
An excitin forderin lately wus the stairtin o' the Livin on page 46
derin capital infrastructure. Lately the Depairtment o' Commonitie on page 47
n the forderin o' youth bans. Lately the Pipes an' Drums o' Campbe on page 48
Also on pages 51, 64
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