A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

lees Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words19.4 19.1 25.6 9.9 5.8 10.9 22.1
Number of occurrences6036 16 1 1 1 5
Number of authors26 13 7 1 1 1 4

Occurrences of lees in Corpus

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Central

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
cause a stravaiger that tellt lees wad make a bourach o the buik on page 55

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Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
drank their freenship tae the lees on page 25

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McGregor, Iain Lallans 90 - Sally, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
nk A'm makkin it up an tellin lees?' on page 59

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
pairt o it despite the usual lees an distortion fae the media a on page 10
oot. Them that tell theirsels lees will nivver see ithers"' trut on page 13
eam media that are aye tellin lees aboot whit the agreement atwe on page 16
steady jobs, an aw the ither lees the developers' accoontants h on page 37
antidemocratic. The constant lees an distortions we see ivvery on page 49
Also on pages 50, 90, 98, 102, 126
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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
eant for ye tae drain tae the lees, on page 11

1 matches

Dornan, Stephen Eemis Stane 1 - Lees an Crams, or Ossian on the Death of Cuchullin, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, poetry
hat tha leevin hae mind o oul lees an crams. on page 23

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central - Prestwick, prose
ott himsel tellt thoosands o 'lees' aboot the skreivin o the Wav on page 116

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
Dinnae gie me ony o yir lees'. on page 121

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Fairnie, Robert Thochts o Speakin Scots, (peffers50.freeserve 2001) Central, prose
r heids kens noo that aw thae lees they war telt, wisna true, it
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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 59 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central, newspaper
is whyles pitten til glossin lees, gif no mintin dooblespeak th
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Muir, Glenn The Truth Will Out, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, prose
Lees will aywiss come back tae hau
(the brither) he continually lees, pretending he isnae gay. Nae
er wife’s family and aa the lees they tell,” I reminded him.
kirk. It wis because o aa the lees she’d been telling. Worst t
4 matches

Capener, Jack This laund wis wrocht for you an me, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central - Edinburgh, blog
annie that owns the laund. It lees tuim but for twa-three weeks
1 matches

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
sonse o the tither. It is aa lees. Man sers the interest o nae
en sairer hechle conterin the lees pitten aboot by Moses, the ta
2 matches

McClurg, Fernando Votin isna Democracy. But..., (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
,” “They aw jist tell the lees they needs tae get electit,
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Ewen, Allan Pairt Ane: Janus leuks back, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
onie Aye voters had kent. The lees frae Better Thegither were be
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McClurg, Fernando The USA: Whit happened tae the Guid Guys?, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
wi sadness for the abuses an lees an violence that haes became
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 101, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
t to tell my mither YON. This lees me as it hopes to fin you, an
1 matches

Doric

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 77 - Whaur Gadie Rins, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
Lees werena ill tae seek there, or on page 55

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
t at inte the papers: it's aa lees." on page 51
te ma at she micht be tellin lees aboot ersel an aa." on page 57

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Baith lees! Ye're naethin like Kenny Rog on page 56

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Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
lence tae nae man; dinna tell lees aboot naebody; be contentit w on page 84
ther, dinna pinch, dinna tell lees, honour yer fadder an yer mit on page 110

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Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Ye spin lees thinkin I canna see on page 95
Ye're tellin aa those lees on page 106

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Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 83 - The Umman, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
r maan sud support her in her lees was mair than A cud unnerstaa
etters: fae her, remorsin her lees an seekin mair prayer; fae hi
ev ye think? She’s spreadin lees aboot me till her freens noo.
wa o them’s swallayt aa her lees. A’ve telt them th’umman
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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
d drained her tin mug tae the lees, she ruggit on her dry mochle
'Da winna dee, Betsy. It's aa lees they're sayin. Granda Bruce a
2 matches

Freeman, Rebekah Honesty, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Banff, weans
yer hope, yer lees, yer dwaums.
1 matches

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 59 - Raymond Vettese : nineteen poems, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Montrose, poetry
Let tales be telt, let lees become truth,
1 matches

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
ls her braeth. Sheu smiles an lees aboot the space o space, an h on page 72

1 matches

Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
You manna tell lees ta bring budder on some-ean. on page 16

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Southern

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
lees an mishanter. Ah im nou
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Ulster

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
An lees on page 12

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Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
Hauf tha lees they're toul. on page 25

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Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
, dïnnae steal, dïnnae tell lees aboot ither fowk, an gie resp on page 100

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Ni Chuilin, Caral Roadin furtae Bring Forrits an Graith tha ULSTER-SCOTCH Leid, Heirskip an Cultur, (Mannystrie o Fowkgates, Airts an Aisedom 2015) Ulster, government
siccar an aa-lappin steid. In Lees Thrie o tha Greeance ('Richts on page 11
id, heirskip an cultùr bes a lees 'at recks gyely in tha claugh on page 49

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