A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

legacy Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words13.7 9.8 7.5 0 5.8 51.7 62
Number of occurrences4419 5 0 1 5 14
Number of authors20 12 3 1 2 2

Occurrences of legacy in Corpus

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Central

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
write a legacy never tae die, on page 21

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
he kintra an left a lang-term legacy o resentment some micht sey j on page 17
pin indigenous societies, the legacy o Empire on page 20

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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
Howivver he left a legacy, an whit a legacy. His dochte on page 124

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
The legacy at Bell's Neuk, Otago, on page 21

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Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
d figure. Forby, there is the legacy o the folk tradition wi the g on page 9

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McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
His legacy woudnae on page 68

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McAlpine, Joan Meeting of the Parliament, (The Scottish Parliament 2019) Central, government
morably celebratit the amazin legacy o Scottish cultural icon Hami
t could there be o Hamish’s legacy than making sure that the Sco
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Wilson, Rab Lallans 62 - Cormilligan, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, poetry
The legacy at Bell’s Neuk, Otago,
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Falconer, Gavin Lallans 81 - Scots an Mid-Ulster Inglish, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
abuin thaim aw haes been the legacy o parteetion, wi no eneuch st
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Heather, Alistair Whaur we cam fae: the Pechts, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
e maist damagin ane tae their legacy. It haes gied us the idea tha
ae people. Bi cuttin aff the legacy o the Pechts wi the foondatio
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Handy, Robbie Forked Tongues, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Dunfermline, blog
ry, or the painfully divisive legacy of British Imperial brutality
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McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Sport, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Auld Ned Haig’s legacy’s secure,
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Wilson, Rab A Newsin Wi Jack Aitken, (Dictionaries of the Scots Language 2021) Central, poetry
A legacy Scotland ne’er shall cede,
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Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s Linguistic Landscape - Scots and Gaelic, (Translation Services 24 2022) Central, prose
oort; the kinrick o Alba. The legacy of this early medieval era, w
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@OliphantWullie tweeted
proof that SAmericans ken oor legacy here's some. Ma laddie plays (2022) twitter link

Doric

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Montrose, prose
orous Institution: The Living Legacy of Patrick Geddes, intr. and on page 125

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Vettese, Raymond Lallans 73 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric, prose
His legacy isna spent. As Mike Small skr
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Harper, Edith Legacy, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2021) Doric, poetry
Her legacy – mindins o ma bairnheid,
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Noble, Brian , (Facebook 2022) Doric, poetry
He left a legacy that’s nae too shabby
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Shetland

Nicholson, Hannah Samhain - Usher in the Dark - Scalloway Castle, (Leopard Arts 2021) Shetland, poetry
Juist da legacy o’ brutality
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Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
A legacy tae a' the rest on page 26
A legacy tae aye invest on page 54

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@StuartPoet tweeted
tit and carin fowk tentin the legacy @sarakippford @GerardCarruthe(2020) search twitter
tae attend its launch. Whit a legacy tae lea us aa @ByLeavesWeLive(2020) search twitter
A sad loss an a grand life an legacy.(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
Haes legacy tae posterity span rivers far on page 43

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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
bit ir future airted an' hae legacy biggit in. on page 5
quirements fer additional an' legacy content an' skeels forderin i on page 10
historic legacy o' neglect wi' in the educati on page 23
aun acknowledge hit an' hit's legacy. on page 31
* The legacy tae media investment - The p on page 54
Also on pages 55
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