A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

mebbes Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words13.2 19.1 0 19.9 0 32.8 0
Number of occurrences4136 0 2 0 3 0
Number of authors13 11 1 1

Occurrences of mebbes in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
"Mebbes no," Alice said wae caution: on page 69

1 matches

Love, Rowena M. Lallans 82 - Hamecomin, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
mebbes a wee bit o fear. on page 39

1 matches

Grace, Reyzl Eemis Stane 2 - Late Efternuin in the Hermitage, (Eemis Stane 2023) Central, poetry
the auld lecher! Mebbes gin he haedna spent his last on page 6

1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
ye'd mebbes expect fae 'Visit Scotland' e on page 28

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
erms o the kintra as a haill, mebbes, but aye eneugh tae mak sicca on page 17
ae rule oorsels. Weel this is mebbes nae surprise gien their owner on page 47
. In this day an age this wis mebbes a wee bit unfortunate bit tha on page 76
mple o whit cin gang wrang is mebbes the Trump developments that a on page 89
nuclear 'deterrence'. This is mebbes no the place tae dae it but s on page 129

5 matches

Clark, Thomas Diary o a Wimpy Wean, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785302145) Central, weans
Ye'll mebbes think he spelt it yon wey jis on page 30

1 matches

Travers, Martin A Nappie Lassie Blethers tae a Fritter, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, script
Iona. Mebbes A shoud shed the wey A jaw li on page 4

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
"Mebbes we can find a cookbook, and r on page 33
a few packets o dessert mix. Mebbes, they thocht, if they made a on page 42
"Mebbes aye, mebbes naw," Coont Olaf said, but hi on page 54
ady wee cronies at nicht, and mebbes every nicht, for the rest o h on page 110
"Mebbes aye, and mebbes naw," Coont Olaf said, "but i on page 149

9 matches

Clark, Thomas The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - A Tale o Three Dugs, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
hae lost his new address, or mebbes there wis ower mony stairs fo on page 38

1 matches

Holton, Brian Lallans 67 - The Nine Sangs: Brian Holton, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
The Nine Sangs is gey auld - mebbes twa thousan year auld, or meb on page 33

5 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 62 - The Wee Tailor in the Haunted Kirkyaird, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, weans
aa it is! Ye imaigine it! But mebbes it’s jist a whirl o haar or
1 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 71 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
wi bi the Linden Lab. It’s mebbes ae raison whit for Linden Lab
1 matches

Holton, Brian Lallans 71 - O Niver ti Dree Corruption Mair, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
, “We’ll juist get on, an mebbes hae a cup later”.
d get a bit nod frae them, an mebbes a word, seein it wis me at he
2 matches

Clark, Sara Scot Free -The Psychic Cost O Uisin Scots, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
a Yorkshire dialect kicks in. Mebbes that's hou ah'm scrievin this
1 matches

Clark, Sara Your Leid, Oor Leid, Awbody's Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
e, bonnie tho it wis - yin o mebbes a haunfu o wirds o antiquity
ye can be in life is yersel? Mebbes no - at least, no if ye happ
2 matches

Clark, Thomas Aw Aboard! The fecht for the Scots language stairts the day!, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central - Bellshill, blog
ism, equality. Or then again, mebbes a Board WILL be set up, but w
1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Than an nou — poverty, makkin dae, an leukin oot for ilk ither, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
wi an egg, a loaf o breid or mebbes a bittie o claith.
1 matches

Clark, Thomas Till Houletgless an the Soond o Money, (The Scores 2018) Central, prose
“Naw, mebbes no,” the hostler said, wipi
1 matches

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine The future of Scots, (https://www.opendemocracy.net/ 2015) Orkney, prose
urban Scots whan phonan haem. Mebbes, than, no lik the leid o govr
Mebbes hid means at ert mad i aa the
2 matches

Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
ine @Historic_Ally Aha richt, mebbes 2-3 year back? Mind yon. Grea (2020) twitter link
graith a wheen o the students mebbes ken an thaim whae want tae ke(2020) search twitter
@molach95 @Angelinekking Ah. Mebbes common doon oor wey a wheen o(2020) search twitter