A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

Occurrences of modren in Corpus

Central

Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
The Scots leid in modren Scots drama: on page 33
'proper' eneuch, for serious modren literary yiss. In thon perspe on page 36
ettin o classic drama fir the modren stage encouraged and aye gies on page 37
s the first major pley in the modren Renaissance o scrievin pleys on page 40
ance o the complex nature o a modren Scottish identity. In an arti on page 44

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
randit on the minimum wage in modren 'service industries', no tae on page 10
oncerns baith historie an oor modren media. Fer mair nor hauf a ce on page 20
taristic structures, but mair modren scholarship suggests that mon on page 31
ecks are still thrivin in the modren warld. Aiberdeenshire an Ayrs on page 63
th century, an tho monie mair modren on page 69
Also on pages 125, 128
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Douglas, Sheila Lallans 59 - Rants and Foys, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
ked oot the tradition for the modren age. Some o the sangs, auld a on page 56

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 81 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Prestwick, newspaper
the yokin ontil kintra life o modren inventions sik as the motor c on page 5

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Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Perjink, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927565) Central, weans
a Perjinkian passion noo. The modren baws are made o recycled stou on page 19

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Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
e-day still uise Scots in its modren forms, baith rural an urban, on page 9

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Allan, Alasdair Scots Language Policy, (Scots Parliament 2015) Central, government
uence mairimmediate aspects o modren life throu television, film a on page 3

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
r mony instances o gremmar in modren Scots saelike the gremmar o m on page 21
dictionar ilka five meenits. Modren picture buik owersettins is j on page 57

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Forde, Iain W D The Kirk, The Skuil, The Buik (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2007) Central, prose
wrate o the deiffekwalties o modren Scotch pross, tho tellin o th on page 10

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Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Dochter is a modren lassie on page 17
He's no a modren chiel, nae way on page 18

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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 61 - Glesca dialeck i the modren warld, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
Glesca dialeck i the modren warld on page 9

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Scott, Hamish Eemis Stane 1 - Fields o Stanes, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
er sense o bein a pairt o the modren warld. on page 21

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Sneddon, Duncan Lallans 83 - Biggin Brigs – Nummer 3: Cornish, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
arisen oot o attempts tae mak modren Cornish a) mair like the medi on page 107
yaise tae plug the gaps i wir modren language? Is wir aim tae empo on page 108

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Douglas, Sheila Lallans 67 - William Motherwell (1797 - 1836), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
tae whit we wad conseeder the modren gate. Nooadays we think on "e on page 69

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
ka chaipter wi a story o some modren day custom or tradeition that on page 110

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central - Prestwick, prose
baith. But luikin thaim owre, modren readers wul finnd it deifficu on page 116

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Douglas, Sheila Lallans 58 - The Sang o the Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
len Green. Jim Malcolm haes a modren wey o giein a lilt tae his sa on page 77

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McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 58 - Gairm review, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
e ying screivers wi their ain modren vizzy o the tung. on page 126

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
the haill o this text in modren Scots; ae projeck, amang moni on page 9

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Robinson, Christine Lallans 73 - Historical Lexicography and the Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1700, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
o oor best online soorces for Modren Scots is the Scottish Corpus on page 15
tems is aye current. And, for modren material, oor National Word C on page 16
e! Hooanivver, a search o the modren translations in the RPS micht on page 17

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Robertson, Colin Lallans 73 - Auld Scots law, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
acks bydes steive the-day in modren Scots law (www.opsi.gov.uk). on page 22
order agenda on his mind. The modren teitil o the Ack is the Lawbu on page 23
ptin it ti fit mair ithin the modren system o juistice. The actiou on page 24
o Lawburrows i the context o modren Scots Law an the facks o the on page 25

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
weel representit, forbye mair modren screivers lik James Robertson on page 122

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
in the hinner Middle Ages an modren warld. Anent this, the owthor on page 130
13) an Scotland in the Aulder Modren Age (1513-1707), wi baith pai on page 131

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
shock a human heart to hear. Modren readers micht be a wee thing on page 137
aist likelie ower-the-tap for modren readers. Sandy is a braw, sem on page 140

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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
re tae hark at aa the vices o modren Scotland, that haes tae inclu on page 56

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Eagle, Andy Lallans 56 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
wn an stechie Scots o monie a modren scriever. Mair in that vein i on page 15

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Hodgson, Brent Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
n, it isna a sonnet. Hou soud modren haiku no be marrae tae the tr on page 91

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Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
goddess Luna – giein us the modren word lunar. The Soviet Union
at we only kent aboot in mair modren times. It wis the Frainchman
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 168, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
or lairnin tae speak a form o modren literary Scots? The hinnermai
o years an mells thaim intae modren Scots tae form a language tha
ghton, that taks the form o a modren urban crack makin comment on
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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 74 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
nnd a fek ti think on in thir modren renderins. But mair ti this,
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Durie, Nick Votin Seestems, (peffers50.freeserve 2003) Central - Glasgow, prose
seestems (Ah gat an A in mah modren Studies prelim), the original
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Eagle, Andy Lallans 74 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
rmation is pairt an paircel o modren leevin. Afore meetin a body,
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Fleemin, Sandy Deid Come Nevermas, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
Efter readin this, ony modren native spaeker'll see richt a
the Wife an the Scots mony a modren Scots spaeker wad uize is sax
rand, and this haes gart some modren Scots enthusiasts girn for th
at like the Scots thare is bi modren Scots. Faur fae deein oot, it
.". Aa o thir's still says bi modren Scots spaekers.
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS nummer 109, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
n leids lik Catalan, Nynorsk, Modren Hebrew an their ilk div pynt
aiblins the first full lenth modren novel furthset aw in Scots.
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Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
e mair deiffekwalt it wes fur modren fowk ti pas
ye enjosed the benefits o the modren warl.
ae dout bene monie ither mair modren teips.
an wes ane exempil o a guid, modren inventioun, he
twene howed boit o the maist modren mak. The
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McFarlane, Ishbel Maun we mak new wirds fir a chyngin warld?, (The National 2020) Central, newspaper
y leids no haein wirds fir ‘modren’ concepts – a stereotype
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McFarlane, Ishbel Does Scotland compare weil wi ither places fir wee bairnies?, (The National 2019) Central, newspaper
stripped aff – claes an the modren warld – an went aboot the l
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Somerville, Shirley-Anne Scots Government Commitments tae Gaelic an Scots an Scots Langages Bill: consultation, (gov.scot 2022 ISBN: 978-1804358313) Central - Holyrood, government
oukit or wantin reddit up for modren readers, an pits oot a threid
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Douglas, Sheila Lallans 62 - The Cairryin Stream o Tradeetion, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
e thame wha conter the strang modren hank tae mercat aathin for si
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Eagle, Andy Lallans 62 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
abuin thair heids. Thanks tae modren technology fowk can nou tak a
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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 63 - Auld plain Scottis, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
ay leuks less lik Inglis nor Modren Scots daes i the ilk tune.
s, though it likely wadna for Modren Scots, gien the loss o regist
: i the transeition tae Airly Modren Inglis/late Middle Scots, Sta
wad suggest that in screivin Modren Scots prose, we cud learn fra
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Tait, John M Lallans 63 - Expository Scots (2), (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
r (p. 9).’ Houaniver, maist modren Scots enthusiasts haes follae
t leuks ‘Scots’) alang wi modren colloquialisms (‘I seen it�
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Falconer, Gavin Lallans 63 - Richt Scots an Pithy Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
media an the paraphernalia o modren life – is aw in Inglish. Af
Apairt fae the modren poleetical muivements o socia
ems moderate an plausible tae modren een. Stairtin oot on the gain
nfluenced Inglish is juist “modren Scots” is a bit like sayin
bit like sayin that it’s “modren” for Kurds tae speak Turkis
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Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
erie ring o accoonts fae mair modren times o bricht objects hingin
escription soonds mair like a modren UFO report. As the 1920’s a
ower the years, but the first modren prattick wis attemptit bi Fra
heets – the oreeginal o oor modren newspapers. Sae it isna muckl
Til oor modren een this micht be a shootin s
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Robinson, Christine Lallans 81 - Chynge for chynge’s sake?, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
is the wey that the spellin o Modren Scots haes chynged sen syne.
pen, we find in the spellin o Modren Scots a wheen o innovations t
ld Northumbrian feht, gies us Modren Scots fecht. In Aulder Scots,
ee this a stannart spellin in Modren Scots.
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Falconer, Gavin Lallans 81 - Scots an Mid-Ulster Inglish, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
t acause o temporal distance (modren listeners will mebbe find rec
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Robertson, Colin Lallans 81 - Wildlaw, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
juist ootlined, taen shape in modren form wi a buik Wildlaw, A Man
��Yirth’ jurisprudence. The modren tairm for this kinna acteivit
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Corbett, John Lallans 70 - Owersettins o Modren Drama intae Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
Owersettins o Modren Drama intae Scots
The modren tradeetion o owersettin drama
hat dings him on tae foun the modren tradeetion o owersettin class
yrical tragedy we hae seen in modren Scots drama ower aw. Their fi
irts frae auncient Greece tae modren Quebec, and playin wi the ful
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Clark, Thomas Mindin on Willie McIlvanney, (Bella Caledonia 2015) Central - Bellshill, blog
id, mair than onybody else in modren Scotland, wis gie voice tae t
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Clark, Thomas A Scots Pairlament?, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Bellshill, blog
ldin is an unco kenmerk o oor modren, internationalist Scotland, g
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Malgrati, Paul Ayont the Fake and the Leal: Let's Free the Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
Modren Scots, it seems tae me, drees
ak Croatian, fir exemple: its modren grammar wis shapit in 1812 bi
n ither wirds, the problem wi Modren Scots is that it is a linguis
ational staunnart in the post-modren era o national an linguistic
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Smith, Jamie William Playfair: faither o data visualisation, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
ay that the Scots gied us the modren warld. The television, teleph
ther Scots that brocht us the modren warld.
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Smith, Jamie Effeirin tae the formal: Laitinate lendwirds in Scots, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
weys they could be uised in a modren context. As weel as the diffe
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Smith, Jamie Soonds o the kirk an court: early airt muisic in Scotland, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
rdit verse that — aatho tae modren lugs no sae kenspeckle as the
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Heather, Alistair Trains approachin?, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
There is a braw modren test-case for rebiggin the Bu
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 175, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
see hou they wad tak tae the modren comic graphic novels thirsels
aboot Phil's studio that's a modren addeition tae the 'pile' an i
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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 59 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central, newspaper
ailin oot the practices o the modren warkplace intil ordnar life.
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Capener, Jack This laund wis wrocht for you an me, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central - Edinburgh, blog
erceptions o’t dae an-aw. A modren chiel micht leuk on a Hieland
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
k a lamasery, though it wis a modren biggin. Shairly they cudna ha
ts’ retirement complex in a modren suburb, in case the Pandit su
ts’ retirement complex in a modren suburb, in case the Pandit su
. Beatrice realised they were modren terms in Chinese: his auld-fa
ople wisna that different fae modren humans. It wad been impossibl
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Sneddon, Alison Whit dae ye want “British vailues” tae mean?, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
or role is as a naition i the modren warld. The EU is a tredd alli
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Young, Clive Creative Scotland an the sowl o Scots, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
big it up swith-like intae a modren tung, able tae be yaised fur
mibbies dinna unnerstaun whit modren Scots is aw aboot. Lat’s ta
oorse, Christine Robinson’s Modren Scots Grammar, ma ain Scots L
rs” in this defineetion the modren tradeetion o writin nae-diale
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 101, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
hail report written in a guid modren Scots shuidna fash monie hame
fowk tae hiv makit a seemilar modren contreebution tae uphaudin wi
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 105, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
aroond 1100 tae aboot 1700 an modren Scots haes juist been aroond
richt an whit's wrang wi the (modren) Scots language. Gin that in
Barbour but, gin it's really modren Scots he's speakin o, he shaw
guage. The differences atween modren Scots an Standart English is
n aboot (1100 - 1700) an the modren Scots awbody else wis speakin
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wee-windaes Whit is Scots?, (wee-windaes.nls.uk 2018) Central, prose
ed throu its Early, Middle an Modren periods. Wi like Germanic roo
. Scrievit Scots continuit in Modren an Post-Modren literature wi
an Post-Modren literature wi writers sic as
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Smirnov, Kuzma , (Facebook 2015) Central, prose
staundard orthography (forby, modren Belarusian haes twa staundard
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Heather, Alistair Tartan Tourism nae mair, (The Herald 2018) Central, newspaper
tae come up wi his ain set o modren ‘versions’ o the place-ne
es The Sneck, a mair true-tae-modren speech version that remains h
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@LairnScots tweeted
The Alan Bissett modren ghost stories are here: https (2020) twitter link

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine The future of Scots, (https://www.opendemocracy.net/ 2015) Orkney, prose
n is at the foondaetion o the modren naetion-staet: whan the Itali
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Shetland

Facebook link (I Hear Dee 2021) Shetland - Shetland
wider London area athin aerly Modren English.

Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
hdouglasscot Mind an get some modren oreeginal Scots by ye an aa!(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
Foo o wise come-affs an modren instances; on page 51

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Dornan, Stephen The Widenin Sheuch, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Ulster, blog
n Philip Robinson are the twa modren Ulster-Scots poets wha houl t
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Ulster Scots Agency Ulster Scots Census, (census.gov.uk 2021) Ulster, government
mercatin, forrit, foondin or modren.
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