A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

occasion Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words13.6 16.5 14.4 0 5.8 10.9 0
Number of occurrences4231 9 0 1 1 0
Number of authors27 18 7 1 1

Occurrences of occasion in Corpus

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Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 76 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
s as the vyce o monie a state occasion wi the BBC, but forby this he on page 3

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Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
gone tae some trouble fur the occasion. He's set plastic chairs oot on page 58

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
is certainly dressed fur the occasion. His stylishly messy warm bro on page 48
e past each other oan many an occasion, likes. But she never seems t on page 154
doot yaisin this hert warmin occasion tae case the place fur a pers on page 169

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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
tae Pettycur in Fife, wis the occasion o a great deal o laughter an on page 25
the auld days were often the occasion on page 29

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Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
bawbees for that yin special occasion, and when the muckle day cam, on page 6

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
pe, and grey trousers fur the occasion. He micht no huv hud much tae on page 76

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 56 - Cauld Kail Fae Embro, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
glish speech depending on the occasion. We expect this will be the c on page 121

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 167, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
A haed occasion the ither day tae tak the adv
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Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
iles it will be dialect an on occasion it winna
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Corbett, John Lallans 70 - Owersettins o Modren Drama intae Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
id Sisters (1989), yaises the occasion o a wumman gainin a big wun a
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Bates, Gregor The Death Dance, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - East Dunbartonshire, weans
d past them. On more than yin occasion, I saw the brainwashed servan
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 142, (self-published 2005) Central, newspaper
in Edinburgh tae rise tae the occasion an dae for Scots an Gaelic
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Heather, Alistair Rin throu the jungle, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
is weel frichtit by that hale occasion. He wad dee nae lang efter th
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 147, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
ter chyngin register when the occasion demands it. As Liz Lochhead s
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Bennett, Peter The Guru an Zander, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
€™s telt me oan mare than wan occasion. Looks the part but ah widnae
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Grae, Emma Jimmy and his wee darlin Alexa, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
he tellt me oan mair than wan occasion that ah wis an intolerant bas
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 119, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
ed taen pairt in this hert-fu occasion.
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Muir, Glenn Al Fresco, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
estination on this particular occasion wis the River Clyde near Carn
oil , Loch Earn and on a rare occasion Loch Tay.
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Muir, Glenn Sport!, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
te at picking winners. On yin occasion, when Faither wis working and
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
n thaim tae ither, on the yin occasion whan he’d been ordert tae a
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 100, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
he wis merkin thon bi-ordinar occasion in a tradeetional Scots wey.
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Facebook link ( 2017) Central
whit had happened so on this occasion history had lived and become

Facebook link ( 2021) Central
The special guest at this occasion, Jeannie Strang, wis a descen

Facebook link ( 2019) Central
A sad occasion but the Kirk wis fu ... Nae a

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
n the keys oan maire than yin occasion ah somehow managed tae steady
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@MizLiot tweeted
been knawn tae use "wan" oan occasion, but nivver een or ae (except (2021) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
JakeMoyes1108 its a momentous occasion brother n u n the whole natio (2021) twitter link

Doric

Wood, Evelyn Tales Fae The Doric Side - Carlo, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
occasion for Carlo, bit ma memory is c on page 28

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
the kine o face at suitit the occasion. on page 74

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
e o skweel reports an special occasion cairds; a reed velvet boxie w on page 79

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Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 58 - Cyaard, the Tattie Doodle, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
s them by surprise, an on the occasion o '86 at least, left the hale on page 118

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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
a richt proper notion of the occasion, Bappy ruggit aff the Coke's
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Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
ppy to provide extras on this occasion. What do you wish to offer in
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Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ootside and on mair than one occasion hid hit him. This wint on for
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@72redz1903 tweeted
ology curriculum, but have on occasion been accused of being a cultu (2020) twitter link
d health conscious ?? but, on occasion IÂ’ll treat masel tae a veget (2020) twitter link

Shetland

Watt, Valerie Görwill trows blamed for earthquake, (Shetland Times 2009) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
flooery bloose. Hit wis sicca occasion she even left her peenie hing
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Southern

@officialAliRed tweeted
ns - always an action-packed occasion! ???????? https://t.co/6qcY4A(2019) search twitter