A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

outwith Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.7 6.7 1.5 0 0 10.3 0
Number of occurrences1513 1 0 0 1 0
Number of authors10 8 1 1

Occurrences of outwith in Corpus

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Central

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
'This is a bit outwith my jurisdiction, you'll need on page 20

1 matches

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
very much a case of something outwith oor control. on page 63
Ye hae a vyce outwith yer gub if ye can jist believ on page 95

2 matches

Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s linguistic launscape – Scottish Staunart English and Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
ocabulary; the preposition ‘outwith’ is a kenable example o thi
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Smeddum o Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
outwith/ootwi
ot’s preposition that is ‘outwith’ (or ‘ootwi’ – mair a
in gey consciously – fur ‘outwith’ bides strangly in the sphe
3 matches

@jack_capener tweeted
An A'm aye shuir tae include 'outwith', its affa orra hou it's yin (2018) search twitter

@fairpechtoot tweeted
ts, ah aye ask 'Dae ye yaise 'outwith'? Ironically, they usually re(2017) search twitter

@LairnScots tweeted
If ye're a #Scots speaker outwith the central belt, or an Engli (2021) twitter link

@MizLiot tweeted
meldrewmoment It’s obviously outwith your idea of politeness but i (2021) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
- just as good excercise is outwith a gym - not my decision to s (2020) twitter link
s dinner n strictly no travel outwith our designated health area - (2020) twitter link

Doric

@d_anderson878 tweeted
Faan ye cannae dae withoot 'outwith', ye'll be oors athoot doot. (2020) search twitter

Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
rnScots @scottishbktrust Nup. Outwith is an auld Scots legal term f(2020) search twitter