A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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platform Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words14.5 19.1 8 19.9 11.6 0 0
Number of occurrences4536 5 2 2 0 0
Number of authors26 20 3 1 2

Occurrences of platform in Corpus

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Central

Haddow, Kris nobody remembers the birdman - The Incomer, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
ve. Wee Jack crashin doon the platform on his bike squealin byeee! t on page 79

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Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
os ae the ice. It's git a wee platform on the back n open doors fur on page 35

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Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
ckle barn, on a kind o heezed platform, Major wis awready stanced, u on page 6

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
yae gee yur local comedians a platform tae humiliate thumsels." As h on page 104

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
runchbull parauded on tae the platform. Nane ae the ither teachers c on page 112
ng syne. She walked ontae the platform wearin a manky white pinnie. on page 117
! Ye'll no get doon affy this platform and naebody leaves this hall on page 121
l stood like a stookie on the platform. She'd a coupon like a cuddie on page 125
d the bits skited aw ower the platform. on page 127

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
fund oorsels excluded fae the platform in Edinburgh's Meadows park w on page 105

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
and gold clock hingin fae the platform ceilin as we joined the crowd on page 41

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Harrison, Jean Lallans 59 - BARRY SCHUIL 1928 - 1934, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
e weel Ah mind staunin on the platform at Barry station on a bitter on page 120

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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
the media. The awards gies a platform tae a hantle o screivers, gro
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Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
stage wis an overt poleitical platform. Randall Stevenson scrieves i
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Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - Nuhin is Certain, Except, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
it concourse and head fir the platform.
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Clark, Thomas Wha's Like Us?, (Bella Caledonia 2017) Central - Bellshill, blog
ssel president an set furth a platform o nae compulsory taxes, nae g
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Malgrati, Paul Ayont the Fake and the Leal: Let's Free the Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
rchistic- maun be that thrawn platform fir art an poetry tae mak an
e hame tae hert an heid. Ilka platform, ilka wird is wirth promeuvin
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Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
aqueous partition between the platform an the stairs leadin tae the
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Bennett, Peter Graftin, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
where ah’m staunin oan the platform. Ah examine their positions s
al lookin strides acroass the platform flair, lookin up at me, then
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Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
uckle barn, on a kin o raised platform, Major wis aaready sattelt on
the strae richt forenent the platform. The hens perched theirsels o
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Geddes, Jenny Fling the creepie in January, (McRenegade.Scots 2018) Central, blog
pt tae be yersel’ on the ‘platform.’ The advice is surely Mind
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Puchowski, James Frae Norrowa ower the faem, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
he SNP’s successes, but the platform for chynge disna belange ainl
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McClurg, Fernando “Blood Upon the Grass” – merk twa?, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
ed (no tae mention lucrative) platform o international sport is a po
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Ewen, Allan Pairt twa: Janus leuks aheid, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
the Scots language is gied a platform. Amang the events this year a
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Ewen, Allan The “Auld Lang Syne” Paradox, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
sh culture gie’en a lairger platform. This wadna ainlie encourage
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@Chazzbat tweeted
get the buildin on the movin platform? Hou ur they movin the struct(2020) search twitter

@raiphsays tweeted
rt is a print tae order shoap platform fer artists!(2020) search twitter

@bigandymccoll tweeted
I mind standing on a railway platform in SE England and after the 4 (2022) twitter link

Doric

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
for every media platform on page 25

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Shepherd, Robbie Harknin tae the braw souns, (John Benjamin 2000) Doric, newspaper
is tae gie buddin musicians a platform tae appear in front o an aadi
the Musselburgh festival wi a platform ready-made?
aid than deen, bit athoot the platform set oot bi Max Houliston, ye
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@daleser23 tweeted
@CallumC19 platform shutdoon. Cana be helped. I j(2013) search twitter

Orkney

Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Halter neck tops and platform shoes. on page 42
baseball cep a landeen platform on page 149

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Shetland

Watt, Valerie A daander trowe Michaelswood, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
Hit wis a roadmap raised on a platform wi a silver box foo o cars ta
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@tattooedselkie tweeted
ae tell me Parler is a better platform as Twitter so ????? https://t(2021) search twitter

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