A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

playing Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words16.2 11.7 35.2 0 0 43.7 8.8
Number of occurrences5022 22 0 0 4 2
Number of authors29 16 8 3 2

Occurrences of playing in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2003 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
'Still just playing Gandy Crush. Still very much on page 29

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Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
He lay deathlike (playing possum) on page 33

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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
y about if your throat starts playing up. You won't get into any tr on page 15

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
rdon. Gordon O'Leary. I'll be playing Johnny, the sailor.' on page 57

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Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
d before you know it, they're playing for money.' on page 44
s, tuttin, 'A woman like that playing Saint Joan, it's utter hypocr on page 46

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 167, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
r comes oot wi, "Scotland are playing out of their skins an if they
1 matches

Bates, Gregor The Death Dance, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - East Dunbartonshire, weans
we shall tak ower the world! Playing in ceilidhs, dances, weddings
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McKinlay, Kieran Walk Way to Fame, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Dunfermline, prose
me n ma maw. Ma maw said that playing fitbaw is just a waste eh tim
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Grae, Emma Jimmy and his wee darlin Alexa, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
“Playing ‘You Belong to Me’ by Pat
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Muir, Glenn Sport!, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
ge problems he had tae gie up playing fitba eftir the war. He still
1 matches

Connor, Bailey A SCOTS HORROR STORY, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
see the twa weans dauncin and playing wi rosy cheeks and toy cars t
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@DavidJWood2 tweeted
ere, or two weeks in Portugal playing golf, buggies the lot. Chose (2020) search twitter

@g_hibby tweeted
s back tae feet up, and Mrs H playing her game... Normality.... :) (2023) twitter link
@linda_kinnon Yer playing a blinder Linda.. That's ye a (2022) twitter link

@jax6754 tweeted
nae ken whit tae purchase you playing Glasgow in April or The Foo F(2014) search twitter

@SusiBriggs1 tweeted
hey are behavin! Are ye still playing hide and seek wi them? ??(2020) search twitter

@WhenDidADidny tweeted
Back playing the soccer again wae a solid (2018) twitter link

@DABArbuckle tweeted
land fitba players banned fae playing aginst Wales because they att(2020) search twitter

@bigandymccoll tweeted
tting resuscitated. She'll be playing to the average member now, kn (2022) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
shut out adults over 18 from playing football - time for some ans (2020) twitter link
near there pitch when they r playing - aye right - what a richt (2020) twitter link

Doric

Mitchell, Rhona Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Wye it Wis, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
ahin the hoose, an she liked playing amon the dubs there. Her Aunt on page 15

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
saying that Julian got fed up playing second fiddle to a stallion." on page 76

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Strachan, Shane Beyond the Sea, (Scottish Book Trust 2023) Doric, prose
g alang tae the sang that’s playing on the TV in the backgroon â€
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Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
o us. The first song started playing.
1 matches

Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
nk it’s the panels that are playing up.’
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@DoricPhrases tweeted
Fa minds playing wi this simple bit fun toy? h(2018) search twitter
dges this spring they are nae playing - they are gettin up tae nau(2019) search twitter

@72redz1903 tweeted
ward and weÂ’re scoring mair. Playing oot fae the back is high risk (2022) twitter link
s itÂ’s a Mcinnes side weÂ’re playing, doubt they will come here ta (2022) twitter link
market for a prolific scorer playing at a decent level? ThatÂ’s na (2022) twitter link
’s shown players the door, is playing the ‘fitness levelsÂ’ card - (2022) twitter link
ield, nae energy. Big mistake playing Broon last night and nae unex (2022) twitter link
and 5 other occurrences.

@beast_afc tweeted
voodo hex shite. Dandies are playing there on Sunday(2020) search twitter

@cligeey tweeted
he Don's ony o Solbergs loons playing for Stavanger(2020) search twitter

@fittiecrooners tweeted
@PaulLawriegolf you still playing golf loon? Thought i seen you(2016) search twitter
Barton Aye fit like, when yer playing the Dons up in Aberdeen, mack(2016) search twitter
s on the board fer the sports playing in the bar! ?????? https://t.(2020) search twitter

Southern

@jamie_ginger tweeted
n: say that u were meant ti b playing in the linden quins game a u (2012) search twitter
Body still in bits after playing rugby at the weekend.did enjo(2012) search twitter

@projecthawick tweeted
Scocha playing at Hampden tonight ??????????(2018) search twitter

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
@ScottyT9804 *But for sure, playing for Newcastle has always been(2020) search twitter

Ulster

@OrangRuth tweeted
Looks like my Cymbal playing on @BBCTalkback has brought a(2016) search twitter

@the_gellick tweeted
a the "acushla ma cree" stuff playing tae diaspora audiences: he wa (2015) twitter link