A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Concordance

Use in varieties of Scots

Occurrences of points in Corpus

Central

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
The boay points tae each ae his pals an says, on page 10

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Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
ays n oohs n ahs at the right points, playin their part in the ret on page 22
he comfy wans n the big chief points tae the wee plasticky numbers on page 52

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Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
signpostin blatant obvious points on page 40

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Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
See him at the culture-points, His comments taen as crits; on page 22

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ya cunt!" he's screamin as he points towards Aldo. "Nae cunt talks on page 110
t doon, Dougie," he says, and points tae an elated Aldo. "And as f on page 134
sir, The ICU is ward ten". He points tae the nearby elevator "Jump on page 177

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McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
greetin. 'It's his fault,' he points at me wi the sword, 'he flung on page 176

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
Wir points o view. on page 17

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Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
And aw points west whaur we uised tae hiv t on page 116

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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
w and that gat me nae brownie points - even though it took fureve on page 29

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
known as Jurassic Park. Isla points tae the Masonic Hall. Weeds a on page 3

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Harrison, Jean Lallans 59 - BARRY SCHUIL 1928 - 1934, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
aa the time an dinned decimal points intae yer heid. He was hot on on page 120

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Hubbard, Tom Minoritie Status, (Tapsalteerie 2017) Central - Kirkcaldy, poetry
Ti wark oot aa thir points they had in common, on page 11

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Logan, Kirsty Lego, (Scots Hoose 2017) Central, weans
uld hae a chance tae git some points. I loved playin it, cos even
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Clark, Thomas Radge Against the Machine: Deid Wirds, Deid Warlds, an Why Scots Maitters, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Bellshill, blog
ts o it's-PC-gone-mad. Double points forby if we can pull aff the
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Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
e poly bag. ‘We’ll go six points clear at the tap ay the table
answer. The chance tae go six points clear at the tap ay the table
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Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part two of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ll see marked here. . .’ he points tae the appointment section.
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Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
when ah see a bed inside. She points tae two plastic chairs. Ah si
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Grae, Emma Billy's Ghost Dug, (liarsleague.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
. Fur aw it’s no winnin any points wi Gordon Ramsay, it’s no h
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Philips, Cally Jings, crivens, help ma Boab, it’s independence!, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Turriff, prose
Eck’s got a plan. An’ he points oot that at every stage of th
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Crawford, Ross At Stake, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
even claim back any guid-boy points fae ma swift response tae aw
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Bennett, Peter Wan Goal tae the Good, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ualise an the Huns ur drappin points.
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Ewen, Allan Pairt Ane: Janus leuks back, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
The main stickin points fir her was a fear o whit she
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Coyne, Hilary The giant’s wife – or Ailsa the irked, (hilarycoyne.com/ 2021) Central, prose
k her scheme was a bit OTT at points and she was a teensy bit smug
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Smith, George Electrical Love, (Thi-Wurd 2013) Central, prose
Westy points it tumblers. Bar man says fou
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Douglas, Ashley Fur maist o history, anonymous wis a wumman, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, prose
e is makkit explicit at monie points, no least in the smeddumfou c
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Crawford, Ross At Stake, (productmagazine.co.uk 2022) Central - Stirling, prose
€™ve picked up a few guid-boy points, but ah jist stood there, ama
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Gillespie, Alan Mon the Rovers, (Scottish Book Trust 2021) Central, prose
in with the best in Europe. I points it out tae my da. Aye, he say
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 5, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
She suddenly points at the side ae me. Ah look do
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@jack_capener tweeted
A braw wee thread. All the points raised here are just as appli(2018) search twitter

@MartinBroon tweeted
ir heeds! Better than that, 2 points oot, wae a game in hand! ????(2020) search twitter
n ???Naw yeez urny gettin yer points and goals back.And fur makin (2019) search twitter
@pieandbov Wance We get Wur points back......??. ??. ??????(2019) search twitter

@SusiBriggs1 tweeted
@DrMDempster Aye well, smug points tae the Dempster.... ?? Well (2019) search twitter

@changed_days tweeted
oint with another point. Both points valid as fuck, but don't get (2021) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
lads defo n a well deserved 3 points oan the night (2020) twitter link
ttention - again a take your points - becoming clearer now (2020) twitter link
vinwallace30 @RyanMusselburgh points taken m8 - aye its a bit neg (2020) twitter link
there lads - plenty vantage points (2020) twitter link
ber awe the available viewing points lol b oan brother (2020) twitter link
and 12 other occurrences.

Doric

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
that bore aa the hallmarks o points in time on page 34

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Thom, Bill The Quait Chiel, (Tapsalteerie 2013 ISBN: 9780992663100) Doric - Banff, poetry
So points where lost for sic a sicht, on page 19

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Strachan, Shane Beyond the Sea, (Scottish Book Trust 2023) Doric, prose
alls. I hae tae win the bonus points.
e draw. The best picture gets points too.
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@DoricPhrases tweeted
the ends o pints were kent as points. https://t.co/Fy5nRl6zRr(2020) search twitter

@72redz1903 tweeted
4 ItÂ’s insulting, no counter points, poor grasp of the situation (2021) twitter link
rly trying tae make political points. It may be an extra cautious (2020) twitter link
the earlier lockdoon. Decent points aboot some greedy establishme (2020) twitter link

Orkney

Hall, Simon W. Lamborghini: Cult o the Bull, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, blog
lpower and humility. The text points oot that he wes a Taurus. Thi
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Hall, Simon W. No the Six o Clock News, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Orkney, blog
in his own lines in the show points the wey tae the future fur Sc
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@peediepuss tweeted
Florida tae Greenland an aal points east, and hunders o millions (2020) twitter link

Shetland

@Julie_Dennison tweeted
a believe I actually got da 5 points fir dat bins question ???? #O (2020) twitter link

Ulster

@the_gellick tweeted
Mair importantly - hoo mony points dae tha Belfast hallions gie (2019) twitter link