A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

recognised Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words16.9 18 13.6 0 29.1 10.3 17.7
Number of occurrences5435 9 0 5 1 4
Number of authors29 19 5 4 1 1

Occurrences of recognised in Corpus

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Central

Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
by-gane time. Yit, it maun be recognised firbye that the strength o Sc on page 37
fettle it. It wis then that A recognised that ma problem wi Scots wis on page 40

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Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
her could she. Just stuff she recognised. on page 1

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
re ma ambitons started tae be recognised as an act ae class treason. on page 91

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
that izna recognised beh thi on page 16

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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
m back tae Cooper's house. He recognised the baith o the Americans an on page 27
ang the Jacobites is nou bein recognised. Likewise the fact chat the B on page 121
, public illuminations were a recognised form o celebrations an genera on page 125

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Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
for the Scots language tae be recognised unner Pairt II o the Chairter on page 19
space, whether this space be recognised or no, that identifies itsel on page 20

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Kay, Billy Lallans 78 - Thochts on the bonnie broukit bairn at hame an abroad, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
ssin the auld bodie, when she recognised whit she wes saying...."oh it on page 10

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 56 - Cauld Kail Fae Embro, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
o the Curn an that Scots wes recognised unner Pairt II. This wes hert on page 121

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 178, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
professional fowk can aye be recognised bi hou weel they can speak En
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McAlpine, Joan Meeting of the Parliament, (The Scottish Parliament 2019) Central, government
e it should be: an officially recognised national language. In 2001, t
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Tait, John M Lallans 62 - Expository Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
in pronunciations, an is aesy recognised as a Scots word. This is juis
tory anes, an for Scots ti be recognised as a hale langage, aa its dif
aa its differin forms maun be recognised as sindrie registers. “Ah s
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 142, (self-published 2005) Central, newspaper
Nice wis twa-leidit. A recognised the French nae bother, but th
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Philips, Cally Wha's feart o' the library?, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Turriff, prose
treet it wis in noo. He niver recognised me. Bit ah recognised hum an
me. Bit ah recognised hum an his dirty brown mac. A
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McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Sport, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
tae a stranger, she hadni’ recognised him! Henrick wis the type oâ€
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ke. That wis Uighur, Beatrice recognised. She replied wi aboot the onl
l ontae the flair. The Pandit recognised that she wis daein a Tibetan
a o seein her there. He hadna recognised her yit. She ettlet tae keep
roon the curve o her erm. She recognised the tale he wis mintin at. Sh
noo, an drookit wi sweit. She recognised on his braith, thegither wi s
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Young, Clive Creative Scotland an the sowl o Scots, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
hey ken fine weel Scots “is recognised as a language in its own righ
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 125, (self-published 2004) Central, newspaper
cause the Cornish haesna been recognised as an ethnic group bi the Bri
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Douglas, Ashley Fur maist o history, anonymous wis a wumman, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, prose
ipt wis furthset, poem 49 wis recognised as “a lyric in celebration
n sentiment that wid hae been recognised by her female co-makars and b
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@ionafyfe tweeted
guage is legitimately legally recognised and protected! #oorvyce(2020) search twitter

@OliphantWullie tweeted
try tae back it up. Scots wis recognised by the Euro Parlmt in the lat (2022) twitter link
azette @roketronnie Scots was recognised by the European Union as a 'M (2022) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
great 2 b recognised again and involved with local (2020) twitter link

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 90 - Mrs Cadwallader’s Conversion, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
t lik her hairt wad burst. Ah recognised her noo, for she'd served me on page 38

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Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
oon te see fa wis spikkin, Ah recognised em richt awa." on page 22

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Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
n Queens, an amang them Alice recognised e White Rabbit: id wis talkan on page 76

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 75 - The Petrol Tanker, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Doric, prose
loon. Bit Ah’m surprised ye recognised me – it maun be, Goad, it m
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Elphinstone Institute Aiberdeenshire Cooncil – Scots Leid Guidelines, (Aberdeenshire Council 2017) Doric, government
ang, poetry an scrievin, an a recognised feature o the wey we express
digenous leids o Scotland, as recognised by the Cooncil o Europe Chart
he classroom. Larners maun be recognised for being bilingual an win th
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Leslie, Deborah Bittie aboot oor Doric dialect, (Doric Future 2020) Doric - Inverurie, blog
needs te be raised – te be recognised, respectit, validatit an, mai
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@72redz1903 tweeted
for these achievements tae be recognised mair widely is my point but a (2021) twitter link

Shetland

Nicholson, Hannah Tales Fae The Doric Side - Smooriken, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Shetland, prose
t lip balm at du ay wore - I recognised it becis du wis gien me a lae on page 52

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Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
oarn, bit of coorse dat wisna recognised dan. An dan da boys wis my wh on page 49
I recognised da name on da list o applican on page 57

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Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
t as a language if hit haes a recognised written form. On da idder haa
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@tattooedselkie tweeted
wi his sash on an the barmaid recognised whit he wis up tae immediatel(2021) search twitter

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Was quickly recognised on page 41

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Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
aime tim' es Ulster-Scots bes recognised es a national on page 11
onities can bae thocht o' an' recognised on page 15
e wul mean Ulster-Scots bein' recognised on page 20
oot aboot Ulster-Scots bein' recognised es on page 60

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