A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

searchin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.7 9.6 9.6 0 17.4 0 0
Number of occurrences2718 6 0 3 0 0
Number of authors23 14 6 3

Occurrences of searchin 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

Robertson, James The Mannie, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
nd he looked back oot o grey, searchin een. As if he wis wantin tae on page 6

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Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
An his searchin knife fun his ee on page 40

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
Tammas! Mebbe they were juist searchin an speirin aboot the Campbell on page 59

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
oint? The other night, ah wis searchin Netflix tae find summit tae w on page 23

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
here somewhaur!' She sterted searchin ahint the settee and the curt on page 41

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
Eh've been searchin fir inspiration on page 38

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Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
uyin splore, awbody gaun gyte searchin for the treisured tickets. Wi on page 28

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
In the instance ablow, searchin for a word on a page (in this on page 47

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Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
e I want you, Pooh, tae stert searchin by the Sax Pine Trees, and sy on page 36

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Robinson, Christine Lallans 73 - Historical Lexicography and the Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1700, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
ir wabsteids is available for searchin online, we can check fairly r on page 16

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Geraghty, Martin The Pusher, (TheCommonBreath.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
nches fae the chips like heez searchin fir an accompaniment. He’s
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Matthews, Lily A SPARK O INSPIRATION, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
ellt me a story aboot a quine searchin fur her lost dug in the Howff
kin see hur roond the Howff, searchin an greetin oot fur her dug.
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McClurg, Fernando The USA: Whit happened tae the Guid Guys?, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
a lang time, an a lot o sowel-searchin tae bring Americae back tae t
he lang, sair process o sowel-searchin an brutal honesty that they w
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Facebook link ( 2021) Central
ped the wink tae the troopers searchin fur the rebels.

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
e that it be might us yin day searchin fur oor ain slice ae paradise
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@Chazzbat tweeted
aur somewan's keepin watch or searchin fer thur prey/adversary an Ah(2020) search twitter

Doric

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 84 - The Ferlie, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
ony objection tae P.C. Peerie searchin the hoose?' speirs the Inspec on page 80

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Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
An efter searchin ilka neuk on page 15

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
fingir; an at gutsy wee moo, searchin fir sustinance fae ma swallen on page 67

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Christie, Hilary Lallans 78 - Ma Freens in Chains, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric, poetry
Seekin, searchin, stretchin oot lang spirls, on page 74

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Murdoch, Steve Lallans 63 - A keik at the Swedish game o bandy, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
n the wee bit history a kent, searchin for onie inclin o cultural ex
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@FaeFoggie tweeted
atalieAHood It wid. I've been searchin for years noo. I hid a large (2020) search twitter

Shetland

Sutherland, Stella Half a Twalmont, (Shetland For Wirds 2014) Shetland, poetry
Da searchin caald o Merch
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Walterson, Barbara Da Trow o’ Fogla Skerry, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
ysel screamin inside my heed, searchin fir air.
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@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
I hiv spent a wk searchin for @Marisha_Ray’s pineapple (2020) twitter link

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