A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

separate Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words15.5 21.8 8 0 11.6 0 0
Number of occurrences4841 5 0 2 0 0
Number of authors30 24 4 2

Occurrences of separate in Corpus

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Central

Donati, Colin The Student and the Pawnwife , (Itchy Coo 2003 ISBN: 978-1902927817) Central, prose
e, steyed yin flair doon in a separate flat, an every time he wanted on page 133

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Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
At lunch everybody goes their separate ways, that wis on page 44

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 68 - The Fower Jyners o the Apocalypse, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
ry an a hauf-croun rowed in a separate bit paper apon whilk Cherlie on page 26

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Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
onstrating the existence of a separate history'. on page 38
ts own accents the sense of a separate value system that required it on page 44

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Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
els. Wee wheels gaun roon, aw separate fae yin anither even though t on page 1

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
loppy aluminium containers wi separate compartments fur the stewed m on page 20
-auld laddie scrieved the twa separate amounts, slow and eident. on page 45
times tables! Ye've got three separate lots o fruit and each lot hus on page 211
quick ye cannae even hear the separate beats. It must soond jist lik on page 225

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
weel oot o the necessity fer separate forms o wards fer Pairliament on page 18
t' his helpit keep the idea o separate Scottish Sovranty goin is no on page 44
ng is the fack that sae monie separate dialecks are still thrivin in on page 63

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
eis bravado ei jist canna separate on page 8

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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
is they were chairged wi echt separate counts o armit robbery. At fi on page 107

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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
(Ae separate condenser, so he telt his fre on page 91

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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 61 - Glesca dialeck i the modren warld, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
d their ain speech. There was separate indications that the public d on page 9

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Hershaw, William Lallans 57 - Twa Auld Men, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
side the Goth. They gan their separate gaits on either side o the Hi on page 136

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Holton, Brian Lallans 67 - The Nine Sangs: Brian Holton, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
able, an ithers that it was a separate soun, wi the wecht o a full s on page 33

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 56 - Cauld Kail Fae Embro, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
e which requires distinct and separate treatment from the speak of t on page 121

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Robinson, Christine Lallans 74 - Burns an the Dictionar o the Scots Leid, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
ularisation o Tartanry. Three separate quotations fae Burns grace th
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Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
tin "-ie" whan the endin is a separate morpheme (ie whan sneddin the
cots that haes tae be seen as separate langages an hae their ain ort
The g an h is soondit separate whan twa wirds juist chances
· Soondit separate astriddle morpheme boondaries
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Neill, Josie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009) Central - Galloway, poetry
Separate, lows't...,
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Falconer, Gavin Lallans 81 - Scots an Mid-Ulster Inglish, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
rary Ulster dialect as a leid separate frae the Scots o Scotland in
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Smith, Jamie Effeirin tae the formal: Laitinate lendwirds in Scots, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
ots but no hivin been borraed separate frae English. Or mebbe they d
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Holton, Brian An Owresetter’s Tale, (Bella Caledonia 2015) Central - Galashiels, blog
but a leid in its ain richt, separate an distinct frae English. Don
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
erm her. He pit her doon. Twa separate pair o legs on the left noo.
ce’s erm an they gaed thair separate weys. Iskander gaed aff as we
ce’s erm an they gaed thair separate weys. Iskander gaed aff as we
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McClurg, Fernando “Blood Upon the Grass” – merk twa?, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
sports an politics is hailly separate” line whan they, tae their
braider question o tryin tae separate sport an politics remains fyk
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 100, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
nguage. The'r a CD an aw selt separate-like frae the buik. It's no n
buik an the CD noo bein sellt separate-like insteid o bein sellt the
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 76, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
nguage which I now speak as a separate language from English.
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@FaetheRye tweeted
ing laid oot on grass. Also a separate washhoose. We wur posh - had (2021) twitter link

@OliphantWullie tweeted
rie Country Park or is thon a separate wan Ali??? If no, try Vogrie (2022) twitter link

@Chazzbat tweeted
able. An aye, mebbe they need separate shelters when thur subject ta(2020) search twitter

Doric

Hardie, Buff Dod 'n' Bunty, (Evening Express 2000) Doric, newspaper
Simple? I hid fower separate goes at three quid a shottie,
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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
war newsin in the mids o twa separate boorachies o fowk. Bi bitter
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Wilson, Katie Becus a hae a sister a hae a friend, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Buckie, prose
different cus we’re getting separate rooms but am sure we can kip
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@beast_afc tweeted
t. The lass bein a stunner is separate fae the chat. Widnae gee her (2020) search twitter
alumWright2 @akaollie1903 Aye separate fae the obvo push, cosy shoul(2020) search twitter

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
ta mak on at at shö wis twa separate fok. "But hit's nae ös noo," on page 14

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Isbister, Sonny Caves aroond Shetland, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
der da broo, it split intae 3 separate tunnels and dey hed tae choos
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