A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

sie Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words18.7 23.4 0 0 46.5 65.6 0
Number of occurrences5844 0 0 8 6 0
Number of authors13 9 2 2

Occurrences of sie in Corpus

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Central

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2003 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
ae sie ate on page 60

1 matches

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
an dichtin her face--an she's sie a saft bonny thing tae cuddle on page 21
nt, like thunner, an gied her sie a stert on page 44

4 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
e road. His cruel murther wis sie a foul abhorrent crime that t on page 62

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D The Kirk, The Skuil, The Buik (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2007) Central, prose
We hae cum ti sie the enorm yokin at we hae ont on page 11
it wes brocht owre the Norse Sie bi Angils, Jutes an Saxones, on page 12

2 matches

Forde, Iain W D Traisur Insch (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008) Central, prose
The Auld Sie Dug at the 'Ammiral Barton' on page 3
daunner, he wuid ax gif onie sie-farin men hed gaed by alang t on page 4
haud ma wedder-ei apen fur 'a sie-farin man wi ae shank'; an la on page 5
n at God ivver alloued on the sie: an the langage at he telt th on page 6
s wi thon o the singil-leggit sie-farin man. Bot bi nou we hed on page 7

14 matches

Forde, Iain W D Dalquharter (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2010 ISBN: 978-0-9559-105-6-2) Central, prose
ne lowe lik a cove aneith the sie. The air wes waarm an odorati on page 2

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Chronikil o Scotland (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-3-7) Central, prose
This wes a kintra divyded bi sie lochs sae mukkil bits o the j on page 43

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Swallae and Amethyst (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-1-3) Central, prose
gaed aff intil the cauld Nor Sie ti tak wappins roun the tap o on page 2
it, bot onie gates the Airtik Sie tuik hiz corpus an aw Tittie' on page 4

2 matches

Neill, Willie Lallans 59 - Christian Henry Divertimento, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
Die zweite gibt, sie wird zu reich, on page 10

1 matches

Fyall, Aitken Lallans 58 - The Wa-Ganging o the Meinister, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
Gin Eck's gaen tae the sie in his coble, on page 80

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 73 - The Pynes o Luve, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
Maladetta sie l'or' e 'l punt' e 'l giorno. on page 44

1 matches

Scott, Hamish Lallans 75 - Televeision, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
On land, on sie an in the lift – an evin Sp
1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Taid o that Ilk (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2009) Central, prose
auld at lest ti the awdevorin sie.
1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
uill an gauss ablo the Nor Sie, bot no afoir Norroway gruppi
unner-sie boits at bene laed ti roust a
g. The naitiouns roun the Nor Sie wesna verra joco at the
nd ane empie warl bot fur the sie-mews flaitin abuin
luikin outower the dirkenin sie.
10 matches

Bratchpiece, Neil The Wee Man Ft. Leo - Parliamo Glasgow, (YouTube 2014) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Sprechen sie die lingo?
1 matches

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Shetland

Jamieson, Robert Alan Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Shetland, poetry
aless we takk t'da sie, on page 14

1 matches

Watt, Roseanne Moder Dy, (Polygon 2019 ISBN: 978-1846974878) Shetland, poetry
Da sie's da wye da wirld kums tae wi on page 24

1 matches

Jamieson, Robert Alan Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2017) Shetland, poetry
Maain Hy bie da Sie on page 18

3 matches

Jamieson, Robert Alan Lallans 58 - Eicht poems bi Robert Alan Jamieson, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
As sjærp as da sie ær, on page 27

2 matches

Jamieson, Robert Alan Frisk Waatir Troot, (Shetland For Wirds 2007) Shetland, poetry
akross da girssie mødoo an sie
1 matches

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
Och, cruel threi! In sie an hour, on page 5
cht Ahlice tae hersel. "Efter sie a fa as this, Ah'll no even b on page 9
'Sie a trial, dear sir, Wi nae jur on page 29
xed at th Caterpillar's makin sie awfy nippy comments, an she d on page 44
meenits, an she jumped up in sie a hurry that she couped ower on page 115

5 matches

Purves, David Lallans 73 - Ten Owersettins frae the Chinese, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
nor a singil sie-maw on page 37

1 matches

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