A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

sitten Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.7 2.1 10.6 0 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences124 7 0 1 0 0
Number of authors5 2 3 1

Occurrences of sitten in Corpus

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Central

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
said tae the drouth, wha wis sitten seelent afore a hantle bottle on page 44
e luved the desert. Ye can be sitten doun on a desert sand-rigg, s on page 77
w frae faur awa my wee prince sitten atap the dyke, swinglin his l on page 83

3 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 67 - Andra’s Sang, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
Sitten, lang efter he wes deen, on page 50

1 matches

Doric

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
tae dee noo?" sumbudee roart, sitten en thi soaken weet syder curp on page 34
en coorse meel, "mayic." Fyle sitten weyten fur thi next coorse, b on page 40
Grun. Fin we got oot, we wis sitten bonnie fur thi ripen, couse t on page 46
Skim an Zool an hee's keeker, sitten roon thi paraffin heeter drye on page 52
t fin a weis hayen ma tae, an sitten eit thi coal fyre, appairentl on page 62

5 matches

Goodall, Phyllis J. Lallans 59 - Last May a Braw Wooer, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, newspaper
nt that the ither duncers hid sitten doon an somebody had turned a on page 94

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
Ailice hed sitten hersel doun on the bank o a l on page 100

1 matches

Shetland

Peterson, George P.S. Nannie Georgedaughter, (Shetland For Wirds 2002) Shetland, prose
ir bön in for wir denner, an sitten ower lang, blide ta be in oot
1 matches

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