Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

specially	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	9.1	10.8	7.5	0	17.4	0	0
Number of occurrences	29	21	5	0	3	0	0
Number of authors	19	13	4		2

Occurrences of specially in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
is still an oangawin process, specially when it comes tae regional di on page vi
his precious wee nose!", as a specially big saucepan wheecht by an ne on page 59

3 matches

Anderson, Elizabeth Lallans 59 - OBITUARY : ALISTAIR TAYLOR 1928 - 2001, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
A poem scrieved specially bi Sheena Blackball, ca'd A R on page 4

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
as he had tae get his shirts specially made it wuidnae dae ye muckle on page 63
smokies, They'd been flown in specially on a chairtert plane that mor on page 72

2 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
h). Ah felt lik a pure dunce, specially when ma wee sister, Karen, co on page 19
class; ah wis pure mortified specially when he wis talkin aboot gien on page 89
wait cause ah love macaroni, specially when yi pit gratet hard chees on page 145
an her family an ah specially don't want tae know whit like on page 169

4 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
"Thir squirrels are specially trained for gettin the nuts o on page 125

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Diary o a Wimpy Wean, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785302145) Central, weans
ma Maw went doon the shops I SPECIALLY telt her tae get yin that did on page 1

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
ldna kerry him an April hame, specially if he wis kickin an screamin on page 75

1 matches

Calderwood, Lynsey Mumbo Jumbo, (Litro magazine 2006) Central, prose
h). Ah felt lik a pure dunce, specially when ma wee sister, Karen, co
1 matches

Percy, Ely The Family Situation, (The Interpreters House.org 2020) Central, prose
Campbell an her family an ah specially don’t want tae know whit li
1 matches

Facebook link ( 2019) Central
oet, read the piece she wrote specially for me. The audience really l

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
ould be treated any different specially as the prospect ae a visit ta
1 matches

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
l, well welcome immigrants, specially oor English pals ?? https://t(2020) search twitter

@MartinBroon tweeted
aked her oot. No a nice place,specially(2020) search twitter

@Angela1Sinclair tweeted
m home but his dad would ring specially so that I could tell Andrew(2020) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
tinging when ee splash it oan specially efter eeve used a bic blade t (2020) twitter link

Doric

Hardie, Buff Dod 'n' Bunty, (Evening Express 2000) Doric, newspaper
For ony sake. 'At machine's specially designed so's the meanest int
1 matches

Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Furst Time, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
. “Awfie careless folk are, specially the wummin. They spend aw tha
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
d kent only that they must be specially made for executions like this
1 matches

@FaeFoggie tweeted
at it. Since then they mak it specially fo(2019) search twitter
keep ma heid and lugs warrim. Specially if I'm gaan till be dug wakki(2020) search twitter

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
a laft, an we'll decorate him specially fur dee." on page 28
ey cam hom fur Christmas. Dey specially laekit ta gying wi da munelig on page 93

2 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
hardly. Du's lik him, specially i dy wyes. on page 85

1 matches