Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

splendid	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	7.8	1.5	1.5	29.8	87.2	20.7	4.4
Number of occurrences	25	3	1	3	15	2	1
Number of authors	13	3	1	2	5	1	1

Occurrences of splendid 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 Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
Soon, aw this splendid spulyie wis lyin in a trig he on page 56

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 147, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
n o Tartuffe, wis sartorially splendid. The irony o the bunch o Hone
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@g_hibby tweeted
Another lie in this morning.. Splendid :) Looking nice oot there.. C (2023) twitter link

Doric

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
A splendid time is guaranteed fir aa on page 133

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
ill aal be wirth hid fur is a splendid 'do'. on page 70
the reception. Oh, my. Whit a splendid do. on page 73

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Hall, Simon W. No the Six o Clock News, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Orkney, blog
Or whit aboot the splendid aerial film o Orkney we haed
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Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
aft ting ta cuddlean siccan a splendid haand at catchin mice - Oh, on page 23

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Priest, Ena Bonxie Geo, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
him closs enouch tae grab dat splendid piece o’ wid. Whit Mansie w
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Watt, Valerie Tochts fae Tushie Truncherface: A Hamefarin hero, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
So me an Jeemie spent some splendid nichts sharin yarns. Sometime
“Dy mam can mak splendid brönnie,” I telt him.
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Watt, Valerie Back tae trowie schul, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
“A new schul wid be splendid!” added Snurtysleeves. “W
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Watt, Valerie A skoit trowe da shops, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
eerie Shop. “Peerie” is a splendid wird, mebbe een o wir maist u
ie t-shirt dat wid fit Meenie splendid. Hit even hed “peerie wife�
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Watt, Valerie Trowie time flees an aa, (Shetland Times 2009) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
git oot an aboot tanks tae a splendid suit I bowt. Hit wis Uggledlu
brichtest o sunlight. I hed a splendid Johnsmas Foy.
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Watt, Valerie Görwill trows blamed for earthquake, (Shetland Times 2009) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
“A’m splendid Gertie, very blyde tae be bid
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@tattooedselkie tweeted
@ionafyfe Christine? Shö's a splendid sowel ^_^(2021) search twitter
@lindexer Splendid! I wid lik dat.(2021) search twitter
inema an theatre wid be maist splendid, an gettin tae buy a bed on @(2021) search twitter
Splendid an useful thread fae @HarryJo(2021) search twitter

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
hnHegley I'd forgot aboot dis splendid peerie ditty ??(2018) search twitter

Southern

Purves, David Lallans 67 - The Incomparable Li Po (701-762), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
nese poems bi Arthur Waley, o splendid ancient Chinese poems, kythed on page 34

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Purves, David Lallans 59 - Five Poems frae the Chinese o Po Chu-I, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
but in the haill tradeition o splendid poetrie in China ower a perio
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Ulster

Stewart, Kenny The Wee Broon Hen, (no publisher recorded 2022) Ulster, poetry
He was a splendid sight as day turned tae night
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