A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

spotted Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words12.3 8 28.8 9.9 0 32.8 4.4
Number of occurrences3815 18 1 0 3 1
Number of authors24 11 9 1 2 1

Occurrences of spotted in Corpus

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Central

Beekman, Tony Lallans 85 - The Belt, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
s mind started tae wander. He spotted a gaig in the plaister on the on page 40

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Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
ole in this logic an Scratchy spotted it right aff. on page 1

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
ently bidin her time till she spotted a muckle stoater. Then, usin on page 131

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
a yella nose meh ehs spotted on page 59

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
He puts a shakin, liver-spotted haun oan his beer. 'Ah dinnae on page 13
it wis the prize fur whoever spotted it first. on page 31
good as shite hursel when she spotted a clown in a box and told us on page 32

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Smith, Elaine C. The Glasgow Gruffalo, (Itchy Coo 2017 ISBN: 978-1785300592) Central - Glasgow, weans
Fox spotted Big G an went tae move oan. on page 22

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Higgs, Jo The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols, (berfrois 2022) Central - Edinburgh, prose
me that through our fence she spotted within yer guild n possession
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Bates, Gregor The Death Dance, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - East Dunbartonshire, weans
g which could be used. Then I spotted it. Above the wee stane stage
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Donovan, Anne Not Scotland, (Edinburgh International Book Festival 2010) Central - Glasgow, prose
When he spotted us he jumped oot the car. He
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Donovan, Anne Buddha Da - Chapter 1 Anne Marie, (Canongate 2009 ISBN: 978-1847673459) Central - Glasgow, prose
Ma da turnt roond and spotted me, sittin at the table, daei
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Muir, Glenn Al Fresco, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
arch for bait ensued. Faither spotted a large docken which he yanke
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@fairpechtoot tweeted
rson878 @kat_luc01 @IshbelMcF Spotted oan a recent day oot it St An(2016) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
amateur football game that i spotted on one of ur comments lately (2020) twitter link

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 85 - The Clash o the Titans, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
hinkin on! On a suddenty he'd spotted The Poetical Works of on page 53

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Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
's a loonie on i'street wi' a spotted sporran on page 159

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - The Bigger Hoose, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
fender a good rub up, fan she spotted somethin stuck atween twa o t on page 106

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 82 - Beyond The Pale , (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
njoyin the sea breeze, fan we spotted a wee crood gaithered on a bi on page 75

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Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
elief, Jonsar Eck hid finally spotted the main passage,
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Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
id a look aroon. This time he spotted a puckle strainer
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Crawford, Jack The Pluffer, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
In chemistry I spotted ma freen so I shot a pea at h
walking doon the halls and I spotted ma wee sester. I loaded up an
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Martin, Keiron Ma Worst Nicht Oot, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
I looked aroon, spotted ma family and went tae sit do
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Hutchison, Pat Sanners Gow's Tales and Folklore of the Buchan - The Clootie Dummmplin!, (Ayton Publishing 2017 ISBN: 978-1910601419) Doric - Banffshire, prose
aal. As he teen it aff Ackers spotted dried shite stickin tae the t
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Hutchison, Pat Bulletbroo, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
he wiz seeck o war fin he’d spotted Douglas. Noo he Vulltums Croi
e o events. First Douglas wiz spotted by a German officer and this
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Hutchison, Pat Bob the Dog fae the Bog, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
t wiz the aal Pipe Major that spotted this first an exclaimed, “M
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Hutchison, Pat Angels Ten, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
our o duty in Afghanistan and spotted immediately that I’d shrapn
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@Franwella tweeted
l1 @underdogxo hahahaaha jist spotted this!!(2012) search twitter

@fittiecrooners tweeted
at are under the sheds as now spotted this the day in the Harbour! (2016) search twitter
wak up the beach earlier and spotted this sign ootside the Inversn(2018) search twitter

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
Craiters spotted by shank‘s mare fae the hoos (2020) twitter link

Orkney

Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
– wis the tabby cat he haed spotted in the morneen. It wis noo si
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Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
Sin hur ey spotted a wee gless box that was lyin on page 14
ae leave th room, when hur ey spotted a wee bottle that stood near on page 33

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@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
huv a shock experience when a spotted a fuckin rat in lounge and go(2020) search twitter

Ulster

@TheFarrierPhil tweeted
kking I'd a quare gunk whin a spotted it an cannae wait til ah get (2021) twitter link