A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

tag Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words10.6 8.2 9 0 69.7 0 0
Number of occurrences3416 6 0 12 0 0
Number of authors18 12 4 2

Occurrences of tag in Corpus

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Central

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
prince,' I said. 'I kenna hou tag draw ocht forby boa constrict on page 82

1 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
ee entourage roon them ae wee tag-alongs n tramps fae other sch on page 45

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 87 - The Neep Lantern, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Central, prose
'Lat him tag alang or thare'll be a greeti on page 22

1 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
ubmission an strict adherence tag the king's laws. on page 34
rol his mount, held on grimly tag its mane for fear o bein thro on page 38

2 matches

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
tag the waas, very artistic, on page 47

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
'Gutsie wee reivers wha like tag eat cake, maun hae cake! Eat on page 122

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
n the brains tae take aff the tag wi her ain name on it before on page 39
rday in Maths, Charlene asked tag copy Harpreet's equations an on page 80
wur in primary seven, he said tag Bryan, An ma big sister went on page 128

4 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Ah'Il juist tag alang wi ye.' on page 124

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 56 - Cauld Kail Fae Embro, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
ns o the 'provincial dialeck' tag first gien it in the 18t cent on page 121

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
No really knowin any cunt, we tag alang at the end ay the squad
1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Afore we hud ri telly, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Saltcoats, prose
d tae ast how comes 'e didnae tag rat wee message oan tae ri wa
1 matches

@LairnScots tweeted
e oan yer social media wi the tag #guidguisin (2020) twitter link

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
airt, he rade oot wis his rag-tag o reivers tae spulzie the pla on page 51

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
patient tae hae an electronic tag till weel aince mair. Brakken
1 matches

@beast_afc tweeted
ld hae won this we that price tag. No shown it so far though. F(2020) search twitter

@fittiecrooners tweeted
nd affa amusing is that fan I tag #fittie I get a'this new foll(2017) search twitter

@glenlivetloon tweeted
@YesAberdeen A #tag for us Doric speakers - Bett(2013) search twitter

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
Tag negator: Turnin staetments in on page 45
Standirt English da tag is maed wi da pronoun alang w on page 91
tlan inflects da BE auxiliary tag fir da 1st on page 92

4 matches

Facebook link (I Hear Dee 2021) Shetland - Shetland
on. Athin Standirt English da tag is meyd wi da pronoun alang w
Athin Shætlan da tag is meyd wi da pronoun alang w
an inflects da "be" auxiliary tag fir da 1st person singular: A

De Luca, Christine Smootie gengs ta Lerrick, (SCOTS corpus 2003) Shetland - Bressay, weans
wis a peerie bell an a roond tag at said
t, Mam phoned da number on da tag. Hit wis Ingrid an Nicol's ma
ing wearing a collar and name tag with your phone number on it,
Dey spak aboot gettin a new tag fur her collar wi baith names
ith phone numbers on her name tag, jöst in case.
5 matches

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