Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

traditional	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	21.5	27.2	9	29.8	17.4	20.7	8.9
Number of occurrences	69	53	6	3	3	2	2
Number of authors	31	18	5	2	3	1	2

Occurrences of traditional 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

Haddow, Kris nobody remembers the birdman - The Incomer, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
. Holy names, Scottish names, traditional yet modern at the same time. on page 77

1 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
e rest ae the pupils form the traditional circle roon the action. Si's on page 45

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
rangly in his wark as baith a traditional musician an a storyteller owe on page I
back then, whiles A wuid sing traditional Scottish sangs. No verra weel on page 70
reamin oot 'SNP BAD' as their traditional voters desert them in droves, on page 142

3 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 59 - Rants and Foys, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
but the festivals rin by the Traditional Muisic an Sang Associe are ha on page 56

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Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Or oor ain traditional haund-wuiven creels. on page 85

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Calder, Bob Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
dards o naturalism wi thaim o traditional fable. It's true that W.S. Gr on page 95

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Robinson, Christine Lallans 73 - Historical Lexicography and the Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1700, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
ot them but the limitations o traditional methodology is glarinly obvio on page 14

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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
rld which is conceived of as 'traditional' ... such 'traditional' world on page 56

3 matches

Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
83. Alang wi makkin traditional materials in Welsh available,
1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
· Phonemic or Traditional?
Scots, baith in Middle Scots, traditional Modern Scots an late twentiet
e write consistent Scots wi a traditional orthography.
entury efforts at improvin on traditional spellins haesna sorted muckle
graphies seems juist like the traditional Victorian but wi a smitherin
23 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Shudder at the Niffer, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
verb, aften written "work" in traditional texts) an "wark" (noun). In m
iles spelt "loe" or "lo'e" in traditional texts). A lot o native Scots
atween "bi" an "by". In some traditional texts, the writer uises the s
e verb "tae be". What wey did traditional writers no like the spellin "
yce). Altho baith in spaek an traditional texts the distinction isna ay
5 matches

Somerville, Shirley-Anne Scots Government Commitments tae Gaelic an Scots an Scots Langages Bill: consultation, (gov.scot 2022 ISBN: 978-1804358313) Central - Holyrood, government
o 2012. The Act rejiggit the traditional Ers-spikkin areas in Éire on
1 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 62 - The Cairryin Stream o Tradeetion, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
aison ahint the foondin o the Traditional Music and Song Association in
hat this is suppoosed to be a traditional music festival.” No nae mai
2 matches

Smith, Jamie William Playfair: faither o data visualisation, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
att’s insistence,2 includit traditional data tables as weel as the gr
1 matches

Bennett, Peter McShane's Reprieve, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ey’ll lament the erosion ay traditional conservative values an pontif
1 matches

Dempster, Michael DIGNITY, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
stick tae traditional spellins.
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Young, Clive Creative Scotland an the sowl o Scots, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
ut it “was retained in oral traditional storytelling and songs”. Sa
1 matches

Ewen, Allan Review: Saltire: Invasioun, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
led wi chairacters sic as the traditional Kelpie as weel as the new cre
1 matches

Ewen, Allan Pairt twa: Janus leuks aheid, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
Grace regaled the audience wi traditional sangs an tales frae the book
1 matches

Facebook link ( 2016) Central
te July 1679. It followed the traditional practice o layin hands on the

@LairnScots tweeted
Introduce traditional sangs tae yer lairners! Click (2018) twitter link
his Valentine's Day, research traditional Scottish waddin customs an li (2018) twitter link

Doric

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
to's freendly local bars. The traditional anes, far ye maistly see the on page 9
irt o the kintra's economy an traditional cultur. Locations sic as the on page 14

2 matches

Elphinstone Institute Aiberdeenshire Cooncil – Scots Leid Guidelines, (Aberdeenshire Council 2017) Doric, government
the Doric leid, scrievin, an traditional music, assets whilk are uniqu
1 matches

Murdoch, Steve Lallans 63 - A keik at the Swedish game o bandy, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
ns an NorthEast o Scotlan – traditional shinty playin areas. Afore th
1 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
nalysis and reflection in the traditional media - great work lads http (2020) twitter link

@fittiecrooners tweeted
Ye canna beat an auld traditional new year's Day! Now, far's ma(2019) search twitter

Orkney

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
u'd think id wis 'idyllic' - traditional forbye, on page 86

1 matches

Hall, Simon W. Haggis tasting notes, and whisky pairings, (Brisk Northerly 2019) Orkney, blog
edie bit o mince and gravy is traditional wae haggis!) and pair wae Lap
1 matches

Hall, Simon W. Tame Hogmanay, (Brisk Northerly 2017) Orkney, blog
ring an Orcadian culture. Wur traditional fower- or five-day-long festi
1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
in. It's a peety fur dat aald traditional wyes a wirkin ta be lost. Ah' on page 63

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I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
nt. Sassermaet is a delicious traditional Shetland dysh. Da wird on page 103

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Watt, Valerie Cheerio for eenoo . . ., (Shetland Times 2011) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
r wi humans an dir wyes. “A traditional trow keeps himsel tae himsel,
1 matches

Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
. Yowes. Most likely an older traditional courting song written from th(2020) search twitter
rs from the back garden, it's traditional. Love to herself and the wean(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
ble. The spellin conforms tae traditional practices amang maist o them on page vi

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Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
forderin o' traditional an' new clesses o' media. Tha on page 29

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