A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

unique Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words16.2 16.4 10.6 19.9 34.9 20.7 13.3
Number of occurrences5232 7 2 6 2 3
Number of authors28 16 3 2 3 2 2

Occurrences of unique 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

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
An gin I ken a flooer that is unique the warld ower, that growesna on page 29
walthie, wi a flooer that wis unique the warld ower. Yet aw I had on page 66
warld ower. Tae you, I wad be unique the warld ower. on page 68
Ye will ken nou tha yOurs is unique the haill warld ower. Syne co on page 72

5 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
thir no plastic thir quite unique, on page 82

1 matches

Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
this is a situation faur frae unique tae Scotland, we micht learn on page 10
that maist gies Scotland its unique kenmerk in the warld. The peo on page 14

2 matches

Monahan Brown, Ricky Eemis Stane 1 - The Mindin, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
nd passageways offers a truly unique five-star visitor experience. on page 9

1 matches

Jarvie, Gordon Lallans 74 - Kenspeckle Man, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
imprint o unique distinction,
1 matches

McAlpine, Joan Meeting of the Parliament, (The Scottish Parliament 2019) Central, government
stoms and traditions, memory, unique modes of thinking, meaning an
outer, clatty and houchin are unique and specific words that strug
2 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
at wad a stellt his case. The unique vizzie ahint ‘A Gey Flash G
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Whae Were the Pechts, (Dig It Scotland 2023) Central, prose
Pechtish symbols. These are a unique reenge o at least 50 designs
1 matches

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
kintrae’s unique culture tae gie fowk a strang
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 177, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
ean that Robert Burns maun be unique in the warld bi haein a diffe
1 matches

Handy, Robbie Forked Tongues, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Dunfermline, blog
lk o other cultures gies ye a unique insight intae that culture, a
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 115, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
Colgan an Jim Leighton, if no unique, is certainly rare. In writin
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 176, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
orstit an endit up bi makin a unique pattren o thair ain. Being Em
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
me. In the meantime she had a unique opportunity tae learn aboot t
her. “Ye dae realise whit a unique opportunity ye’re gettin he
2 matches

Curt_Kenobi Mates, (archiveofourown.org 2016) Central, prose
Aye, ehs a unique cunt. Kens tons ay shite aboo
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s linguistic launscape – Scottish Staunart English and Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
it in Scotland. Muckle o this unique wird-kist (it is nae muckle s
ae the Scots and Gaelic leids unique tae Scotland. These can fur o
in its ain richt, wi its ain unique grammar, syntax, vocabulary a
x tae be won fae Scotland’s unique linguistic launscape, forby t
4 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Smeddum o Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
ly sindry leids, wi their ain unique vocabulary, syntax and smeddu
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Fur maist o history, anonymous wis a wumman, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, prose
nder neutral voice plus their unique kythin in jist ane faimily ma
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Maitland Quarto and Poem 49, (wee-windaes.nls.uk 2021) Central, prose
gither wi their anonymity and unique kythin in the Maitland Quarto
1 matches

Facebook link ( 2021) Central
ory o thur hero. They hud the unique distinction o bein allooed ta

@jax6754 tweeted
we are ALL awesome in oor own unique way! Huggggggssss fae Scotlan(2015) search twitter

@billykayscot tweeted
jam fae Cairney Fairm an this unique coffee tae tickle the tastebu(2020) search twitter

Doric

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
k made oot o chufa nuts has a unique taste - like a stramash o sw on page 4
ys heavin; sic an ambience is unique tae the district. Aire's nith on page 8

2 matches

Elphinstone Institute Aiberdeenshire Cooncil – Scots Leid Guidelines, (Aberdeenshire Council 2017) Doric, government
p an regional variety o Scots unique tae Aiberdeenshire. Doric his
iberdeenshire. Doric his mony unique features tae its grammar an a
ts grammar an a rich reenge o unique wirds, sufficiently fulfillin
ional music, assets whilk are unique tae the airt an promote a str
4 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
hristmas Fair an pick up some unique gifts. https://t.co/1HnGYLbcX(2016) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
So prood o wir unique creation, on page 27

1 matches

@peediepuss tweeted
y applying to the season, but unique aspects of it, hairst mön, h (2020) twitter link

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Lallans 58 - seiven poems bi Christine de Luca, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
Cells shön spleet, med dee unique on page 19

1 matches

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
t bi its rich history intae a unique language wi a unique structur on page 16
rbye tinkin aboot whit wye da unique history an evolution apø da on page 20
e aroon da wirld, maebbi even unique. on page 86

4 matches

Tait, John M Lallans 60 - The Three Hooses, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Shetland, weans
and scientific value of their unique habitation."
1 matches

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Ma' pig that was unique on page 45

1 matches

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
ade yonder. Mrs.Balmer hed ae unique turn o phrase whan i conversa
1 matches

Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
Thon likesey isnae unique, 'deed hit's neir the saime w on page 48
t Ulster-Scots identity bes a unique cultural offerin' fer visitor on page 63

2 matches

@Angelinekking tweeted
uff @molach95 Not wer? Is wer unique to County Antrim?(2020) search twitter

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