A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

unnerstood Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.5 7.7 4.5 0 0 0 26.6
Number of occurrences2415 3 0 0 0 6
Number of authors14 9 3 2

Occurrences of unnerstood in Corpus

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Central

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
Belyve I unnerstood yon unco thrummin o the sand. on page 78

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Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
y he didnae misunnerstaun. He unnerstood mair than maist an wis reacti on page 40

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
Brexit the nou cin clearly be unnerstood as bein the ootcome o the utt on page 41
likely be able tae mak yersel unnerstood tae oniebuddie that speaks En on page 65
k o it his nivver been widely unnerstood. on page 98
in the modren warld, hae been unnerstood as central tae the developmen on page 125
enophobia o Brexit is clearly unnerstood in Europe. There's a wheen o on page 140

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
on an wad be less like tae be unnerstood nor 'sometime after six'. on page 36
ny leid is affen best felt an unnerstood in poyem an sang. Ma favourit on page 57

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Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
unnerstood an apprised that language is
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Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
the air wi messages hauf unnerstood.
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Clark, Thomas A Scots Pairlament?, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Bellshill, blog
n Scotland wha said that they unnerstood the Scots leid. Nou, that's a
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Philips, Cally Jings, crivens, help ma Boab, it’s independence!, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Turriff, prose
ly hope the other nations huv unnerstood the importance o’ independe
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@Chazzbat tweeted
@donna_gallers Ah've niver unnerstood folk wha dae that. When ma be(2020) search twitter
Ah've niver unnerstood why whistle blowers ur seen a(2020) search twitter

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 75 - The Petrol Tanker, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Doric, prose
ging on in oor street. An Ah unnerstood then fit wye Elsie hid chynge
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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
richt oot an said it, it wis unnerstood that she didna makk friens wi
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@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
a, wi his Latin an French, he unnerstood 100% o the newspaper, but did (2021) twitter link

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
An then she unnerstood. An she shuddered. An she tur on page 8
dances in the Plaza that she unnerstood the effect o Sally's leuks. M on page 21
est unsaid, aware that Daniel unnerstood mair than his blateness gien on page 22
e need wirds frae Daniel. She unnerstood ilka hairtbeat an ilka flicke on page 43
eet in the kitchen, an Maisie unnerstood why whan she saw a crystal gl on page 47

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Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
cers o the coort,' an A niver unnerstood what it meant till noo." on page 113

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