A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

various Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words19.1 25.5 3.2 9.9 29.1 21.9 4.4
Number of occurrences5948 2 1 5 2 1
Number of authors28 19 2 1 3 2 1

Occurrences of various in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
Bi the same token, aw Alice's various degrees ae "smallness" are co on page vi
s well past yer bedtime!" Oan various pretexts they aw took aff, an on page 32

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Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
sit needit fir success in the various pooer structures o the UK. As on page 35

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Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
t owre the years Nick had his various creature comforts forby my mi on page 70

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
ncluded screivin in Scots fer various newspapers an ither publicati on page I
werenae aw bleck-hertit: the various schisms that hae ruptured the on page 18
t were selectit fer ye bi the various pairties, maistly bi fowk bid on page 30
it become the Holy Grail? The various near disasters wi Public Fina on page 36
trough. Plus ¢a change, eh? Various reformin an radical agitators on page 42
Also on pages 56, 75, 78, 89, 108, 146
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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
on the contestin claims o the various aristocrats that thocht they on page 22
ad letters o introduction tae various fowk an stayit wi the widow o on page 26
tin fae ane tae anither o his various shops an wee businesses, makk on page 34
d aroun this an wis pyntin at various drinks tryin tae get Wullie t on page 76

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
the 23 Epistles addressed tae various o his friens. Taen aathegithe on page 101

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Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Perjink, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927565) Central, weans
dium: jist rows o hovernuts o various shapes an sizes. on page 20

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Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
Various Attendants, Guairds, etc. on page 14

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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
n the suppressed volumes, and various other editions, especially Sk on page 15

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Robinson, Christine Lallans 74 - Burns an the Dictionar o the Scots Leid, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
o a furrier’s catalogue. In various quotations we read o ‘fox a
as ‘a general name given to various wild-flowers, either yellow o
ite with yellow centres, e.g. various species of the Ranunculus fam
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Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
tae validate the status o the various leids o
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Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
an checks the phonetics o the various dialecks, an syne A can decid
differs in the soondins o the various dialecks o Scots, garrin some
· KH itherwyce, forby various len-wirds bringin up exceptio
3 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 63 - Auld plain Scottis, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
ad seem that the cunyies frae various mints i the twa kintras was r
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Robinson, Christine Lallans 81 - Chynge for chynge’s sake?, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
ned unner the influence o the various spellins o the past tense (fa
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Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
or any given week, subject to various deductions for entertainment,
“menage”, [she] embezzled various sums of money, amounting in a
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 174, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
imrie an ruits wi the tools o various Scots dictionaries; an mair a
1 matches

Muir, Glenn David of Seafield, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
he fermyaird wis populated by various domestic fowl – chickens, M
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Muir, Glenn Al Fresco, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
nder. This gave us a choice o various Lochs tae fish in. Loch Lubna
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McKillop, Roger Wee Roge Boobs, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
ctice pool session today. For various reasons, only 2 girls came th
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Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
Muivement for the sheep, and various ithers, forby estaiblishin cl
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Bennett, Peter Arabian Monkfish (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
ts, at different times an fae various locations, tae multiple other
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@jack_capener tweeted
one of them. Why does having various dialects exclude it from bein(2018) search twitter

@Chazzbat tweeted
ger days) Ah wis asked oot by various blokes in bars. When Ah decli(2020) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
ting grilled in full from the various parties - verdict - one hel (2020) twitter link
atched lots of youth games at various venues during the amateur shu (2021) twitter link
lopments - guid to enjoy the various streams from the eosl and low (2021) twitter link
o work my way through all the various interviews etc etc and am enj (2021) twitter link
e plenty walks around all the various public parks in east and midl (2020) twitter link
and 1 other occurrences.

Doric

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
time ee were all in bed!" On various pretexts they all moved off, on page 30

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The Mannie Fae Unco The Diary o a Feel at the Skweel, (unco.scot 2021) Doric, prose
we'd gang she'd hae us deein various thengs. Some actually interes
1 matches

Orkney

@johnkmitchinson tweeted
ry living spoken language has various registers for different situa (2020) twitter link

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
the other'. You fin dis ithin various forms troo da entire Scots on page 60
ot formed with - (e)d, but in various other ways. Very often the vo on page 73

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Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
been, though there have been various attempts to control it, to re
1 matches

@tattooedselkie tweeted
cebook memories ir throwin up various posts I made aboot the inaugu(2021) search twitter

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
h time ee were aw in bed!" Wi various excuses they aw moved off, an on page 31

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@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
as a huge table with loads of various food and drinks. Non-stop all(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
That various people will blether. on page 45

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