A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

vast Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words11.3 10.6 11.2 49.7 5.8 10.9 4.4
Number of occurrences3520 7 5 1 1 1
Number of authors23 11 5 4 1 1 1

Occurrences of vast in Corpus

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Central

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
noo Ah'll bet Ah'm less than vast on page 69

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
t prolific petty criminals. A vast variety ae shoaplifters, drug on page 169

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
downership in Scotland, whaur vast tracts o land, in baith kintr on page 83
spend lots o thon siller, the vast majority o whilk gangs straic on page 89
alth locally an no mair o the vast internationally fundit excres on page 91
ismemberment an subjugation o vast swathes o the ancient warld - on page 98
direck opposite, seein as the vast majority o immigrants are net on page 112
Also on pages 129
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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
n the Romans uised tae eat in vast quantities. The lassies had b on page 98
ption had been opposed by the vast majority o fowk in Scotland i on page 120

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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
Saw vast and hauf forgotten kingdoms o on page 25

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Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 59 - A Day Weel Spent, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
n the girders an castin three vast shaidaes ootower the watter. on page 125

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Douglas, Sheila Lallans 67 - William Motherwell (1797 - 1836), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
Or underneath the shadow vast of patriarchal tree, on page 69

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Robinson, Christine Lallans 74 - Burns an the Dictionar o the Scots Leid, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
riter except Dunbar, covers a vast range o semantic fields and r
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Fleemin, Sandy A Day Weel Spent, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
n the girders an castin three vast shaidaes ootower the watter.
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Fleemin, Sandy Deid Come Nevermas, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
ree ither langages, ilkane wi vast leeterary tradeetions that Sc
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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 63 - Auld plain Scottis, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
ly pit it, Scots offers: “a vast unutilised mass of lapsed obs
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Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ame in, stoned an in silence. Vast sheets ay grey cloud race ove
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
. She wis in an ice palace. A vast space streitched abuin an in
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Cameron, Peter Lallans 74 - Cannle-flame, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
a norie for the muckle vast;
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Doric

Maitland, Andrew Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Auld Mannie, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
r had iver set his een oan. A vast broon bookshelf crouched in t on page 76

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Bolland, John Tales Fae The Doric Side - Hadean Eon: 4.5 Billion Years ago , (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
at on thi claggy lithosphere. Vast on page 83

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Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
Ireland is kent for its vast mythology an folklore. If thi on page 7

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Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
the agricultural sprayer's vast fluorescents on page 3
o fish haunt the vast emptyin sea. on page 8
far the vast majority o violence against w on page 26

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - TROUBLE WI WITTGENSTEIN, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
he landscape ablow him, lik a vast gray loch wi here an there a on page 88

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Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
h can form constructions this vast or regular, and no sign of a on page 35

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Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
o vast country darkness, an the dead on page 27

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Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
The vast translucent Mediterranean blu on page 16

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Hall, Simon W. Bonny Isle o Sanday, (Brisk Northerly 2016) Orkney, blog
This isle is a vast table o riches spread beneath
We traverse the vast ouse o Cata Sand and climb th
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Shetland

Ratter, Peter Da Perishin Nort, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
orit beard, starin' oot at da vast, blue ocean dat stood afore h
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Southern

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
Hugh MacDiarmid's vast vocabulary; on page 222

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Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
lery? An what purpose did the vast atray o stores doon the Main on page 1

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