A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

wearing Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.4 7.7 12.1 0 17.4 10.3 0
Number of occurrences2715 8 0 3 1 0
Number of authors20 9 7 3 1

Occurrences of wearing in Corpus

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Central

McDermid, Val The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - The Gowd Breeks, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
g and bowin like as if he wis wearing the maist glorious claes in t on page 69

1 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
an wearing the Order o the Garter on page 50

1 matches

Meikle, William Overheard in a Cemetery, (ABCTales.com 2004) Central - Ayrshire, prose
ah don't even get as faur as wearing a semmit.
1 matches

Lehane, Matt Red an Black, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
wearing red an black
wearing red an black
wearing red an black
wearing red an black
wearing red an black
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
at erm’s linth. “You’re wearing Beatrice’s clothes,” he s
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 75, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
I do like the shirt you're wearing.
1 matches

Bratchpiece, Neil The Wee Man Ft. Leo - Parliamo Glasgow, (YouTube 2014) Central - Glasgow, poetry
just fae the breeks that I'm wearing
1 matches

@DABArbuckle tweeted
Ane perk aboot wearing a mask when getting the messa(2020) search twitter
and Nicola. He'd need tae be wearing his big Pamper nappy(2020) search twitter
goldenmsp @ScotTories Were ye wearing a mask and ridin a black hors(2020) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
should b arrested fir wearing khaki shorts! (2021) twitter link

Doric

Cameron, Alan Lallans 90 - Drumtulloch, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
very nicely, an iffen he was wearing a cap tae tak it aff in respe on page 84

1 matches

Wheeler, Leslie Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Doric, weans
e it is obvious: he must stop wearing clothes!" on page 25

1 matches

Ireland, Mark Wi A Facey Like Yours, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Banff, prose
cliver mannie because he wis wearing fansy clize. Callum runs oor
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@72redz1903 tweeted
he day, I was the only petson wearing a face mask. (2020) twitter link

@cligeey tweeted
Hope mask wearing is nae the cause https://t.co(2020) search twitter

@fittiecrooners tweeted
statue while yer at with them wearing a tracksuit, co-op bug under (2016) search twitter
on ediot aff o' North Tonight wearing the nicht on the Tele! Must h(2019) search twitter

@McGoo1888 tweeted
ir wee club. Aw oot last week wearing Glengarry's etc..obsessed wi (2021) twitter link

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Smootie gengs ta Lerrick, (SCOTS corpus 2003) Shetland - Bressay, weans
ie has come home this morning wearing a collar and name tag with yo
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@tattooedselkie tweeted
a huge help fir me! Currently wearing a mask near anoff continuousl(2021) search twitter

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
bang aboot singing and dancin wearing masks you can aa wear dem to (2020) twitter link

Southern

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
@ghud68 Och aye, we are wearing normal shoes without socks! T(2020) search twitter