A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

a'body Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8 7.1 6 19.9 11.6 41.3 0
Number of occurrences2614 4 2 2 4 0
Number of authors13 7 3 1 1 1

Occurrences of a'body in Corpus

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Central

Beekman, Tony Lallans 85 - The Belt, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
'Aye, sir!' a'body replied loudly. on page 40

2 matches

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
frae time tae time, jist lik' a'body oan this muckle great planet, on page

2 matches

Peffers, Bob Upheeze, (peffers50.freeserve 2002) Central - Fife, prose
wi want tae dae wi is tae gie a'body a wee plaitform tae air thir
1 matches

Fenton, Janet A Guid New Year tae yin and a!, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central, blog
ither leid. The main thin is, a'body's ain leid cairries their ain
1 matches

@gordimhor1 tweeted
Pcommandments Thou shallt gie a'body yir snash especially gin they(2020) search twitter

@Chazzbat tweeted
oon? Or, rether, Mikey North? A'body else luiks like thu've bin dr(2020) search twitter
tm. This Oliver storyline, wi a'body prepared tae sell thur busine(2020) search twitter
. She's ultra Conservative an a'body shud be greatly concerned if (2020) search twitter
t lookin fella they cud find? A'body sayin how handsome he is. Ah (2020) search twitter
nit? Ah want tae set fire tae a'body involved, especially Sunny!(2020) search twitter
and 1 other occurrences.

@ThonJacobite tweeted
At first ah had the image o' a'body drappin their breeks but appa (2021) twitter link

Doric

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
wee puckly bitty o' snaw and a'body goes bananas min! #WinterYeSl(2015) search twitter

@DoricPhrases tweeted
Gye sorry tae a'body fa fell fur April Fool's joke(2016) search twitter

@fittiecrooners tweeted
Sweden! Get in tae them. Fae a'body at the Fittie Bar #SwedenvsEn(2018) search twitter
Happy New Year a'body ?????? https://t.co/jnk5aLN6w(2019) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Tries tae keep a'body happy. on page 23
ing oot their lood refrain As a'body sits and glaips their fill o on page 70

2 matches

Shetland

@tattooedselkie tweeted
ally watchin - juist enjoyin a'body else's commentary on here. Bu(2021) search twitter
nicol I keen. An of coorse no a'body kin bide hom - I currently c(2021) search twitter

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
lence. At last th Dodo said, "A'body has won, an aw must hae prize on page 26
"If a'body minded their ain business," t on page 58
th Queen, th royal bairns, an a'body else. on page 80
g added in an angry voice, an a'body laughed. "Let th jury conside on page 121

4 matches

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