A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

achieve Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words10.6 14.4 1.5 9.9 5.8 0 13.3
Number of occurrences3428 1 1 1 0 3
Number of authors27 21 1 1 1 3

Occurrences of achieve in Corpus

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Central

Beekman, Tony Lallans 85 - The Belt, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
t answer but aa he seemed tae achieve wis endless variations on the on page 40
n haun on tap o the ither tae achieve maximum impact. Dependin on t on page 42

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Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
d it it's amazing what ye can achieve. on page 63

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
id disappyntment, but willnae achieve muckle. on page 154

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
s) of many words. In order to achieve orthographic consistency such on page 19

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
ah wis meant tae help Lizzie achieve it. But as much as ah should on page xx

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Facebook link ( 2022) Central
the folk as helped Terry Wise achieve his project.

Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
achieve a guid puckle for social incl
sair tae achieve. Wi debate surroondin the uis
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Somerville, Shirley-Anne Scots Government Commitments tae Gaelic an Scots an Scots Langages Bill: consultation, (gov.scot 2022 ISBN: 978-1804358313) Central - Holyrood, government
fowk in GME. Sae thit we kin achieve this we maun mak ilka effort
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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 63 - Auld plain Scottis, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
nacular, screivers ettlit tae achieve the same ‘facund eloquenceâ
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Robertson, Colin Lallans 81 - Wildlaw, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
with nature and the Earth to achieve a just balance among the econ
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Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
in o the rest o the warld tae achieve a new and better wey o life m
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Clark, Thomas Aw Aboard! The fecht for the Scots language stairts the day!, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central - Bellshill, blog
ge wad an could be ettlin tae achieve. The lang, slaw deith o a lan
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Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part one of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
€™s nae limit tae whit ye kin achieve if ye put yer mind tae it but
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Bennett, Peter TA Hauf an a Hauf, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
An easier objective tae achieve ye might say. Change nothin i
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McKillop, Roger Uprisin' an' Doonfa', (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
ected tae fecht an’ die tae achieve his goals, then bugger off ba
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McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Sport, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
inin’ schedules tae try tae achieve them. When the trainin’s go
Tae achieve your desires, you struggle an
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Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
‘es rounds ‘e’ll no’ achieve.
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Seth-Smith, Niki Chynge o sum kind is comin either wey, but a vote tae leave wad empooer Europe’s faur richt, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
rs, or whit their fowks micht achieve. It seems certain that no aw
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McClurg, Fernando Syriza, an the road aheid, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
the established pairties, can achieve braid resonance. This is a po
happen? Whit micht Sinn Féin achieve i the Republic o Ireland, or
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Facebook link ( 2021) Central
Tae achieve this he sent messages oot tae

Heather, Alistair Tartan Tourism nae mair, (The Herald 2018) Central, newspaper
tae the hotel experience. Tae achieve this, the business owners hae
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@bigandymccoll tweeted
that NS is doing her best to achieve indy? I ask on behalf on the (2022) twitter link

@pmcm1355 tweeted
as day whit they're tryin tae achieve & thon's tae remove as much o (2022) twitter link

@ThonJacobite tweeted
n them. She says if ah dinnae achieve this she's gettin me the conc(2020) search twitter

Doric

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
mes his. Turns oot aa I could achieve wis summin akin tae fit a cat
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Orkney

Hall, Simon W. Tae thee, or no tae thee?, (Brisk Northerly 2020) Orkney, blog
nists of Welsh, Cornish, Manx achieve tremendous success in revivin
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Shetland

Watt, Valerie Meenie’s Viking spoon, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
ked wi razors an tweezers tae achieve da perfect Viking look.
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Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
ence, ocht she had failed tae achieve wi hir ain tongue-tied husban on page 43

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Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
the Ulster-Scots identity tae achieve through hit's leid, heirskeip on page 21

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Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
An aa the ambitions ye cud achieve, on page 15

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