A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

affairs Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words13.2 15.1 10.4 9.9 17.4 0 8.9
Number of occurrences4330 7 1 3 0 2
Number of authors30 17 7 1 3 2

Occurrences of affairs in Corpus

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Central

Philip, Andrew Lallans 70 - Fower Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, poetry
wir airms tae talk aboot the affairs o daith, strauchlin tae fin a on page 55

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Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
is allowed space tae put its affairs in order. Tae come back tae t on page 3

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ly sad and depressin state ae affairs. And the only consolation thi on page 60

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
slative authority in Scottish affairs'. Weel nou we hae a Pairlamen on page 52
aw levels o Scottish publick affairs on behauf o William Pitt's We on page 58
In Foreign Affairs, this his meant daein whitivv on page 114
ble o rinnin oor ain economic affairs. Aw the auld Government figur on page 127

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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
s they cuid still be gey roch affairs. Fowk warkie lang an hard in on page 30
whan a man retired were wild affairs an wi Big Dod staunin his hau on page 59

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Allan, Alasdair Scots Language Policy, (Scots Parliament 2015) Central, government
for Culture, Europe an Fremit Affairs on page 1
culture and Scottish current affairs. All pupils will have access on page 3

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Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
wi sortin oot the Baudelaire affairs, and when he wis at hame he w on page 13

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Higgs, Jo The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols, (berfrois 2022) Central - Edinburgh, prose
excitedly of an absurd set of affairs that ah can only mind sparing
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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
cots culture an Scots current affairs. Aw pupils hae access tae thi
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Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
cairryin oan their love affairs,
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Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
waur hoo unusual that state o affairs is when compared tae anither
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Smith, Jamie Soonds o the kirk an court: early airt muisic in Scotland, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
rmation years wisna a state o affairs that could be tholed for lang
sae the day we hae a state o affairs whaur the airt muisic o Renai
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Thoumire, Elizabeth Three days in October, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
get fowk tae come oot tae sic affairs. E’en whan they are like mi
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Thoumire, Elizabeth The killin fields!, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
Whit a sad state o affairs.
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Hershaw, William The Retour O The Grey Airmy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Fife, blog
nnaitral and wanchany state o affairs afore noo will kittle itsel i
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Muir, Glenn Al Fresco, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
set up the rods, fibre-glass affairs wi spinning reels attached an
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Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
y) pit thair nebs intae Scots affairs an socht tae bring aboot whit
fykie, fasht at the wey Scots affairs wis haunled at Westmaister. H
wisna gien muckle time, Scots affairs wis whiles miscawed wi Soothr
s Secretar appyntit for Scots affairs. The war ilka sign that Scotl
vative (Tory) politics an the affairs that maitert til the heich he
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Wallace, Lorna An Ode Tae Tinder, (lornalouwriting.wordpress.com 2020) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
n’ naught but hawf oor love affairs
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
ah sigh ‘’Time tae git ma affairs in order’’
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@weenell3 tweeted
pal time to sort oot our own affairs x (2022) twitter link

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
A sad state o affairs I'm sure ye'll agree on page 15

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
nae eese ava. Fin it comes te affairs o the hairt, honesty's aye th on page 51

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Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
are better-suited tae warldly affairs nor e fowk o e licht. on page 108

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Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
restit in politics or current affairs wad be daft nae tae veesit fa on page 13

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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
p reddin up her granfaither's affairs tae worry their heids wi the
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Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
r signed it as witnesses. Her affairs now in order Mabel returned h
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@72redz1903 tweeted
ttish fitba carries oot it’s affairs through the media? (2020) twitter link

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
ance again - a grand state o affairs. on page 25

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Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
Hit's a funny state o affairs - i dis world o wirs; on page 51

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Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
ye, an it seems a sad state o affairs at da onnly place I can get a on page 9

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Williamson, Christie Pre nuptial, (damagnifyingless.wordpress.com 2012) Shetland, poetry
their own affairs?”
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Ulster

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
aed a bodie lukin eftèr hïs affairs, an summodie toul hïm that t on page 97

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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
o' Foreign Affairs tae heft the Omagh Protestant on page 43

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