A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

arenae Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words26.2 40.1 4.5 0 0 0 13.3
Number of occurrences8478 3 0 0 0 3
Number of authors27 21 3 3

Occurrences of arenae in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
They Arenae Richt. on page 69

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Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
that are jint tae baith leids arenae Scots, bit English. This wisn on page 34

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Rhind, Neil Eemis Stane 2 - The Ploom, (Eemis Stane 2023) Central, poetry
There arenae plooms spied on yon tree. on page 5

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Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
arenae tiny but tidgie, on page 16
Messages arenae on page 18
The day Ah'm arenae makkin tracks on page 23
ither day, arenae maugered bi the warl on page 31
e the wey they were afore? We arenae saints nor gomerils, get a pi on page 77

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Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
nt o' a thin' we dae ivry day arenae decisions, they're habits! Th on page

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Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
An if they arenae careful we'll ask wan day soo on page 16
Ye arenae whit they done tae ye, their on page 21
ma wires crossed; the numbers arenae guid, on page 52
Ye arenae that young, and no quite that on page 55

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
Westminster means that things arenae aw that bad. on page 8
they need tae bring on boarg arenae trust-fund mangers, or IT pro on page 10
r national sovereignty and we arenae goin oniewhaur bit further do on page 12
eservation o Scottish society arenae muckle better. Nouadays meeni on page 18
rea, sic locally electit fowk arenae likely tae forget that they a on page 29
Also on pages 36, 45, 47, 55, 65, 66, 73, 75, 84, 91, 113, 122, 139
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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
usan year. Dundee pub stories arenae quite as auld as yon, but som on page 10
es aboot fairies. Our fairies arenae oniethin like the wee, cute d on page 29
ettlebilers an sheep-shaggers arenae that weel kennt but are speci on page 50
air, as the men burst in, 'We arenae witches. We cin prove it tae on page 98

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
thir's loadsa shit your wans arenae on page 25
es in Tesco. Ah notice how yi arenae disagreein, ah said. Yvonne t on page 169

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Clark, Thomas Diary o a Wimpy Wean, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785302145) Central, weans
Ye arenae meant tae bring personal musi on page 33

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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
he big school. Efter aw, they arenae even callt neds. Fae whit ah' on page 20
Boys arenae oan a level wi lassies - alt on page 21

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Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
"Lassies that arenae eighteen yet," Klaus said, fl on page 100
nk robber - though I howp ye arenae = ye micht gang roond tae the on page 114
ae legal or valid. Violet, ye arenae a coontess, and Coont Olaf, y on page 152

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
ext life. Dreams o daein mair arenae part o God's plan. No fur wum on page xxi
better than tae reply. There arenae enough swearwords in the Scot on page 34
water under the bridge. They arenae the most creative bunch; mayb on page 90
gien their proper place. They arenae far fae me and Cathy under a on page 115

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Monahan Brown, Ricky Eemis Stane 1 - The Mindin, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
t the deid bodies hinnae-been-arenae-bein cairted aff. Athout ony on page 9

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Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
but ach! ye arenae in the mood
An whiles they arenae muckle help.
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Clark, Thomas Tae Kathleen Jamie, an ither Scots Scrievers, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Bellshill, blog
that the real enemies o Scots arenae an indifferent government an
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Clark, Thomas Wha's Like Us?, (Bella Caledonia 2017) Central - Bellshill, blog
an act o pure symbolism. They arenae votin on the basis o foreseen
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Clark, Thomas Aw Aboard! The fecht for the Scots language stairts the day!, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central - Bellshill, blog
debate aboot whit fowk are an arenae alloued tae be heard fae in o
situation aw wrang, mebbe we arenae - it's plain as parritch tha
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Hershaw, William The Retour O The Grey Airmy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Fife, blog
roost on their muckle estates arenae that fond o allooin fremmit s
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Hodgart, John Scots Language Act: Oor weans hae richt tae see mither tung respectit, (The National 2021) Central - North Ayrshire, newspaper
chers wi an interest in Scots arenae short o material tae yaise, a
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Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
the poor folk in China. If we arenae careful, we’ll aw be in a b
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Muir, Glenn Pet-gilante, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, prose
ot you tae talk tae. I ken ye arenae a clipe. Even if ye were, wha
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Young, Clive Creative Scotland an the sowl o Scots, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
guid fowk at Creative Scotand arenae illiterate eejits, o coorse,
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Eunson, Catherine This Winter, (The Scores 2020) Central, poetry
arenae the anely eens joukin oot the
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Ahmad, Nyla How We Celebrate – scrievin prompt, (Scottish Book Trust 2021) Central, blog
o some uses for objects that arenae aroond ye richt noo. Scrieve
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Douglas, Ashley The Smeddum o Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
exemple, whan fowk in Glesgae arenae ready fur a gig tae be ower,
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Maitland Quarto and Poem 49, (wee-windaes.nls.uk 2021) Central, prose
-kist o the 16th-century poem arenae in iveryday yaisage the day;
1 matches

@OliphantWullie tweeted
tae think that his principles arenae been upheld by wan o their ai (2022) twitter link

@ThonJacobite tweeted
onds wae: "Ach weel . . looks arenae everything . . she has a braw (2021) twitter link

Doric

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 58 - Cyaard, the Tattie Doodle, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
rs were attributit tae Cyaard arenae quite clear. Tae some, Fermer on page 118

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@DoricPhrases tweeted
They arenae hingin aroond building the ne(2017) search twitter

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
83981 Defo black puddin. Peas arenae even an option.(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
Oul, crabbit wurds that arenae blate, on page 28

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King, Angeline Weans o Latharna, (angelineking.com 2021) Ulster - Larne, weans
There arenae ony goats trip-trappin ower w
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@the_gellick tweeted
o daft craturs on Twatter wha arenae spakin richt! (2014) twitter link

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