A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

attraction Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.2 4.5 9 0 5.8 0 4.4
Number of occurrences179 6 0 1 0 1
Number of authors16 8 6 1 1

Occurrences of attraction in Corpus

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Central

McGregor, Iain Lallans 90 - Sally, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
rm, a intelleck, a inveesible attraction atween us, that makkit ony th on page 58

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
in political future micht hae attraction tae the likes o Wee Tankie Da on page 45

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
attraction. on page 109

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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
f wis ane that soon lost onie attraction it micht hae had. So there wi on page 37

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
hauf the attraction bi the wey) ye'll aye fin tha on page 114

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Evie OOR WULLIE’S SEASON’S GREET, (Largs Writers Group 2015) Central - Largs, prose
Ah’m no jist shair whit the attraction is fur a theatre at a hoaspit
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Calder, Bob Lallans 70 - St Anndra’s Day, 2008, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
fae thon tourist attraction, to realise
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Wallace, Lorna An Ode Tae Tinder, (lornalouwriting.wordpress.com 2020) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
Fast attraction.
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@kennethbryce184 tweeted
grantsneddon5 aye a kin c the attraction lol (2020) twitter link

Doric

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
mium' is a slichtly different attraction tae the historical an politic on page 13

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 83 - Dunnottar, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
wis, lik ayewis, the centre o attraction. He wis layin forth on the st
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Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
attraction. In bold letters the sign sai
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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
d there? It's the tap towrist attraction in the hale o Europe noo. The
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Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - Beggerey’s Greenhoose, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
€™s become a sort o a tourist attraction. Beggerey disnae charge entry
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Facebook link ( 2012) Doric - Buckie
Fit actually IS the attraction? This is NAE a criticism. Jis

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
ot a dir claes, becis da main attraction a dat ice covered pools wis t on page 93

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Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
ighlichted elsewhere the baag attraction at shud anchor this offerain, on page 64

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