A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

base Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words12.8 13.4 13.6 9.9 0 0 22.1
Number of occurrences4126 9 1 0 0 5
Number of authors30 22 6 1 1

Occurrences of base in Corpus

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Central

Donaldson, Gordon Lallans 90 - Echty-Echt, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
k a hurl til the American air base an watch the air display. Fow on page 36

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
lancin on jist wan edge o its base. And there it teetered fur a on page 159

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
be a traitor knave,/ Wha sae base as be a slave?' indeed. An th on page 116
the potential fer the Trident base tae be a military tairget, ye on page 128

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
startin fae thi base o eis tongue, on page 89

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
We drove back tae base in the smirry rain on page 52

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Hershaw, William Eemis Stane 1 - The Laverock’s Nest, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
n, worn, opaque, airth-turned base. Nae laverock had faushioned on page 18

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Sneddon, Duncan Lallans 83 - Biggin Brigs – Nummer 3: Cornish, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
Whit dae we base wir threip that Scots ocht ta on page 108

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 56 - Cauld Kail Fae Embro, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
at sicna proveision wad gie a base lyne for rael proveision for on page 121

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Thom, Williamina Lallans 75 - Oor Tibby Pagan, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, weans
Caa the Yowes’, an roon the base wis lambs made o iron, wrocht
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 111, (self-published 2003) Central, newspaper
ant it wis tae big up ae data base o aw the Scots language teach
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Falconer, Gavin Lallans 63 - Richt Scots an Pithy Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
ae the opus o cheingin the “base” langage o a regional socio
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Heather, Alistair Whaur we cam fae: the Pechts, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
chit intae Scotland fae their base sooth o Hadrian’s Waa tae p
aur the Pechts haed a serious base. Guid fishin, guid fermin an
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Heather, Alistair The porage revolution: Hou porage cam tae mak Scotland habitable, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
Than it aa explodit. Fae this base, fermin grew mair complex, ci
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Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
stically and gradually at the base, at the very roots where it s
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McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
"Depression, noo, in base camp,
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Dempster, Michael DIGNITY, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
solid base
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
uarters. This, it seemed, wis base camp. A crood o aboot thirty
a base for makin medicines - there
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McClurg, Fernando Scots, the Electoral Commission an the language community, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
e the native speakin language base, an whan it gets oot o sicht,
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Young, Clive Creative Scotland an the sowl o Scots, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
wreaddies haes a braid yaiser base, a guid reenge of weel-foondi
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Facebook link ( 2016) Central
al Tam Dayell himsel left his base in Edinburgh an moved tae Lan

McDonald, Hamish The Girnin Gates - Chapter 3, (Itchy Coo 2003) Central, prose
ins ripped the angel frae its base. Bronze wings provin useless,
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@OliphantWullie tweeted
eilin Hame. The damage on the base by some folk tryin tae knock (2022) twitter link

@bigandymccoll tweeted
y) are not driven by the same base desires as men. He's right, a (2022) twitter link

Doric

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
ive an are needin somewey tae base yersel, Amboise is a common c on page 18

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Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
wis comin ahin weerin a reed base-baa bonnet, a suit jaicket an on page 8

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Vettese, Raymond Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Montrose, prose
her o American bairns at a US Base in Scotland, wi a brief tae l on page 126

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Vettese, Raymond Lallans 73 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric, prose
her o American bairns at a US Base in Scotland, wi a brief tae l
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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
Health Centre an the Research base? Weel, ma ain faither is ane
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@sovereigndaisy tweeted
tties wi. Serve posh wi tatty base, wiltit spinach, vine roastit(2019) search twitter

@72redz1903 tweeted
the gallery as per usual. The base gallery, the populist, simpli (2020) twitter link
pondering an east coast power base - Aiberdeen and Dundeh need (2020) twitter link

Orkney

Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
fiddle or two, accordian and base on page 157

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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
emit tae set oot the evidence base fer hit's conclusions an' we on page 5
ed oan forderin the knowledge base adae wi' Ulster-Scots on page 27
airted an' sustained research base.Thon foundation on page 28
instream media - an academic base tae a grawin on page 30
i) research base fer treatment o' the Ulster-S on page 61

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