A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

borders Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words24.3 29.3 9 0 0 134.4 8.9
Number of occurrences7857 6 0 0 13 2
Number of authors40 31 4 4 1

Occurrences of borders in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
o borders lang syne focht for, on page 21
faw ablo or unner wather, borders, times, fir thon whae hae tae on page 77

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
reat conventicles ower in the Borders an doun in the South West, as on page 28
the Word frae Gallowa tae the Borders; comin an gaun like a will o on page 30

2 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
. Aiberdeenshire an Ayrshire, Borders and Dundonian are but a puckl on page 63

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom Lallans 59 - Leids and Lieder: Walcome ti Helvetiscots, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
i a makar-owersetter frae the Borders (forby she's the dochter o th on page 5

1 matches

Dareau, Mareau Lallans 59 - The Dictionar o the Aulder Scottis Leid (DOST), (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
n mentor, Sir James Murray, a Borders chiel, frae Hawick. It wes wh on page 59

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
n campin roon aw the Scottish borders. Widyi think, ah said, when a on page 161

1 matches

Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
on wi the great ballads o the Borders an the North-East, as weel as on page 9

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
s speakers belangin the Scots Borders, uses whit is kent as dooble on page 31

1 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 61 - Glesca dialeck i the modren warld, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
57% o the fowk resident i the Borders sample is Scots spickers, as on page 9

2 matches

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
o a Borders man. on page 3
s, they think we're aw in the Borders. on page 31

5 matches

Sneddon, Duncan Lallans 83 - Biggin Brigs – Nummer 3: Cornish, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
the dialecks o Shetland, the Borders an Dundee, or tae mak a unifi on page 108

1 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 67 - William Motherwell (1797 - 1836), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
in Minstrelsy of the Scottish Borders haed been published twinty ye on page 69

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Sprott, Gavin Lallans 73 - Monument, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
And the rankit backs o the Borders hills on page 100

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Peffers, Bob A Aboot Mid-Camps, Kirnitten, Bi East Cawther, (peffers50.freeserve 2002) Central - Fife, prose
wis doon bi Haddington i the Borders.When Grandfaither mairrit Gra
1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
mair variation fae Central an Borders dialecks nor ye'd finnd amang
1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
s in aw the braid launs o the Borders” he
narcotiks i the Borders, bot thon at wes cummin frae
ing twasum awaw ti reinge the Borders. The
plece whan the herriein o the Borders
4 matches

Tait, John M Lallans 63 - Expository Scots (2), (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
is beuk on the dialects o the borders, follaed bi Lorimer in his tr
1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
1868), a son o Jethart in the Borders. His maist important wark sib
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
wi borders like the Kalahari.
with borders like the Kalahari,
"Look, Adam, at thae borders -
3 matches

Douglas, Ashley Whae Were the Pechts, (Dig It Scotland 2023) Central, prose
later kinrick had nae siccar borders or boondaries fae the period
1 matches

Clark, Thomas Yes Nae Mair, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Bellshill, blog
alteerie, an that aw ower the Borders, aw ower the kintra, fowk wer
1 matches

Clark, Thomas A Scots Pairlament?, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Bellshill, blog
whaur ah bide, in the bonnie Borders, whether ye gaed up, doon, ow
1 matches

Heather, Alistair Trains approachin?, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
the Buchan railway line: the Borders Railway. The Borders line rin
Railway. The Borders line rins fae Embra doun tae
onitor (STEAM) figurs for the Borders efter the biggin o the railwa
the, says Stuart Bell fae the Borders Council.
4 matches

Handy, Robbie Forked Tongues, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Dunfermline, blog
be empowerin ootside yer ain borders as well as inside them.
1 matches

Grae, Emma Jimmy and his wee darlin Alexa, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
sin tae answer fur. Shut the borders. That’s whit ah said fae th
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 174, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
rsetten the adaptation in tae Borders Scots.
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Pet-gilante, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, prose
vists Summer camp doon in the Borders, Big Brenda, Wee Shooie and m
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Sport, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
ducation but he worked in the Borders an’ that means Rugby! By wy
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
e a wey hame. For aa the airn Borders - the broken brigs, the bloc
sayed. “The Altai Muntains borders Mongolia an Russia.”
2 matches

Puchowski, James Frae Norrowa ower the faem, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
tae saets in Edinburgh an the Borders, we could hae formed a jynt t
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando Weill, weill, weill, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
ontae their stranghauds i the Borders an Ayr, while takkin constitu
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 102, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
Scottish Borders Tourist Board haes peyed coon
1 matches

Heather, Alistair Tak tent o the Cabrach, (The Herald 2018) Central, newspaper
cho far ootside its ain narra borders.
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s Linguistic Landscape - Scots and Gaelic, (Translation Services 24 2022) Central, prose
thmaist pairts o the Scottish Borders, neebourin England, tae the t
1 matches

@LairnScots tweeted
33.1% o folk in the Scottish Borders that speak #Scots https://t.c (2020) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
law huv dropped oot m8 - the borders kin play fitbaw - b surprise (2020) twitter link
point taken about closin the borders though - b oan tae you (2020) twitter link
encaitland lads played in the borders embroidery league - thats ho (2020) twitter link
feel a wee trip doon tae the borders tae - no been in tier 1 yet (2020) twitter link
otland fae girders n when the borders r shut - its all ours lol (2020) twitter link

Doric

Gilbert, Jo Tales Fae The Doric Side - A hame is a hame is a hame, is it nae?, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
flags an borders, Ikea furniture on page 34

1 matches

Murdoch, Steve Schrödinger’s Leid?, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Doric - St Andrews, blog
strang enclaves in Fife, the Borders an Ayrshire.
1 matches

Uri, Antonia Will virus crisis mean a fresh stairt for Scots produce?, (The National 2020) Doric, newspaper
e get basic items in ower the borders fae abroad an the panic buyer
ther than them fa bide in the Borders, buyin a Scots product is mai
2 matches

@cligeey tweeted
s derived fae a Parish in the borders We are maist prevelent in Aib(2020) search twitter

Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
irish, Roxburghshire, Scottis Borders.
wis the langage o the Scottis Borders.
The laist tyme A wur i the Borders, A hed ae crack wi Eck’s yo
umption. (Sei, “Tales o the Borders” Bi
and n’, gif oor ain Scottis Borders Noos Papers wur tae pit the l
8 matches

The Westender Ins and oots, (The Hawick Paper 2007) Southern, newspaper
settlers whae've come tae the Borders ower the years and they've ma
id Polish folk settled in the Borders efter the war es weel es othe
2 matches

The Westender Mairchers did oor toon prood, (The Hawick Paper 2007) Southern, newspaper
mber.Military funerals in the Borders in recent times hev served es
1 matches

@cammyrudkin tweeted
ca me the best painter in the borders for no reason!(2012) search twitter

@Woodwinecoolers tweeted
s quite nice Doon here in the borders ???? (2022) twitter link

Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
mmelies at cum fae the Scotch borders wur apt tae join the Church o on page 36
west coast an' Borders airts o' Scotlan at hae close on page 672

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