A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

chosen Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words15.1 19.2 9 9.9 5.8 10.3 8.9
Number of occurrences4938 6 1 1 1 2
Number of authors31 21 5 1 1 1 2

Occurrences of chosen in Corpus

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Central

Watt, George T. Lallans 82 - Caul Stane, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
Aince A wir ain o the chosen on page 24

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
the back o hills, tae win the chosen howe or knowe-tap whaur the s on page 28
roubled John; for he kent the chosen hill wis nearhaun ower mony w on page 34
ned the chance o life, an hae chosen daith for refusin tae sweir y on page 46
the corner, 'that ane o God's chosen meenisters, the noble Richard on page 52
, Tak tae Thy bosom these Thy chosen servants o Christ an the True on page 54

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Pyper, Hugh S. The Five Scrolls, (Handsel Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1912052790) Central, poetry
oer a spellin, I hae maistly chosen tae follae their recommendati on page viii

2 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
xated oan the screen ae their chosen machine. Each ae thum barely on page 27
the center ae the room is ma chosen destination. Where ah wid soo on page 34
Aldo is still fixted oan his chosen machine. Ah wander oor tae hi on page 41

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
Noo maist heidies are chosen because they huv a wheen o fi on page 76

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
gaun his lang been ane o the chosen weys o makkin siller fer the on page 114

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
as nae surprise When the lad chosen tae go eftir the bear was wee on page 38

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
a brilliant singer an he gets chosen fur every musical we dae. Jam on page 169

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Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
r instructions: the day I hae chosen for the veesit is the first d on page 60

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
nae maitter gif they'd chosen their career fir thaimsels, o on page 103

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
tie o ony driftin awa fae the chosen spelling. For an airticle o a on page 13
ds that daesna adhere tae yer chosen spellings as ye gae alang. on page 43
tionar that's richt for thair chosen dialect. on page 51

3 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 76 - The Gied Ower Gairden, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, poetry
his chosen wumman.
1 matches

McKinlay, Kieran Walk Way to Fame, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Dunfermline, prose
w kid oan the block Kieran is chosen tae take the penalty… "itâ€
1 matches

Holton, Brian An Owresetter’s Tale, (Bella Caledonia 2015) Central - Galashiels, blog
n 1966 or 1967. Scots wis his chosen medium, and eftir graduatin f
1 matches

Campbell, Karen Gie it laldy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Glasgow, blog
lilt that A had ca’d up and chosen, were the only yins that wid
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Bennett, Peter McShane's Reprieve, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
iously been successful in yer chosen field.’ he nods alang wae m
1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 59 - The Queen’s Shull’n, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Fife, prose
waur thit Kings an Queens wir chosen bi Goad hessel. Syne thai’d
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Al Fresco, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
en a.m. and proceeded tae oor chosen destination. We passed throug
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Music, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
itimacy, it wis spontaneously chosen by the people, no’ the “G
tland is the National Anthem, chosen by Scots, needin' nae competi
2 matches

Lehane, Matt Aye an Ay, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
rough the ranks rose like the chosen few
1 matches

Lehane, Matt Hush Nou, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
nae chosen aines
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Lehane, Matt La Le La Le La Iron Mountain, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
the sel chosen
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
the doup o Tibet had actually chosen for tae exclude itsel fae the
Bill had chosen tae heid back towart whit had
pe-~ fully gotten intae thair chosen poseetions afore they were di
ht baur. “These people have chosen not to explore the recreation
4 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
ugie, oan the other hand, hus chosen a grey and navy jumper and bl
1 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
investigation, he shudnae hae chosen the best investigator. Eejit.(2020) search twitter

Doric

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
it wid deny. Why wid His Chosen choose on page 46

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
te the wifie in a puckle weel-chosen wirds. on page 9

1 matches

The Mannie Fae Unco The Diary o a Feel at the Skweel, (unco.scot 2021) Doric, prose
ing. I could see why I'd been chosen because wee though I wiz even
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Stones That Turned, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
le East India Company. He’d chosen the army an ended up dyin on
e the water. Placing the nine chosen steens back intae her shawl s
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
toppin the craitur. She hisna chosen the
1 matches

Orkney

Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Romanies, travellers wir chosen neem on page 22

1 matches

Shetland

Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
rs just because they were not chosen as the standard.
1 matches

Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
of the 5 @scotslanguage poets chosen by @ByLeavesWeLive guest cura(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
, ïf he's God's Messiah, tha chosen yin!" Tha sodgers jeert hïm on page 110

1 matches

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
ae haes Faith, goes doon haes chosen way; on page 44

1 matches

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