A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

compared Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words16.2 17.5 15.1 0 17.4 31 8.9
Number of occurrences5234 10 0 3 3 2
Number of authors43 27 8 3 3 2

Occurrences of compared in Corpus

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Central

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
nae exactly Beverly Hills but compared tae this place it could be. H on page 104

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Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
nin signs mean nuhin tae him, compared tae the six bottles ae happy on page 15

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
. . But they're happy een nou compared wi Auldhouseburn.'" He stoppe on page 69

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Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
ometimes frogs are preferable compared wae prince. uncharmin. on page 72

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Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
Compared tae her auld foostie gran on page 38

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
tae comin maire oot his shell compared tae when ah first foond him. on page 153

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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
drill crew, 'whit's this like compared tae Durham jile?' on page 46
ia. Nou thon wis nae joke but compared wi dancin on the end o a gall on page 107

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
seen the size ae some ae them compared tae oor Karen. Leave it wi me on page 169

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Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
es gey near nae public fundin compared wi that gien tae Scottish Gae on page 8

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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
class Dante as a proper goth compared tae his pal. This lad's weari on page 11

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
ies in hoo the soonds chenges compared wi ither dialects o Scots. Th on page 64

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
no prize. She got aff lightly compared tae Sandra and Maw fur smokin on page 6

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Robinson, Christine Lallans 73 - Historical Lexicography and the Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1700, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
o compeir produces 419 hits, compared wi 159 for compere. There is on page 16

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Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
teem. The wey Scots is fundit compared tae the wey Gaelic is fundit
y contributors tae the debate compared the situation for Scots wi
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Douglas, Sheila Lallans 62 - The Cairryin Stream o Tradeetion, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
umquhile Hamish Henderson wha compared the tradeetion tae a stream t
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Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Bit och! compared wi grannie's it's gey ordinar
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Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
that state o affairs is when compared tae anither wee kintrae on th
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Donovan, Anne Not Scotland, (Edinburgh International Book Festival 2010) Central - Glasgow, prose
everythin’s that organised compared tae hame. No how you expect â
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Clark, Thomas Wha's Like Us?, (Bella Caledonia 2017) Central - Bellshill, blog
come doon tae gettin oorsels compared tae the richt things, the str
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Clark, Thomas A Scots Pairlament?, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Bellshill, blog
eel. Whit's a haundfu o slang compared wi aw that? Yet the mairginal
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Heather, Alistair Whaur we cam fae: the Pechts, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
smaa side. Nae dout they war, compared wi the lang-shankit Norse fow
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Bennett, Peter Carpe Diem, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
cunts say this album’s pish compared tae their first wan but theyâ
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Donovan, Anne Buddha Da - Chapter 1 Anne Marie, (Canongate 2009 ISBN: 978-1847673459) Central - Glasgow, prose
ados, but that wis daft stuff compared tae whit he's went and done n
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 86, (self-published 2001) Central, newspaper
t fun an comedy an shuidna be compared wi onie sairious mindit progr
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Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s linguistic launscape – Scottish Staunart English and Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
Scottish accent, fur exemple, compared wi its elongatit vowel pronoo
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Facebook link ( 2016) Central
taen place. Aw very civilised compared tae 300 years ago.

Facebook link ( 2019) Central
ays hud a high pain threshold compared tae us safties.

Fyall, Aitken Lallans 74 - Rabbie’s Retrospeck, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
Compared wi noo, oor dree wis hard,
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@billykayscot tweeted
criticised our homely cuisine compared to the sophistication of his (2020) search twitter

@LowEndJardo tweeted
laylist to see how old a felt compared to her. (2021) twitter link

@ThonJacobite tweeted
ain lack o patience wae fowk compared tae Nicola Sturgeon. Ah hae m(2020) search twitter

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - TROUBLE WI WITTGENSTEIN, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
re. Onywye, aabody's a pawper compared wi the likes o you." on page 88

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Johnstone, Ian Tuney Loon's low doon, (The Fraserburgh Herald 2000) Doric, newspaper
's Liver Saalts wis a godsend compared tae some, except I yaised tae
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Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
ey were a bit mair than wee, compared tae the cushie doo. In five w
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Mitchell, Ian R. Lallans 63 - Walkin Woundit, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
the like. They wis weel-aff, compared tae afore the war, and got be
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The Mannie Fae Unco The Diary o a Feel at the Skweel, (unco.scot 2021) Doric, prose
e room. The teacher wiz young compared wi aa the rest o the teachers
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Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
up and doon. They were heaven compared with the worn work shoes that
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Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
“It’ll be a real pleisur compared wi Gurr an Scrat. Oh, ye can
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@72redz1903 tweeted
ist the number o shots he had compared tae Watkins in that position. (2020) twitter link
gone aboot itÂ’s negotiations compared tae the psychodrama of how Sc (2020) twitter link
0 in 100 000 in Aberdeen city compared to 6 in 100 000 for the hail (2020) twitter link

Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
msel an telt his bridders dat compared wi him dey wirna muckle wirt. on page 13

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I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
a Germanic languages is unkan compared wi maist idders aroon da on page 85

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Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
t linguists means bi da wird, compared wi whit fock in general tinks
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Southern

Purves, David Lallans 67 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Southern - Selkirk, newspaper
Compared wi the supreme quarry on page 5

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Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
939/1945 War, wis, i general, compared tae monie ither places, is fe
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Stevenson, Gerda Kilmeny, (Scottish Language Center 2021) Southern - Scottish Borders, prose
tin. I telt her it wis coorse compared tae whit I yaised tae mak. Ma
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Ulster

Logan, Liam Thon Ulster Scots Book, (Galdanagh 2014 ISBN: 978-0992881405) Ulster - Dunloy, prose
shevelled state, they wur aye compared tae Hashter Gemmule. on page 44

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@OrangRuth tweeted
ace My Wow Brown is ebullient compared to thon Stick insect's Fake B(2016) search twitter

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