A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

content Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words36.8 32.9 16.6 109.3 69.7 20.7 79.7
Number of occurrences11864 11 11 12 2 18
Number of authors58 38 7 4 2 2 5

Occurrences of content in Corpus

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Central

Curran, Doug Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
Syne aff they went, content, on page 32

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Robertson, James Precious and the Puggies, (Itchy Coo 2011 ISBN: 978-1845023324) Central, weans
a be grantit. Sae she had tae content hersel wi the braid drouthy l on page 3

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 76 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
ress, o course, sae here we'l content oorsels wi sayin a sad farewe on page 3

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Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
d B-612, syne they wad be gey content, an lowse ye frae their speir on page 20
ye confortit) ye will be weel content that ye kent me. Ye will be m on page 87

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
steirin the parritch pat; as content in her ain wee watld as her g on page 25
tae see wee Janet sae bien an content amang the Weir lasses. Spinst on page 33
s in the land, John felt mair content than he had been for years sy on page 42
wis a blessed place o peace, content, an faimily luve. John Broun on page 44
dy Margaret cuidnae been mair content in her grand castle at Cessno on page 71
Also on pages 73
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Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
in the dey. The pilgrims maun content theirsels wi Bridie's shrine. on page 14

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Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
Ye won't be content till yer time is aw spent, an on page 55
pleased, and ma heart's quite content jus tae beat. on page 93

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
oot a tired yawn and he seems content. Which astonishes me, tae be on page 150

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
ngs were openin up in terms o content as weel, resultin in an organ on page 48

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
content an ti tell stories o on page 112

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Monitoring the content o oor mail, on page 35

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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
Ah'm content as a lie in ma scratcher the on page 53

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Forde, Iain W D Traivells wi a Cuddie i the Cevennes (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-5-1) Central, prose
d fur the cuddie whan he bene content wi black breid fur hissell, b on page 5
the eftirins wi brosie-heidit content. Wi sicna enorm fraucht on lo on page 6

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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 61 - Glesca dialeck i the modren warld, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
thon at cairries the semantic content o the leid. It's thon at allo on page 9

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Adamson, Donald Bield, (Tapsalteerie 2021) Central - Dumfries, poetry
content wi ma repone, on page 20

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Scott, Hamish Eemis Stane 1 - Fields o Stanes, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
t fowerteen year auld. He wis content eneuch wi the wark - an part on page 21

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Eagle, Andy Lallans 67 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
macus (www.eastlothian.gov.uk/content/0,1094,1301,00.html). The hin on page 65

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McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 73 - The Pynes o Luve, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
An aa my hert's content wes reft awa. on page 44

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Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
but, for noo, astrologues is content it is a droich warld.
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Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
4. Tae dae this, the content an application o ongaun initi
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Neill, Josie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009) Central - Galloway, poetry
But I’m aye weel content.
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Somerville, Shirley-Anne Scots Government Commitments tae Gaelic an Scots an Scots Langages Bill: consultation, (gov.scot 2022 ISBN: 978-1804358313) Central - Holyrood, government
lementation; on the status an content o the documents Bòrd na Gài
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Falconer, Gavin Lallans 63 - Richt Scots an Pithy Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
been redolent o a leid in its content. The experimental kin o Scots
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Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Content wi nane or muckle care,
ye'll niver be content wi me."
mony a year in sweet content,
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Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
so didnae get muckle Scottish content fae the media back then- Ma m
s for that is that some o the content wad hae been ower sensitive o
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Gilmour, Rosie Fareweel tae Wallyford, (Scots Hoose 2017) Central, weans
Be patient, content and mak guid choices
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Clark, Thomas Radge Against the Machine: Deid Wirds, Deid Warlds, an Why Scots Maitters, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Bellshill, blog
lla Caledonia (read our Scots content right here). As oor leid gets
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Clark, Thomas Wha's Like Us?, (Bella Caledonia 2017) Central - Bellshill, blog
ge. Yet basin oor vote on the content o that single message jist gi
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Clark, Thomas Aw Aboard! The fecht for the Scots language stairts the day!, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central - Bellshill, blog
ist media ootlets tae provide content in Scots - but the BBC hae a
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Macdonald, Amy Evelynn and Peter, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Ayr, prose
She seems content. Ah feel like now wid be an a
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Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
yella. But still Athena wisna content. She wantit something byordin
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 116, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
n (Airticle 10) is foondit on content, i.e. the ideas, but on the v
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Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
there she thrummed awa quite content oot-throu Major’s discoorse
hinder end he decidit tae be content wi the first fower letters, a
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
mile an Falad an the lave wis content wi Hsien’s suggestion that
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McClurg, Fernando Thon Survation poll..., (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
here: http://survation.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/December-Scot
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 76, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
ae a strang minority language content wi Scots an Gaelic includit.
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Pennie, Len The year A shouldnae hae had, (tictok 2022) Central - Kilmarnock, poetry
y pleased and my hert's quite content
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Facebook link (Changed Times Historical Novel By Ethyl Smith 2022) Central
peened it tae the Cross. Nae content wi this they went tae the Tou

Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s Linguistic Landscape - Scots and Gaelic, (Translation Services 24 2022) Central, prose
The owersettin o aw sorts o content intae high-quality and idioma
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
Fur now at least Bruce seems content enough. Scratch that, he’s
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Begg, James A. Lallans 74 - The Killie Fleshers - 1786, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
up her graith, an Jessie lay content an gleg in the set-in bed, we
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@ionafyfe tweeted
Haen mair content in Scots is a giy boost an at(2020) search twitter

@billykayscot tweeted
etted lips an broken herts, I content mysel jist thinkin o the auld(2020) search twitter

@LairnScots tweeted
licDuo As fair as we ken, the content fir each leid in thon app is (2020) twitter link

@ThonJacobite tweeted
duce intae oor food chain. No content wae starvin us noo they want (2021) search twitter

Doric

Storrie Lewis, Jean Lallans 58 - The Bothy Loon, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
steens at the back door. Nae content wi that she threw my jaiket a on page 124

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Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
The three o them happy content wi their lot on page 15

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Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
They aa ett till their herts' content an they gaithered up twal cre on page 95

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Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
"Are ee content noo?" sade e Caterpillar. on page 48

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Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
st made the twa o em feel fer content
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Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
Fine an content it maks me feel,
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Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - The Bruntie Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
lications wha’s features an content widnae register a connection
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Uri, Antonia Here's the problem wi the trad wife muivement, (The National 2020) Doric, newspaper
or aa females tae be happy an content wi their lives, they maun ful
1 matches

Uri, Antonia Flooery achievement for the Scots Government, (The National 2019) Doric, newspaper
tes gien their hichtit pollen content.
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Orkney

Johnston, Barbara Gallows Ha - Dance tae the End, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
the fermers content hid's the end o the drought, on page 27

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Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
ah'll no get hid so ah'll be content wi less on page 20
tae aet and, yet, sheu seemed content. on page 35

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Hall, Simon W. Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, prose
Orcadian spaekers - and the content is unlike anything that haes on page 1

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Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
The fermers content hid's the end o the drought on page 152

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Hall, Simon W. Haggis tasting notes, and whisky pairings, (Brisk Northerly 2019) Orkney, blog
ggis, wae a very high oatmeal content – meaning the haggis can be
ramelised onion. High oatmeal content again maks for a haggis that
2 matches

Hall, Simon W. Lands o Twatt, (Brisk Northerly 2018) Orkney, blog
t morning. Lambs gain weight, content on new pasture. A hare shoots
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Hall, Simon W. Bonny Isle o Sanday, (Brisk Northerly 2016) Orkney, blog
e buckies till wur hearts are content.
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Hall, Simon W. Crackan the troughs, (Brisk Northerly 2021) Orkney, blog
n silage and barley, they sit content on the snow and in the Februa
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@HJosephineGiles tweeted
e yiddish anarchist cafe, a'm content wi this transition (2021) twitter link

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
t at haes sum kind o semantic content (i.e. sum kind o meaneen in a on page 38
o wirds, an dat means dey ir content wirds - wirds at haes mair o on page 46
eanin dey hae little semantic content an dat de'r onli a peerie twa on page 51
ns at dey hae little semantic content an at de'r onli a leemited qu on page 61
ass o wirds, at means at d'ir content on page 69
Also on pages 77, 89, 92
11 matches

Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
otional, intellectual, poetic content.
1 matches

Southern

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
Ah im content ti byde here the lave o ma da
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@StuartPoet tweeted
em or two. Liking the mag and content, well done ????????????????(2020) search twitter

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
Maisie exhaled, content that nae further explanation on page 15

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Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
We wirnae content becas we wir poor, on page 3

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Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
o' Ulster-Scots an' creative content at bes bae iz an' fer iz. on page 6
nts fer additional an' legacy content an' skeels forderin in Braidc on page 10
representations an' new maide content. on page 24
ness o' media programmin' an' content. on page 29
thaim tae digital content an' gettin' thaim tae target on page 40
Also on pages 44, 52, 55, 56
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Ulster Scots Agency Ulster Scots Census, (census.gov.uk 2021) Ulster, government
Skip to guide content
Skip to guide content
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@MarkThompStuff tweeted
- “weel, ye’ll jist hiddae content yersel aboot hame” https://t(2020) search twitter

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