A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

core Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words17.6 14.1 12 0 23.2 0 75.2
Number of occurrences5728 8 0 4 0 17
Number of authors32 22 6 2 2

Occurrences of core in Corpus

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Central

Donati, Colin The Student and the Pawnwife , (Itchy Coo 2003 ISBN: 978-1902927817) Central, prose
on the steps hud gane anither core o folk, five or sax laddies a on page 140

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McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
joost been rocked tae - its core. Her perfect angel Huey; a we on page 20

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Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
A sleekit core o foongers an come-ups; on page 40

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
oach which startles me tae ma core. on page 168

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
it by copyin a lot o whit are core SNP policies rubs saut in the on page 9

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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
arliament wis corrupt tae its core an even the Prime Minister Wi on page 121
ae their beds, an only a hard core o aroun twa hunder fowk were on page 126

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Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
We cackled tae oor core on page 8

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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
A wes awreddies upheized bi a core o ma freins, bot gif this wes on page 3

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McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 67 - Andra’s Sang, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
An Andra gied the core a sang, on page 50

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Douglas, Sheila Lallans 67 - William Motherwell (1797 - 1836), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
sang gaitherer amang a haill core o eilins. This wis endue no j on page 69

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Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
d Resource Centre gets gien a core grant o
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS nummer 109, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
le spoken dialects wi a braid core vocabulary an a prescriptive
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Neill, Josie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009) Central - Galloway, poetry
Intil the Earth’s great core.
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Clark, Sara Scot Free -The Psychic Cost O Uisin Scots, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
ert, wirds that flow frae yer core when ye're ower knackered eve
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Bennett, Peter Sharks, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
urned ladybird, so ah um. Nae core strength anymare, ye see? Rea
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Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
an he stares right intae the core ay ma bein, it seems, when he
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McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 59 - A Stot an a Cleg, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central, prose
te anent a marischal in their core.
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Hodgart, John A Catalogue o Sair Neglect, (Bella Calledonia 2016) Central - North Ayrshire, blog
ey recommendations includit a core element o Scottish culture in
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Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
ext room lyin’ deed tae the core
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Matthews, Lily A SPARK O INSPIRATION, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
lap o thunder shook me tae ma core. Clutchin th’ floor tae mah
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Seth-Smith, Niki Chynge o sum kind is comin either wey, but a vote tae leave wad empooer Europe’s faur richt, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
I’ve pinned doon the core reason hoo I’m for Britain
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McClurg, Fernando Weill, weill, weill, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
on. While haudin on tae their core o Perthshire fermers, Edinbur
e hairtland. It barely haes a core vote. For the first time syne
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 100, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
e. For fuller unnerstaunnin, 'core' features shared amang aw the
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Steele, Gregor When Scotty said “Scunner”, (Dictionaries of the Scots Language 2021) Central, poetry
Stert up yon ship’s warp core,
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Fyall, Aitken Lallans 74 - Rabbie’s Retrospeck, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
d thocht there’d be a makar core,
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@DavidJWood2 tweeted
oted Tories are rotten to the core ?(2020) search twitter

Doric

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
A bleed i ma core on page 3

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
said at 'Ah wis coorse te the core' an prayed ilky day fir ma sa on page 67

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Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Munchin an aipple richt tae I'core on page 132

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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
ng the bull's-ee wi an aipple core.
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Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
wis a fooshty aipple core that hid lain there five days
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@72redz1903 tweeted
@AberdeenFC If he can get the core o the team his players - he (2022) twitter link

@cligeey tweeted
appeal and a complicit press core(2020) search twitter

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
, Jessie fell in wi some hard core religious sect, an dat didna on page 4

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I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
sonants (C) afore an efter da core, as shaan below. on page 27
mak up da core o a sentence. Verb phrases ca on page 69
arguments. Da argument is da core parteecipant idda on page 82

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Ulster

Ni Chuilin, Caral Roadin furtae Bring Forrits an Graith tha ULSTER-SCOTCH Leid, Heirskip an Cultur, (Mannystrie o Fowkgates, Airts an Aisedom 2015) Ulster, government
aes preses an pits a seekitar core forrit fur tha Intèr- Männy on page 15
stellit a Claught Lear Ontak Core fur a purpose-like wye o ford on page 28
(b) Tha Claught Lear Ontak Core wull tak at a collogue wi CCL on page 29
(a) Tha Claught Lear Ontak Core may tak scowth wechtin oan ha on page 34
Roadin Core on page 56
Also on pages 57
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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
* A core curns heftin scheme tae bae s on page 8
- The core cultural institutions cairry on page 23
Thaire bes a core 'greement oan leid issues des on page 31
Core Ulster-Scots Cultural Organis on page 43
* A Core Curns Heft Scheme bae stairte on page 44
Also on pages 45
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