A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

corruption Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.3 12.6 3 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences2725 2 0 0 0 0
Number of authors15 14 1

Occurrences of corruption in Corpus

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Central

Donati, Colin The Student and the Pawnwife , (Itchy Coo 2003 ISBN: 978-1902927817) Central, prose
plain, an the fou heat o his corruption sae dumfoonered him he didna on page 140

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
don. An gin ye doot that this corruption o hairt, mind and sowel isnae on page 38
is mess, wi aw the bribery an corruption that wis sic a fundamental pa on page 45
n treaty arose fae bribery an corruption an wis nivver in onie wey ref on page 71
r tae be peyit tae the ongaun corruption at the hairt o sae monie deal on page 114
rry-Go-Roun o Inefficiency or Corruption? on page 119
Also on pages 128
6 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
1707 thro blatant bribery an corruption had been opposed by the vast on page 120
in his attempts tae root oot corruption an bring in Parliamentary Ref on page 123
end tae the warst excesses o corruption an gied the vote tae monie ma on page 125

3 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
an sae Scots spelling isna a corruption o Staundart Soothron spelling on page 15

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Holton, Brian Lallans 71 - O Niver ti Dree Corruption Mair, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
O Niver ti Dree Corruption Mair
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Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
nd glamourie are maist like a corruption o grammar and gramarye, aince
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
neck in some lunatic schemie corruption ay country club chic. ‘Ya p
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 117, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
uth, an aw to cloak the waefu corruption o her nature! Ay, lack-a-day!
1 matches

Lehane, Matt Red an Black, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
in the ‘cratic state o corruption
nae time tae ferment corruption
2 matches

Sneddon, Alison Whit dae ye want “British vailues” tae mean?, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
ters, conflicts, epidemics an corruption are growein i size, duration
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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
aw the depths o institutional corruption durin the incredible ‘negot
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando Syriza, an the road aheid, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
wabbitness o the impotence an corruption o the established pairties, c
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando The USA: Whit happened tae the Guid Guys?, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
. It’s mair the depth o the corruption o the USA haes been laid bare
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@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
ines as jurnalists subverting corruption. Just exploring at the moment(2020) search twitter

@DABArbuckle tweeted
the chance tae arrest her for corruption, theft and inciting hatred to(2020) search twitter
@Haggis_UK A LEVEL of corruption. Jings, thats shairly the und(2020) search twitter

@pmcm1355 tweeted
y aboot Tory pairty sleaze an corruption... https://t.co/pjX4uVS0vU (2022) twitter link

Doric

Murdoch, Steve Schrödinger’s Leid?, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Doric - St Andrews, blog
il Vncorrupte”. The issue o corruption o the language is ane tae tak
help the English reverse the corruption o their speech:
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