A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

criminal Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words11.5 16.4 7.5 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences3732 5 0 0 0 0
Number of authors22 19 3

Occurrences of criminal in Corpus

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Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
d like ma da wis a big-league criminal an she wis a detective hud ca on page 1

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
keelies and bangsters fae the criminal unnerworld urnae kent fur the on page 117

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
damental level it's doonricht criminal. It tries tae get awbody thin on page 36

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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
ed tae imagine them, saw this criminal as some kind o a hero. Nicht on page 84
m o the scourge o this Dundee criminal, they'd aw stump up. The plan on page 85
it Journeys, sayin, 'A Dundee criminal, especially if a lady, may be on page 103
als. This spoke o some kind o criminal fraternity an the papers were on page 104
Mr McNab, Geordie Mill is nae criminal. He micht be bit coorse while on page 110

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
is past an reasons behind his criminal behaviour. Start by thinkin a on page 169

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
s thaim that descrives sindry criminal haunling - shuidna be owerse on page 14

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
e me gettin the most unlikely criminal record in Glasgow, that as Go on page 46
ur Leanne helped get ma mum a criminal record fur swearin and relay on page 91

2 matches

Jarvie, Gordon Lallans 74 - Ballad o an Irish student, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
or a criminal on the run.
1 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 71 - The Concreit Bouer, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
likely some criminal, she thocht again, lownin her
1 matches

Heather, Alistair Bravehert: The truth anent William Wallace (pairt 1), (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
ord for Wallace may weel be a criminal act. ‘A thief namit William
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Sharks, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
n they hound ye like a common criminal! Ah toiled in the white-hot h
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Bennett, Peter Graftin, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
s case files an ever expandin criminal records - the only documenta
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Muir, Glenn Pet-gilante, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, prose
ere perplexed, he was a petty criminal but an unlikely murder victim
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Donati, Colin Universal Declaration o Human Richts, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Central, government
s richts and duties and o ony criminal chairge conter
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Facebook link ( 2021) Central
ience, a Covenanter, an nae a criminal. They taen a collection tae p

Heather, Alistair Tak tent o the Cabrach, (The Herald 2018) Central, newspaper
as the worst concentration of criminal activity ever discovered in S
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
d intae the Mount Rushmore ae criminal royalty. Tae me, though, eh?
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
and drug dealers who form the criminal element in Edinburgh. A great
rt life that it wid almost be criminal tae inform him ae the truth,
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@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
8749768 A still dinnae have a criminal record ?? hoping i can keep i(2020) search twitter

@OliphantWullie tweeted
ander oor resources wance wis criminal...twice???? (2022) twitter link

@Chazzbat tweeted
ngle wan depicts the polis an criminal justice system as incompetent(2020) search twitter
@jackiepatie It shud be a criminal offence. Ah wid lock aa they (2020) search twitter

@DABArbuckle tweeted
faced cheek tae cry onybody a criminal.(2020) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
lf3 a justice secretary wae a criminal offence need a say more - ma (2021) twitter link

Doric

Hardie, Buff Dod 'n' Bunty, (Evening Express 2000) Doric, newspaper
e think o' that? I think it's criminal.
terheid Prison? Too true it's criminal. It's oot the door wi' crimin
Weel, the tic-tac within the criminal fraternity is that the porrid
3 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
vy dished oot langsyne. Gin a criminal wis tae bi "twinned", he or s
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@72redz1903 tweeted
with even less experience was criminal (2022) twitter link

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