A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

cuts Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words14 14.4 15.1 29.8 11.6 0 8.9
Number of occurrences4528 10 3 2 0 2
Number of authors35 22 7 3 1 2

Occurrences of cuts in Corpus

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Central

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
en the two ae them. The music cuts aff. on page 7

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Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
n tender-lookin, wae wee ring cuts in the corner. Finnegan's fac on page 20

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Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
, whaur the edge ae the licht cuts aff intae black, Tom stauns. on page 1

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Le Marie, Nicole nothing but a set of eyes for stars - Last Day At East Wemyss, (Association for Scottish Literature 2023 ISBN: 978-1906841546) Central, poetry
fingers carmen wi barnacle cuts, numbed clean wi salt on page 87

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ma jaicket and the cauld wind cuts right through me. There's aw on page 176

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
ike fer instance reversin the cuts tae the Tax Inspectorate that on page 148

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
askin. A cutter's sumdy that cuts themsel. Widy; mean cuts them on page 154

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Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Whan pouer cuts lit yon caunles bricht, on page 95

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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
t a Sky box, or huv a pal who cuts dodgy DVDs. on page 52

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Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
irp angles, leavin tottie wee cuts on her haunds as she did it. on page 116

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
ak like ah'm a textbook as he cuts open the plaster. The cold ai on page 86

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McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
Weir had harvestit wi sure cuts. on page 112

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Clark, Thomas Radge Against the Machine: Deid Wirds, Deid Warlds, an Why Scots Maitters, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Bellshill, blog
communities throu the hunner cuts o it's-PC-gone-mad. Double po
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Clark, Thomas A Scots Pairlament?, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Bellshill, blog
in bombed in Syria, austerity cuts sclicing throu the arteries o
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Heather, Alistair Trains approachin?, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
s torn oot by Beeching in his cuts. Nou a reinstatement is possi
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Bennett, Peter The Sacrificial Doo, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
henette fae the opened windae cuts through the air, gaun right f
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Bennett, Peter The Guru an Zander, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
sniff an aw, ah’ll tell ye. Cuts aboot wae some dodgy types, k
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Stewart, Anna An Alien Feeling, (Scots Hoose 2019) Central, prose
I followed the wee path that cuts through the middle o the fiel
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
n’t want to see people, she cuts herself off from her old life
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Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
mark fae the shattered gless cuts through John an I’s faces,
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Ewen, Allan Pairt twa: Janus leuks aheid, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
tae the NHS an furder budget cuts micht be preventit gin the Go
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MacMinto, Gregor The Magic Brainch, (wordpress 2021) Central, blog
€™s tint his gate. Whit if he cuts ye doon an taks ane o ye fur
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Duncan, Robert The Oor-Wulliefication o Scots?, (autumnvoices.co.uk 2022) Central, blog
e ye deform the leid!’ That cuts us aff fae hauf our DNA.
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@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
@jjs999jjs So ye ken when it cuts off and i have to reconnect?(2020) search twitter

@jack_capener tweeted
nd showed the interviewer the cuts on her arm.(2018) search twitter

@ThonJacobite tweeted
ospital. They've tain X Rays. Cuts tae ma heid, black eye, fract (2021) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
make up n there designer hair cuts wae the fancy hair gel - n a (2021) twitter link

Doric

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
en, haar inatween, The chisel cuts awa. on page 10

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Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
Win chill cuts throo tae the been,
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Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
Frost sticks in an cuts tae the been.
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Rumbles, Brodie-Anne Recordin on Beep, (Scots Hoose 2022) Doric - Banff, weans
r pain, but there were shairp cuts seepin into my bane, my marra
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Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
She claims her hoover cuts oot every time she gings near
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Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ncil hid wanted tae mak staff cuts so she’d teen early retirem
gye mess an saw livid weepin cuts aboot its neck as weel as the
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@72redz1903 tweeted
d the case against policy and cuts (2022) twitter link

@cligeey tweeted
Ony power cuts in Ellon gone dark..?(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
hey wir in a ferfal maes, aal cuts an scratches, an bluidan some on page 14

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Grieve, Issy Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Lifts the rittan blade. He cuts long and deep, on page 60

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Hall, Simon W. Lamborghini: Cult o the Bull, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, blog
ot. Profligate? Weel, the off-cuts are recycled, but no as Lambo
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Shetland

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
Du cuts an pastes, dichts da image, p on page 84
wind cuts lik a tully. Sho's lost coont on page 98

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Ulster

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Naw jagged cuts acroos, on page 35

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King, Angeline Weans o Latharna, (angelineking.com 2021) Ulster - Larne, weans
r an the saut stangit the BMX cuts on ma knees.
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