A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

depends Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words11.9 13.4 7.5 19.9 17.4 10.3 4.4
Number of occurrences3826 5 2 3 1 1
Number of authors32 21 5 2 2 1 1

Occurrences of depends in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
"Well, that depends oan where it is ye want tae g on page 63

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Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
So hou are we tae bide? It aw depends: on page 24

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Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
awa hame'. Sometimes we dae. Depends wha's sayin it. Maistly, we j on page 1

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Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
w on the watter, sometimes it depends on on page 22

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Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
Depends upon the ministry Of such a o on page 55

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
hion. 'Weel,' she said, "that depends on whit the questions are.' on page 202

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Ross, Derek Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
Yet each depends upon the ither. on page 203

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
personal weel-bein an success depends on unflinchin support fer the on page 17
ic cash as they cin. An it aw depends on the botton, line: we're te 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
ot the place. Nou this really depends on yer pynt o view. Here in S on page 19

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Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
Aathing I dae depends on them. on page 22
The Fower Maries: It depends on whit, or wha, ye're speiri on page 35

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Smith, Elaine C. The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - A Totally Princessy Princess, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central - Glasgow, weans
er or mibbe she didnae. It aw depends whit ye think ae Princessy Pr on page 15

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Douglas, Ashley Paternal genome drap-oot forders altruism in stieve populations, (Wiley Online Library 2022) Central, prose
tems, forby tae a degree that depends on the extent o paternal geno
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Falconer, Gavin Lallans 63 - Richt Scots an Pithy Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
ginal Inglish bodies. Aw that depends on findin eneuch ane-tae-ane
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Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
t doon the path like his life depends oan it - oan the balance ay
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
or a month or so - really it depends on how persistent Beatrice’
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McClurg, Fernando Thon Survation poll..., (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
yne. An, o coorse, sae muckle depends on local factors, the quality
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Facebook link (Changed Times Historical Novel By Ethyl Smith 2022) Central
a committed man o conscience? Depends on yer point o view ah suppos

@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
ter a few years they will, it depends on what's what, we dinnae kno(2020) search twitter
it wisnae really but it does depends on who's dain the bossing....(2020) search twitter
@RocketGothic Depends how drunk ye are,(2020) search twitter

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
e @Ryanair @itvpeston Well it depends on perspectives.(2020) search twitter

@pmcm1355 tweeted
nd as pairt o the UK. The rUK depends oan oor resources an thon's w (2022) twitter link

@LairnScots tweeted
'...it depends whit class you are...' Is spe (2020) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
nhousemuirFC @WalkingFootScot depends whit am passin - burp burp! (2021) twitter link

Doric

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
"At depends a good deal on where ee want on page 60

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Murdoch, Steve Schrödinger’s Leid?, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Doric - St Andrews, blog
ae kist at the ae time – it depends on far ye bide, fit ye’ve r
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Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Furst Time, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
y! Mibbe we winnae get in. Aw depends on if we find a windae open.â
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@FaeFoggie tweeted
ffa fine, some nae so muckle. Depends fit yi like. Fan yir in i bar(2019) search twitter

@72redz1903 tweeted
JimSpenceDundee @stonefish100 Depends what you mean by socialism. A (2020) twitter link

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
The whole hoosehold on her depends. on page 23

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Giles, Harry Josephine Slipan, Sweechan, (harryjosephine.com 2017) Orkney, prose
kt ansir on hoo tae rait: hid depends on whit ye want tae deu, whit
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Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
"Hit depends a braa lock," said da Cat, "w on page 64

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I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
st wha an dem is referrin tae depends apø da context, bit de'r sel on page 50

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Facebook link (I Hear Dee 2021) Shetland - Shetland
wha "an dem" is referrin tae depends apø da context, but der seld

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
"That depends a guid deal oan where ee want on page 62

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Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
"That depends a brev bit on whur yae want t on page 63

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