Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

discovered	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	13.5	13.1	9	29.8	17.4	0	26.6
Number of occurrences	44	26	6	3	3	0	6
Number of authors	29	15	6	2	3		3

Occurrences of discovered in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
But theday Ah discovered... on page 15

1 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250242) Central, prose
n a writer, even if ah hudnae discovered ma love o Scots back then. on page 7

3 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
d covered this steid, But Tam discovered it: on page 13

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
in it feels as if you've jist discovered the loast city ae Eldorado. I on page 30

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
in business and lang syne had discovered it wis rarely worth meddlin w on page 12
rass fur the craitur, but she discovered that it wisnae that easy tae on page 131
nchbull yauled back... 'Ah've discovered, through lang experience, Mis on page 146
Plimsoll soon discovered that this extraordinar bairn on page 223

4 matches

Waddell, John Lallans 59 - Eve and the Aipple, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
a Cox - bit no, they wirnae discovered yet. Onywey, they lookit gran on page 89

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
earest bairnies, as soon as | discovered that the Heedrum-Hodrums were on page 81

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
up the brawest medicine ever discovered in the history o the warld! L on page 81

1 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
er wid see a note that said, 'Discovered by Pooh, Pooh fund it,' and s on page 105

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
e, and Robert and Sandra soon discovered they couldnae huv a family. R on page 11
yhin happens fur a reason. Ah discovered why when ah got sicker. No in on page 43

2 matches

Waddell, John Lallans 59 - Eve and the Aipple, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
a Cox - bit no, they wirnae discovered yet. Onywey, they lookit gran on page 89

1 matches

Kay, Billy Lallans 78 - Thochts on the bonnie broukit bairn at hame an abroad, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
lley in search o guid wine an discovered that ane o the pioneer grower on page 8

1 matches

Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
mmy, the SS are back, they've discovered whair we ur!' An Ah hud tae p on page 47

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part two of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
d wae himsel like he’s just discovered some anomaly ay profound impo
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Al Fresco, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
We also discovered that on Sundays a travelling
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Sport!, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
e interest in sport. Then she discovered the Sport of Kings and wis su
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Arabian Monkfish (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
Ah’d recently discovered that it’s goat fuck aw tae
1 matches

Haddow, Kris Ronnie's Story, (words.krishaddow.com 2011) Central, prose
e a fortnight wis by they’d discovered a had Crohn’s Disease. When
1 matches

Heather, Alistair Tak tent o the Cabrach, (The Herald 2018) Central, newspaper
ion of criminal activity ever discovered in Scotland."
1 matches

@jax6754 tweeted
@JeffBrazier Night night! Discovered ages ago I study best at nich(2015) search twitter

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
the makkin! Fit wye hid they discovered me? It micht o been yon guild on page 15

1 matches

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
y mair museums in Oslo tae be discovered, but the last ane tae be ment on page 15

1 matches

Bowie, Tyler Stookie, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
got rushed tae x-ray abd they discovered a hid broken ma airm. Noo am
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Tabby Sooker, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
awa fae ma. So as nae tae be discovered I usually wid ging intae a pu
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
Aat the age o 49 ahve discovered aat ah hiv een foot longer ee(2019) search twitter

@cligeey tweeted
guy they took fae doon sooth discovered fitba is quicker here(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
the sheets aff their bed and discovered the cheeky brat on page 59
Bit, then, me lad discovered weeman and so began the subtl on page 77

2 matches

Hall, Simon W. Lands o Twatt, (Brisk Northerly 2018) Orkney, blog
red like schoolboys when they discovered they were being posted tae th
1 matches

Shetland

@Julie_Dennison tweeted
ate tae da pairty but am just discovered Dehaze in Camera Raw an it is (2020) twitter link

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
inpassion and her peerie lass discovered a buff-tailed today here in S(2020) search twitter

@shaetlan_rose tweeted
Have also discovered the tooskit pup is NOT a fan (2018) search twitter

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
ther fell: it was a fairmhand discovered the deid bodie in a sheuch. on page 7
e. "Ye wud think he had juist discovered Paris. Here noo, let me tak a on page 58

2 matches

Logan, Liam Thon Ulster Scots Book, (Galdanagh 2014 ISBN: 978-0992881405) Ulster - Dunloy, prose
e day we'll call him a he, he discovered at an early age that he was a on page 44

1 matches

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
Fur tae tell ye truth, A've discovered a thing, on page 19
A discovered that fowk were happy tae see, on page 36

3 matches