A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

else's Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.7 10.3 7.5 0 11.6 0 4.4
Number of occurrences2820 5 0 2 0 1
Number of authors19 12 5 1 1

Occurrences of else's in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
quet, it's hardly worth embdy else's while playin." on page 83
"He must've copied somedy else's haunwritin," said the King. ( on page 117

2 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
promised thum. Noo, somebody else's words hud chainged that. Watt on page 1

1 matches

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
else's thouchts oan whit Ah shuid be on page 21

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ae ma surprise and everyboady else's in the shoap, it's actually A on page 45
than a footnote in someboady else's memoir. on page 85
ldier ae fortune in someboady else's war. Or, tae spend oor misera on page 90
e any luck he'll be someboady else's problem themorra. And aw ae t on page 153

5 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
mair wecht nor maist awbuddie else's. But sae wuid aulder lads wha on page 31

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
looked identical tae evrubdy else's but Charlene said, Naw yi can on page 51
t an pointet oot that evrubdy else's parents take them tae good pl on page 164

2 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
Mrs Smith hauns oot everywan else's essays. Ah'm wan o the last t on page 45

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
? Does it no go tae onybody's else's grave?" on page 76

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
werrin sumdy else's shinn on page 81

2 matches

McDermid, Val The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - The Gowd Breeks, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
flashy-dashy duds like naebdy else's. Aboon them a', he looed a pa on page 56

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Radge Against the Machine: Deid Wirds, Deid Warlds, an Why Scots Maitters, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Bellshill, blog
aw vacantly moothin somebody else's wirds; wirds that, God bless
1 matches

Pennie, Len Toast Tae The Daft Days, (Lidl 2020) Central, poetry
may yer lum reek wae somebody else's coal
1 matches

@fairpechtoot tweeted
ce is just as guid as onybody else's, an that folk will listen tae(2020) search twitter

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
e. "An the day Ah buy some'dy else's claes - ill bi the day at he on page 71

1 matches

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
e mosst hev imitated somebody else's han," sade e King. (E jury al on page 115

1 matches

@FaeFoggie tweeted
Fa else's grunny used to serve twa bana(2020) search twitter

@cligeey tweeted
@mrblairbowman Oot o somebody else's bottle is the best min(2020) search twitter

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
yner's haein tae decht abiddy else's erse.(2020) search twitter

Shetland

@tattooedselkie tweeted
tae be able tae go tae someen else's place.(2021) search twitter
tchin - juist enjoyin a'body else's commentary on here. But yis, (2021) search twitter

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
must hae imitatet someboadie else's haun," said the King. (The ju on page 119

1 matches

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