A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

engaged Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.5 6.6 1.5 19.9 5.8 0 17.7
Number of occurrences2113 1 2 1 0 4
Number of authors15 10 1 1 1 2

Occurrences of engaged in Corpus

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Central

Haddow, Kris nobody remembers the birdman - The Incomer, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
her newly turnt seventeen and engaged and in love. Wee Jack crashin on page 79

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Beekman, Tony Lallans 85 - The Belt, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
rabbed the belt wance mair an engaged in rapid fire. on page 43

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Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
to have their great minds engaged' on page 36

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
me oaff she wis at reception. Engaged n aw, ah cloacked the ring" i on page 193

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
tried tae get through. It wis engaged. Ah said, Aw well that must b on page 169

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Calder, Bob Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
iterary criticism. And Soutar engaged in nae infantilisation. His r on page 95

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Percy, Ely The Family Situation, (The Interpreters House.org 2020) Central, prose
tried tae get through. It wis engaged. Ah said, Aw well that must b
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McKillop, Roger The Flemings o’ Dalnoid, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
l! A local coach operator was engaged tae take us doon tae Perth, w
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Ewen, Allan Pairt Ane: Janus leuks back, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
or communities haes became re-engaged wi politics, an is strauchlin
ars aheid. Noo that we hae an engaged population, we need tae press
tive. Fowk were interestit an engaged in politics like nivver afore
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 86, (self-published 2001) Central, newspaper
kenspeckle company haes been engaged tae leuk intae the feasibilit
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@kennethbryce184 tweeted
bryce8 nice one lol - phones engaged - jackie bailly is huvin a b (2021) twitter link

Doric

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
t deen by a lad fa's nae affa engaged at schuil. Classic first line (2020) twitter link

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine The future of Scots, (https://www.opendemocracy.net/ 2015) Orkney, prose
aes o Scots leid wark maan be engaged wi – fir hid's aye been eng
wi – fir hid's aye been engaged wi – the politiecal formati
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Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
e o da Toogs, him at wis been engaged ta me fur fower years. Far fa on page 46

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Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
promenade, the nicht they wur engaged. He had kissed hir in the mid on page 53

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Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
naeboadie hes engaged wi' thaim. on page 36
rs o' young fowk wha ir bein' engaged the noo in schuil gae oan tae on page 48
The penel engaged wi' Libraries Norlin Airlan t on page 52

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