A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

examples Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words22.2 25.2 9 0 87.2 0 4.4
Number of occurrences7149 6 0 15 0 1
Number of authors28 20 4 4 1

Occurrences of examples in Corpus

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Central

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
There are monie examples o the damage that the in-bigg on page 29
inistry o Defence. Here'safew examples: a drone airplane fer surveil on page 120

2 matches

Dareau, Mareau Lallans 59 - The Dictionar o the Aulder Scottis Leid (DOST), (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
tations wull gie ye a wheen o examples o the uiss o ony parteeclar w on page 59

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Tae quote aa the ither examples ah could gie ye wid tax e'en on page 103
24). Frae line 28 oan aa the examples are o a sexual kind, an it be on page 110

2 matches

Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
land, we micht learn frae the examples o ither tongues whit can be d on page 10
the Older Scottish Tongue are examples o the wark that has been duin on page 12

2 matches

Kay, Billy Lallans 78 - Thochts on the bonnie broukit bairn at hame an abroad, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
. I wad like tae gie ye a few examples o stories an leiterature I've on page 8

1 matches

Matheson, Ann Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
Lik thae examples, maist o the buik's descrivin on page 90

1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 73 - Historical Lexicography and the Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1700, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
is airticle offers a puckle o examples o weys that the RPS can be o on page 16
or providin the best possible examples fae whilk meanins can be dedu on page 17
n the RPS thraws up a wheen o examples o senatours and a puckle exam on page 18

4 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 56 - In The Classroom, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
ant you all to write down ten examples - in sentences! I'll be back on page 37

2 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 74 - Burns an the Dictionar o the Scots Leid, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
ns provides several weel-kent examples for the Scottish National Dic
ant appears wi a pucklie mair examples in the Scottish National Dict
2 matches

Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
in Scots; we gied examples o alliteration in Scots; the
examples.
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Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
. But the war some ootstandin examples o pure Scots nairative, ane o
pellin rules tae uphaud them. Examples o hou sic spellin rules can b
ae gang wi hou a body spaeks. Examples is "guid", "tuith" an the lik
doun as pairt o the staunart. Examples o thir's the loaf/laif, north
hs intae them. Some important examples A added masel whan they wis w
5 matches

Tait, John M Lallans 62 - Expository Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
vocabular. Houaniver, sin the examples I’v gien sae faur haes been
n adae wi spellin, I’ll tak examples frae whit shoud be the foond
2 matches

Tait, John M Lallans 63 - Expository Scots (2), (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
ynds o braid Scots. Twa-three examples micht shaw whit I mean. Dougl
1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 81 - Chynge for chynge’s sake?, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
cht forrit. Altho maist o the examples shaws fecht, there is feicht,
r ahint an mair nor a pucklie examples o work. Efter 1700, werk come
2 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
s is nae exception. Amang the examples are bag o’ yeast (priest);
1 matches

Bremner, Stewart Haud Yer Wheesht?, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
hortbread, as the maist-cited examples, are really things tae be sae
1 matches

Smith, Jamie Effeirin tae the formal: Laitinate lendwirds in Scots, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
Examples o wirds recordit in Scots afo
ngly different meanings, with examples including: liquid, liquidate,
some o thir, alang wi my ain examples o weys they could be uised in
3 matches

Fitt, Matthew Fae Mooth tae Page, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central, blog
ce and wark wi that. Look for examples o Scots writin. They’re no
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
“Could you gie us 5 examples,
1 matches

Dempster, Michael DIGNITY, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
fin examples o
1 matches

Facebook link ( 2020) Central
Ah ken thur’s plenty ither examples o folk giein up thur lives fu

Duncan, Robert The Oor-Wulliefication o Scots?, (autumnvoices.co.uk 2022) Central, blog
Twa mair examples fae the very first page o ‘
Sic examples seem tae come fae the ‘plea
2 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
he middle row ae maire shinin examples ae neglected social hoosin. W
1 matches

@LairnScots tweeted
s! Did ye ken that ye can see examples o lairners' writin in #Scots? (2020) twitter link
is the very dab, wi countless examples o spoken Scots: https://t.co/ (2020) twitter link
JRKCB whaur ye can search fir examples wi audio by clickin the 'Mult (2020) twitter link
e lairnin resource shows mair examples, fae the 'Scotticisms', that (2020) twitter link
ir hings like this. Hunners o examples o 'thrawn' but nae 'thran': h (2019) twitter link
and 3 other occurrences.

Doric

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
early days o the port trade. Examples o Scots faimlies fa's port ho on page 9
he watter, is jist ane o mony examples o Reykjavík's urban airt. 'T on page 11

3 matches

Elphinstone Institute Aiberdeenshire Cooncil – Scots Leid Guidelines, (Aberdeenshire Council 2017) Doric, government
ire we are prood tae hae mony examples o innovative an effective pra
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
ae hing on the wall. See mair examples i' KarlaÂ’s darg aat https://(2018) search twitter

@daleser23 tweeted
Examples wife looks nae bad(2013) search twitter

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
and) / suomi (Finnish). Idder examples wid be Lao (Laos) / lao (Lao) on page 8
wi a : (as in /a:/). Twartree examples o short an lang pairs is: on page 28
e cut up intae peerier units. Examples o røts wid be oo, dug, bag, on page 38
e wirds an even hale claases. Examples o noun phrases wid be: on page 46
y ir wint tae describe nouns. Examples o adjectives wid be muckle, p on page 51
Also on pages 64, 69
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Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
™m gaein ta gie you twaartree examples o different kinds o spaek at
ice, bi da wye, at naen o dis examples, includin da ene at I’m caa
tlan tongue. Dis means at ony examples fae idder plaeces i da world
gative prestige. Da best kent examples o dis is of coorse Tom Leonar
4 matches

Facebook link (Wir Midder Tongue 2016) Shetland
his soonds an haed tae write examples doon in a workbook. Da wan da

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
-env initiatives, incl superb examples fae The Burren, and how schem(2019) search twitter

Ulster

@MarkThompStuff tweeted
became a slogan forbye - twa examples here https://t.co/XvjzLvfrfv(2020) search twitter