A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

failed Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words15.6 17.5 15.1 19.9 11.6 10.3 4.4
Number of occurrences5034 10 2 2 1 1
Number of authors31 21 5 2 1 1 1

Occurrences of failed in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
hings personally, as if she's failed somehow, n she's that bitter on page 55

1 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
Rock, efter a year his health failed, an he wis set free tae dee i on page 66
un wis still his - unless he failed tae pey back that loan. on page 80
a lang simmer drought an the failed hairst that followed. on page 81

3 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
this hersh warld, whaur I hae failed, on page 43

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
I'm bleck affrontit that I've failed owre him. But there's mair ti on page 69
awa, feelin that I mysel had failed him in some wey. The grund st on page 78

2 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
et. A revolt which ultimately failed as a final stand against the on page 87
wards they'm stemmed face the failed trial he hud when he wis a ba on page 98
But you failed to comply with the agreement on page 126

3 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
but eh feel that eh've failed on page 80

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
But whit o they lost sheep ye failed tae fin, on page 19
Thae thrieveless men, wha failed tae kennle their fires, on page 40
When Jessie's memory failed, on page 52
Hus signally failed on page 37

4 matches

Hardie, George Lallans 73 - Challenge, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Hamilton, poetry
hae I failed the test; on page 29

1 matches

Watt, George T. Lallans 73 - Red on Maroon, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
whar man has failed tae wither ocht on page 111

1 matches

Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
n the Pairlament sae faur has failed tae bring oot, faur less prom
1 matches

McAlpine, Joan Meeting of the Parliament, (The Scottish Parliament 2019) Central, government
But the remedies failed the disease.
1 matches

Wilson, Rab Lallans 62 - Cormilligan, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, poetry
But whit o thae lost sheep ye failed tae find,
1 matches

Clark, Thomas Aw Aboard! The fecht for the Scots language stairts the day!, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central - Bellshill, blog
sity, which they hae signally failed tae dae. Ilka bairn that has
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Appin Murderer, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, prose
haf’ cock, kennin’ A’d failed an’ wid hae tae face the sc
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Builders, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
ove invention, when knowledge failed! A mind when a former student
1 matches

Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
Netherlands), comin alang wi failed crops an dearth, an throu Soo
1 matches

Davidson, Alistair The Mitterand Plan, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
a revolutionary situation. It failed for the ae reasons that ilka
g socialism in ae kintra haes failed: capitalist pooers come thegi
2 matches

McClurg, Fernando Weill, weill, weill, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
phy an noo Kezia Dugdale haes failed, failed utterly, tae lay sae
, failed utterly, tae lay sae muckle a
2 matches

Facebook link (Changed Times Historical Novel By Ethyl Smith 2022) Central
t an armed insurrection which failed.

Gillespie, Alan Mon the Rovers, (Scottish Book Trust 2021) Central, prose
n their tie. And Raith Rovers failed to upset the odds against the
1 matches

@DABArbuckle tweeted
wis handed oot because Tilly failed tae write "fuck Boris JOHNSON(2020) search twitter

@LowEndJardo tweeted
Fawrence Lox was a failed musician until everyone had t (2021) twitter link

@ThonJacobite tweeted
t' all about this variant but failed miserably to inform the rest (2021) search twitter

Doric

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Montrose, prose
but five times the chaillenge failed. Lipton didna stint on his wa on page 125

1 matches

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 73 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric, prose
but five times the chaillenge failed. Lipton didna stint on his wa
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 63 - Shelts, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Doric, prose
o paper, “Of course he’s failed. Not the sort we want to enro
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
bang, fin the driver's brakes failed. There wis the heich skreich
1 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
cisions - individual players failed miserably (2022) twitter link
both Westminster and Holyrood failed tae fully lockdoon and were t (2021) twitter link
haviour. Only the Tories have failed tae criticise - I’ve nae lo (2020) twitter link
e pic on ma bedroom wah- only failed tae name 3 COYR https://t.co/ (2020) twitter link

@beast_afc tweeted
enFC Nah gets snapped like at failed player Durrant....(2020) search twitter

@JoanHenry7 tweeted
kk. Better men have tried and failed miserably. (2022) twitter link

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
motorised daith-trap and hid failed hids last MOT. on page 41

1 matches

Grieve, Issy Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
whar the twine hid failed. on page 95

1 matches

Shetland

Cumming, John Kirsten, (Shetland For Wirds 2006) Shetland, prose
jimps an, een be een, da rest failed an drappet oot, till hit wis
s noo, an at wan sixty echt I failed again. Ginger wis still clear
2 matches

Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
o ae nervous brekdoon an hed failed his medical exams. Ma muther
1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
wi the silence, ocht she had failed tae achieve wi hir ain tongue on page 43

1 matches

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