A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

feeling Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words19.7 15.9 25.6 29.8 34.9 51.7 4.4
Number of occurrences6331 17 3 6 5 1
Number of authors37 18 7 3 5 3 1

Occurrences of feeling in Corpus

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Central

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
madam,' she says, 'Huey's not feeling too well. It's a Guns N' Rose on page 3
torial noo. 'Always had a bad feeling about him.' on page 20

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Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
s, Scots serves to transmit a feeling of specifically Scottish iden on page 36

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
lop in ma stomach. The sortae feeling yae git when yae on page 116

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Higgs, Jo The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols, (berfrois 2022) Central - Edinburgh, prose
shite’. That’s if he wiz feeling talkative n that. His employm
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Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
ass of modern writers have no feeling for Sc. of any kind. Their ba
1 matches

Fenton, Janet A Guid New Year tae yin and a!, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central, blog
and yet I cannae get ower the feeling that fowk'll think ahm kiddin
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Bennett, Peter The Bools, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
Ah walk intae the bowlin club feeling soor an disenchantit, like ah
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Grae, Emma Jimmy and his wee darlin Alexa, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
“I’m sorry you’re feeling that way,” Alexa says, surp
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Stewart, Anna An Alien Feeling, (Scots Hoose 2019) Central, prose
like a coat. But I got a good feeling too, and I wanted tae stay wi
m trapped. That’s the worst feeling – being scared in case ther
nd ower again, like how I’m feeling now. Like how he reminds me.
o my fingers. It’s a lovely feeling. I bury my face in his fur, a
4 matches

McKenzie, Roddy Cataracts, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2018) Central - Dundee, prose
i dae a few mair. Megic! Thit feeling of being “tap o` thi huhllt
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
big step, but most people are feeling some lingering anxiety, and t
an hurried on. “There’s a feeling that you were set up. Now, lo
2 matches

grandeicedcoffees Do You Wanna Touch, (archiveofourown.org 2021) Central, prose
cting, but by how ma cock’s feeling ah dae appreciate.
Ah come back tae ma senses, feeling how ma keks are sticky wi ma
y wee bit a the uncomfortable feeling. But ah’m no occupied wi th
3 matches

@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
es on Christmas day, the best feeling there is seeing their wee fac(2020) search twitter

@g_hibby tweeted
y... How are ye doing now?... Feeling better? Whatever yer up tae t (2022) twitter link
ly day yersel'... How are ye, feeling any better? (2022) twitter link

@jax6754 tweeted
oodShop Yum! Prayerfully Bobs feeling better soon. Huggggggggssssss(2015) search twitter

@DABArbuckle tweeted
and they dinnae ken its you. Feeling like a ventriloquist.(2020) search twitter
I've a horrible feeling the hospitals are gonnae be f(2020) search twitter

@bigandymccoll tweeted
Feeling sightly down after today's re (2022) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
@ashwilsonauthor aye a no the feeling - its high time all this non (2021) twitter link
@me_snp oh what a feeling! (2021) twitter link
aye a ken the feeling - nudge nudge wink wink lol (2020) twitter link
do i sense a feeling of frustration developing in (2020) twitter link
my life just now - oh what a feeling! (2021) twitter link

Doric

Fairbairn, Jamie The Press and Journal (Inverness, Highlands, and Islands) - Doric Corner, (DC Thomson 2024) Doric - Banff, newspaper
boot the "Broon Bens". If yer feeling up til it, pit on a wooly too on page 37

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Vettese, Raymond Lallans 59 - Raymond Vettese : nineteen poems, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Montrose, poetry
that feeling,
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@DoricPhrases tweeted
an gies best bosies fin ah’m feeling anxious or hiv flashbacks. Sh(2019) search twitter
s o eerins on the shelves are feeling guilty ower the sup aat has h(2020) search twitter

@FaeFoggie tweeted
jwattie I'm gettin I distinct feeling yi were diddled oot o a final(2019) search twitter

@72redz1903 tweeted
ion o my auld boy tae them - feeling the hatred lang afore durrant (2022) twitter link
manager ye want tae play for. Feeling optimistic (slightly) (2022) twitter link
t drugged, a weird spaced out feeling. Burning feeling while breath (2022) twitter link
o fitba players - ye get the feeling players will play for him (2022) twitter link
f I’m being honest, I have a feeling how this is gan tae pan oot - (2022) twitter link
and 2 other occurrences.

@cligeey tweeted
984 A neighbour got een wisna feeling well till they got drugs caug(2020) search twitter
ishSinclair Nae fine hope yer feeling weel soon(2020) search twitter

@fittiecrooners tweeted
Feeling affa harshly done by the day.(2016) search twitter
Nae feeling a yon braw the day. Heed like(2017) search twitter

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
seems in the corner. So much feeling." Astrid canno spaek. Sheu sp on page 111

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Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
a feeling of bonding taegither tae dae on page 26

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@peediepuss tweeted
@sarah9macdonald Ken the feeling! Lots of possibilities; disea(2020) search twitter

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
ight, but I get the strangest feeling that if I don't go tonight, I on page 55

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Laurenson, Hannah Lisa Da Maa's Eggs, (Hands Up For Trad 2019) Shetland, prose
back. I’ll nivver firgit da feeling at da boddem o me belly is we
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@tattooedselkie tweeted
@JennyLConstable I keen the feeling, or tae be able tae go tae so(2021) search twitter

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
caffeine. I dunna ken but I'm feeling brighter #BreakfastBirdwatch (2020) search twitter
I was feeling in a proper mid-winter grump (2014) search twitter

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
bought anything yet. So I’m feeling pretty forgotten aboot ??. Si (2021) twitter link

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
How strange this feeling grows on page 6
Ye ken the feeling, yer hairs a mess on page 9
Each steep ye' get the feeling on page 10

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@jamie_ginger tweeted
@george_hogg feeling yir pain mr hogg. 75 fuckin m(2012) search twitter

@officialAliRed tweeted
@MuirheadLisa Feeling that chocolate vibe, wee yin (2019) search twitter

Ulster

@fairfaaye tweeted
t “crabbit”. So if you're a feeling a wee bit curmudgeonly, wud y(2020) search twitter