A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

generous Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.5 7.2 1.5 39.7 0 10.3 4.4
Number of occurrences2114 1 4 0 1 1
Number of authors13 7 1 3 1 1

Occurrences of generous in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
rman shirt. No tae mention ah generous splash ae Hugo Boss aftershav on page 167

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
seeventies an werenae exactly generous. on page 95

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
y liked their weemin tae be a generous handfu but they were keen on on page 55
rtions she served up were aye generous an fowk were aye walcome tae on page 57
see, Tam wis an open-hairtit, generous sowel wha wuid hae gien the s on page 63
Sic wis the extent o Clavers' generous hospitality that nicht, that on page 117

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 168, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
fendit the siller for it wi a generous endowment tae Glesca Universi
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Fitt, Matthew Whuppity Stoorie, (Scots Hoose 2017) Central, weans
whit's ma name, then? I'll be generous tae ye and gie ye three guess
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 149, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
hae inheritit thair faither's generous spirit, wad raither hae his p
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McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Sport, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
! Mind you the SRU were never generous. Jock Weyms, played For Scotl
Ay' kind an' generous your praise,
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
i. Ye ken the Pandit is verra generous keepin an cleedin Rongye, bit
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@kennethbryce184 tweeted
s no 50/50 - n thats me bein generous - they will take control - (2021) twitter link

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - The Bigger Hoose, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
. An he wisna fit ye micht ca generous - his motto wis 'Value for M on page 106

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Generous in thowt and act and deed. on page 27

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Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
to the generous sun goad. on page 81

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Hall, Simon W. Haggis tasting notes, and whisky pairings, (Brisk Northerly 2019) Orkney, blog
, so a sweeter flavour) and a generous dash o white pepper that’s
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Hall, Simon W. Bonny Isle o Sanday, (Brisk Northerly 2016) Orkney, blog
dern, forward lukkan piece. A generous proportion o the profits o th
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Southern

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
Micht suin regret bein generous, as Ann Gloag's like tae ask, on page 211

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Ulster

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
The folk there are generous an' frienly, on page 28

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