A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

given Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words21.3 21.3 27 49.7 17.4 10.3 0
Number of occurrences6942 18 5 3 1 0
Number of authors41 23 10 5 2 1

Occurrences of given in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
first question. You are being given an opportunity to explain you on page 54

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Wilson, Rab Lallans 85 - Roads, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, poetry
'Scotland, when it is given to me, on page 10

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ocesses the information ah've given him. Before developin a cheek on page 38
"I have given this a lot of thought. And, w on page 84

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
undlands galore. Builders huv given up investin in the area. The on page 30
at they're mammies. But she's given Granny none o hur time ~ not on page 34

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Perrie, Walter Lallans 73 - The Tod an the Stoat, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
Oor given naitur is oor saul, on page 53

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Robinson, Christine Lallans 74 - Burns an the Dictionar o the Scots Leid, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
ctionary as ‘a general name given to various wild-flowers, eith
national identity, Burns haes given the Parliament a steer, as wa
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Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
f Eng., snotergob is the name given to “the red part of a turke
he total contribution for any given week, subject to various dedu
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Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
be purely tae annoy McDade an given he’s leased his soul tae MD
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Bennett, Peter The Bools, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
s him takin the piss at any given opportunity. Ah decide tae br
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Bennett, Peter McShane's Reprieve, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
is receptive tae this option, given the alternative. The two ster
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Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
y tae bam yer mates up at any given opportunity. Goat tae be done
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McKillop, Roger Challengin' Times, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
here wis a lot o’ resources given tae these kids, an’ that wi
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McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
wisni a weel Teddy! A’ been given a nice bottle o’ Port an’
experienced paddler an’ wis given the task o’ leadin’ the g
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
or you at the flea market and given them a wash. I hope they'll s
e. “) mean unless they were given
s a man who would gladly have given his life to save you from a f
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 106, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
light the Charter in speeches given by Ministers." Whit haes aw t
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astrothsknot The Auld Man O Jerah, (archiveofourown.org 2018) Central, prose
best loves ur the yins freely given.
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grandeicedcoffees Do You Wanna Touch, (archiveofourown.org 2021) Central, prose
attention? Auld Sean’s just given us one ae his best lines and
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 76, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
as "Scots Language" should be given the same status as Gaelic. Ir
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Bennett, Peter Arabian Monkfish (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
wis haudin fur McNulty that, given how things hud played oot, mu
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@DavidJWood2 tweeted
tomorrow. Me and Maisie have given her some encouragement by tel(2020) search twitter

@g_hibby tweeted
no get too excited aboot it.. Given oor form at present.. :( (2022) twitter link

@gordimhor1 tweeted
stole his jaikit. A brave man given what happened to the guy that(2019) search twitter

@jamieonkeys tweeted
girlfriend chord', which I've given a queer twist in my tune #jaz(2019) search twitter

@IshbelMcF tweeted
l that so many deaf folk have given their feelings and opinio(2019) search twitter

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
cism and the same for Charlie given his age(2020) search twitter

@SusiBriggs1 tweeted
cots Language juggernaut! Yev given me an idea there!!(2018) search twitter

@OliphantWullie tweeted
@Janela_X Naw!! The money,s "given" to the Scottish govt by West (2022) twitter link
fir the ScottishHS is still 'given' to us by Westminster. Nae ne (2022) twitter link
@billykayscot If A wis given siller fir ivry time A Twatte (2022) twitter link

@DABArbuckle tweeted
@Douglas4Moray Weel, ah've given this some thought and for the(2020) search twitter
were ordered tae abstain when given a chance tae feed impoverishe(2020) search twitter

@changed_days tweeted
"bullying" speel, because av given some back tae a ?? (2021) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
iot after all the support ive given him thru the show with regard (2020) twitter link
so this was the lot who were given priority to football by the f (2020) twitter link
e to the appropriate measures given out by the seryfa and bearing (2021) twitter link

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 85 - The Clash o the Titans, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
ndeed. Well, you've certainly given me a lot to think about. I th on page 58

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Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
n a looket hee's wuiy, he hid given up on thi hook eit he wis try on page 62

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Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
,) "-id wis at e beeg concert given by e Queen o Herts, an ah hed on page 68

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Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 58 - Cyaard, the Tattie Doodle, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
tains Cyaard, a gypsy, as his given name means, wis a malevolent on page 118

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Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
oot, nae quarter asked neen given, it wis affa even, gey nip an
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Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
y. That was the original plan given Da got hame fae Thailand on a
r face. I widna if I wis her, given half the dogs let loose by he
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Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
then nae information wiz iver given oot aboot fit hid happened.
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Hutchison, Pat Bulletbroo, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
n oot o the front line an wiz given vrocht deein orra jobs like c
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Hutchison, Pat The Stones That Turned, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
cairryin a bolt o canvas hid given fae ablow him. His body hid b
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Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
y big dinners or parties were given.
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McDonald, Charlie , (Facebook 2022) Doric, poetry
Afore ye got fit ye wir given
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@72redz1903 tweeted
t’s just say I’ve seen them given - see V Hibs. Ref actually g (2023) twitter link
. Generally, too much respect given, nervy a lot o the time - bu (2022) twitter link
es. The extension deal he was given efter turning doon the new cl (2020) twitter link
Heath95 @AberdeenFC Why? Been given enough chances and has never (2020) twitter link

@beast_afc tweeted
Lokin like Ronnie has been given permission tae exit @Aberdeen(2020) search twitter
tlandNT Curly is gutted being given Considine tae mark. https://t(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
given pencil camera on page 16

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Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
I wis given this owld Orkney Chair on page 44

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Orkney Voices Group Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
freely given. on page 123

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Hall, Simon W. Lands o Twatt, (Brisk Northerly 2018) Orkney, blog
othing but kindness, and have given me their unconditional help,
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Giles, Harry Josephine Slipan, Sweechan, (harryjosephine.com 2017) Orkney, prose
as naturally as we can in any given situation”.
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Shetland

Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
(Paper originally given at the Shetland dialect confe
In a given country the language is the v
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@helenmoncrieff tweeted
hrough my Shetland kale. I've given them to the birds. https://t.(2020) search twitter

Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
of place either. Mon @scotgov given the real risks involved here,(2020) search twitter