A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

inspired Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words14.7 13.9 16.6 19.9 11.6 41.3 4.4
Number of occurrences4727 11 2 2 4 1
Number of authors39 22 8 2 2 4 1

Occurrences of inspired in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
seems only fair cos it wis aw inspired by me anyway. Ave git a sneak on page 54

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Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
Ye've inspired much mair than a poyum, noo m on page 78

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
st read, Callum. Tell us what inspired such a thought-provoking piec on page 57
ew foond love fur cleanin wis inspired wae the energisin effect ae t on page 143

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
haill raft o grand airtworks inspired bi them. Weel haud on a meeni on page 97

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
driven we desire that maks is inspired. on page 114

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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
o the people o Scotland were inspired by baith the American an Fren on page 120

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
said it, he said, Aye ah wis inspired by the wee dude fae casualty on page 141

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Sonnets inspired by the Miners Strike of 1984- on page 64
Inspired ah read thaim twa 'Mining Son on page 133
Ah wis that inspired on page 146

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Calder, Bob Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
publishers o this series are inspired bi the thocht that efforts to on page 97

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Waddell, John Lallans 58 - fower poems bi John Waddell, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
Deep Thochts Inspired by a Slug on page 62

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McCabe, Mary Lallans 73 - Soond shift, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
Inspired bi dire warnins afore the ele on page 49

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Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
politically-inspired poetry; a major upheeze in th
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Clark, Thomas Mindin on Willie McIlvanney, (Bella Caledonia 2015) Central - Bellshill, blog
the lifetimes o thaim wha wir inspired bi him. It's mebbe no the per
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Smith, Jamie Soonds o the kirk an court: early airt muisic in Scotland, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
hn Fethy wrate sangs that wis inspired by the French chanson an mote
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 119, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
The poems in the pamphlet wis inspired bi hospital warkers that Maur
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McKillop, Roger Educational (Mis)Communication, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
How many lives hae we inspired?
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Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
tae us, its Egyptian pyramid inspired design still alien tae me in
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Ewen, Allan The “Auld Lang Syne” Paradox, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
our an i publications like “Inspired by Independence”, it is tha
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Connelly, Gordon Celebrating Ithers, a letter tae somebody wirth celebratin, (Scottish Book Trust 2021) Central, blog
letter tae the cooks that had inspired them – check oot Letter tae
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MacMinto, Gregor Hippies, Authenticity and Globalisation, (Wordpress 2022) Central, prose
Hippie traivellers inspired the braider public tae explor
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@_Erinboyle_ tweeted
1/2???? This wee poem was inspired by my auld Das childhood stor (2021) twitter link

@jax6754 tweeted
a hadnae thought o! Hee hee! #Inspired ???(2014) search twitter

@Chazzbat tweeted
wan haun. Ah've nae idea whit inspired ma mither, but Ah verra much (2020) search twitter

Doric

Gilbert, Jo Tales Fae The Doric Side - Introduction, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
pittin it igither. If ye feel inspired tae write fae ony o the piece on page 10

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Abel, Charlie The Press and Journal (Inverness, Highlands, and Islands) - Doric Corner, (DC Thomson 2024) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
oused Tam Cochrane's exploits inspired the naval fiction scrivens o' on page 25

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Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
Peterhead In Winter (Inspired by Burns singer) on page 10

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
emint. Ess hinmaist story wis inspired bi at visit. on page 86

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Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
x, said tae be the place that inspired Deep Purple's sang 'Smoke on on page 6
intin wakin tour? Places that inspired the comics can be fun aa ower on page 14
au was ane o the castles that inspired Walt Disney fan he was creati on page 17

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Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
renaissance inspired on page 43

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Uri, Antonia Widney’s Fuil, (Mak Forrit 2017) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
Nivertheless, naebody can be inspired by a local hero they dinna ke
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@DoricPhrases tweeted
eed To Build A Wall whilk wis inspired refugee crisis https://t.co/Z(2017) search twitter

@72redz1903 tweeted
ry much agree. The thing that inspired me in the lead up tae ‘14 re (2021) twitter link

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
No man's inspired such deep emotion - been lov on page 77

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@peediepuss tweeted
going for a carboniferous era inspired bog garden ????(2020) search twitter

Shetland

@tattooedselkie tweeted
h. It wis her an @ionafyfe at inspired me tae start tweetin in diale(2021) search twitter

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
Selfie (a "broad Scots" poem inspired by the work of Robert Burns).(2014) search twitter

Southern

Neill, Willie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern, poetry
inspired nae doot by bauld John Barley on page 141

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Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
fence tae Yid, hei wis inspired tae say til ‘um, “Gie mei
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@officialAliRed tweeted
ellogate! That chat, in 2014, inspired me tae write a poem titled 'T(2020) search twitter

@StuartPoet tweeted
ma. An tae aw the weemin whae inspired us an inspire us still" @Wome(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
inspired mair an' thon wus tuk tae Noa on page 21

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