Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

it'	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	12	13.1	9	0	17.4	10.3	13.3
Number of occurrences	39	26	6	0	3	1	3
Number of authors	22	14	4		1	1	2

Occurrences of it' in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
It's wirth notin that the establi on page vi
tween whimsy an practicality. It's im reflectin this aspect ae on page vii

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Bennett, Peter nobody remembers the birdman - Stovies, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
It's early evenin when we get bac on page 8

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McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
h love Blackpool or Benidorm, it's Craig Tara. In fact, ah'd go on page 1

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Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
gives a fuck aboot the place. It's forgotten n left fur the woo on page 3

1 matches

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
"It's time nou for the lave!" on page 6
ll think I am, for askin! No, It'll never dae tae speir: mebbe on page 10

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Donaldson, Gordon Lallans 90 - Echty-Echt, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose

1 matches

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
She says that lit it's a bad hing. Whit is she comp on page 1

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
inny physique. Fur fuck sake, it's Die Hard wae AIDS. Honestly, on page 14

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
ffed. Cheers lads an lassies, it's been a pleasure bein aroond on page i

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Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
red wi the wan voice. 'Coorse it's true! Help oor boab, did you on page 10

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
Grannie slerped the tea. 'It's no sweet eneuch," she said. on page 3
If ye dina stap growin soon, it'll be ower late,' on page 5
'It's no whit ye like or whit ye d on page 6
uld wumman continued. 'Whiles it's eariewigs.' on page 8

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Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
on a yett. . ." Naw, ye see, it's awa. And I doot it wis the b on page viii
It's lyin. on page 2
t noo as we dauner alang. But it's nae guid gaun hame tae pract on page 4

3 matches

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
t,' said the slidderie Beek. 'It's up in the widd on the brae. on page 9

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 114, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 174, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
hat shares the island wi him. It's near tae the Laird's burthda
JEKYLL AND HYDE. It's a tairm that's gotten tae be
bumbazin ack. On tap o that, it's been owersetten intae Scots.
is frae Edinburgh an aw. Syne it's a weel seen chyce as the bui
tles as Stevenson's original. It's airtit at the mercat that's
7 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 5, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
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Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
If it's heard a differint wye? on page 5

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Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
ry hame tae be yer gweedwife. It's throw e Haily Speerit att sh on page 7
will ye mak it sautty again? It's gweed for naethin bit tae be on page 11

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Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
ople who bought my last book, IT'S A
IT'S A FER CHAUVE.
he lassie shouts" O.K. Jonsar it's your turn noo, jist tak
"It's a'a richt, you see we baith
Is it frosty? Or mebbe it's nae,
102 matches

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Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
mies suffer. Wi aa dat, haein it's ain language variety fir da on page 9
etin Shaetlan as a variety in it's ain richt, bilangin ithin da on page 20
tic terminology is gien whaar it's needit an is gaddered atidda on page 21

3 matches

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
It's time the thief wha'es stole on page 6

1 matches

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
Frae the beginnin o the book, it's clear that the three weelàs on page v
ae lugs an whuskers, hoo late it's gittin!" Shae wus close ahin on page 10

2 matches

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
tha Fowk Museum at Cultra - it's no yin o tha twa looms ye ca on page 8

1 matches