A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

listening Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words14.8 15.2 15 19.9 5.8 20.7 13.3
Number of occurrences4830 10 2 1 2 3
Number of authors29 17 4 2 1 2 3

Occurrences of listening in Corpus

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Central

Hershaw, William Lallans 67 - In Search o Robert Henrysoun, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
Wi a weel-tuned lug listening tae Creatioun's sang, on page 123

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Fenton, Janet A Guid New Year tae yin and a!, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central, blog
Ah wiz listening tae a repeat broadcaist frae
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Grae, Emma Jimmy and his wee darlin Alexa, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ometimes talking to a friend, listening to music, or even taking a wa
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 117, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
I rose up early, tredding listening fields.
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Sands, Finn THE GHAISTLY FITBAW MATCH, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
tert through the toon. He was listening tae his tunes. The music wis
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MacDonald, Bo CAULD NIGHT, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
ensed 'n' ah held mah breath, listening. Mah eyes hud locked oan th'
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Bratchpiece, Neil The Wee Man Ft. Leo - Parliamo Glasgow, (YouTube 2014) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Ye wernae listening, yer onto
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@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
omradio I'm starting tae like listening to trashcan sinatras ??(2020) search twitter
t as well call me a fud a wis listening tae it ?? ??(2020) search twitter
@webcomradio Listening as always but got 2 cannae ke(2020) search twitter

@alistairdunn tweeted
gg nae wonder, would burst ye listening tae that!(2013) search twitter

@g_hibby tweeted
@MairGrass ??... I'm listening tae the Proclaimers noo MG... (2023) twitter link
@stefmcdougall I do enjoy listening tae Sinatra... ?? (2022) twitter link

@jax6754 tweeted
present time as a travel hame listening tae @ollyofficial ??? xxx(2015) search twitter
Keep up the guid work as love listening tae your show! X http://t.co/(2015) search twitter
e ma Coaching studies! Whilst listening tae #CBBUK 2015 on Sky + X(2015) search twitter
Listening tae @RadioSaltire wonderin wh(2016) search twitter

@Chazzbat tweeted
d relaxing each muscle group? Listening to relaxation music on YouTub(2020) search twitter

@DABArbuckle tweeted
Listening tae The Soldiers Return (sang(2020) search twitter

@rattlecans tweeted
r son, approaching adulthood, listening tae her o'er the dinner table (2022) twitter link

@annieones tweeted
@ionafyfe I wis listening tae radio the day when ýae w (2021) twitter link
brilliant! Weil done, enjoyed listening tae yer views. (2021) twitter link
ntP22 I'd hav hid ma earplugs listening tae the real Queen, #Iwanttob (2021) twitter link

@MizLiot tweeted
’ve made up my mind, I’m no listening yin mair time... (2021) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
n nae disrespect big man - listening tae radio scotland is worse t (2020) twitter link
@BonnyriggRose @brookecombe listening to that lassie singing n watc (2020) twitter link
ounts on twitter just as i am listening to some early morning tunes - (2020) twitter link
n n gonna have a wee chillout listening to local radio - east coast (2020) twitter link
kin weekend is a wee chillout listening to bdfm - catch yous later g (2020) twitter link

Doric

Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
ay wie the dials for a while, listening to the changes in the static
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@72redz1903 tweeted
lDrysdale Looking forward tae listening this Neil (2022) twitter link
a rabid Mcinnes oot man, but, listening tae they pundits on #bbcscotl (2021) twitter link
oid old firm ramblings - try listening tae pundits if ye support a t (2020) twitter link
ee, a project to complete and listening tae the fab @cerysmatthews on (2020) twitter link
set in Aiberdeen - funny as listening tae him say ‘Fit like, fits (2020) twitter link

@cligeey tweeted
CaroleInnes0 Good job yer nae listening to 500 hunner miles ye wid be(2020) search twitter
our Brexit daft mates are nae listening.(2020) search twitter

@daleser23 tweeted
@jamiemcgettrick listening tae the music anoo. Fuckin ma(2013) search twitter
@jamiemcgettrick aye just listening tae heaps. #goodtimes(2013) search twitter

Orkney

Butler, Vera Gallows Ha - Bessie, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
are you listening tae me? on page 18

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Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
dis that sometimes is weel is listening tae hid on a Seturday if thir on page 48

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Shetland

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
ut it could just be I've been listening more. https://t.co/JTaFnqZ0Qc(2020) search twitter

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Or listening tae the local crack on page 14

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@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
wonder. Ma neighbour is ma ‘listening ear’ tellin me if there any (2020) search twitter

Ulster

@Angelinekking tweeted
er! Keep her lit an dinnae be listening tae folk who cannae stomach y(2020) search twitter

@OrangRuth tweeted
ill be basking in my glow and listening to my gowl. #NSEva #flegs(2020) search twitter

@the_gellick tweeted
t storm, That kept me lang in listening pause, wi' fancy waxing warm. (2019) twitter link