A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

medium Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words26.8 39.6 9 0 0 20.7 4.4
Number of occurrences8677 6 0 0 2 1
Number of authors30 24 4 1 1

Occurrences of medium in Corpus

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Central

Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
ioms of Scottish speech'. The medium of Scots has been an importan on page 44

2 matches

Clark, Thomas Eemis Stane 2 - Editorial: A Twa Wey Street, (Eemis Stane 2023) Central, prose
t radio channel rinnin on 810 medium-wave - an it'd mak hee-haw d on page 3

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
ent Scotland in the short tae medium term that damaged? Whit happe on page 8

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
- they were nae bigger than medium-sized dollies - had stapped on page 78

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Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
ral culture, an is uised as a medium fortranslation, for sang, for on page 7
nstream news an culture, or a medium for documentary. The practice on page 12

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Law, John Lallans 56 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
f it wis a ful an suffeicient medium o expression. Truith is, the' on page 4

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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
we see the success of Gaelic-medium pre-schuil an primary schuil on page 56

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 75 - Review - The Shorter fiction, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
ester decides ti inquire at a medium, mebbies sum-hou ti laern wha
1 matches

Higgs, Jo The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols, (berfrois 2022) Central - Edinburgh, prose
all hings bar that which wiz medium or small. He wid never dance
1 matches

Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
demand is sufficient, Gaelic-medium preschuil an
ucation Depairtment on Gaelic-medium primary education. Ane
Primary 7, Gaelic-medium learnit bairns performed bett
Scots-Medium Education (ie, teachin in Sco
hasna. Wi the innin o Gaelic-Medium Education, the appointment o
11 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 111, (self-published 2003) Central, newspaper
guid exemplar o virtual Scots medium education whaur nae doot the
1 matches

gov.scot Biggin a strang future for Gaelic an Scots, (Scottish Government 2022) Central, government
a new stratigic tak on Gaelic medium education (GME), an the foond
ien there mair fowk in Gaelic medium education an there mair initi
fective, makkin siccar Gaelic medium education keeps growin an gie
3 matches

Somerville, Shirley-Anne Scots Government Commitments tae Gaelic an Scots an Scots Langages Bill: consultation, (gov.scot 2022 ISBN: 978-1804358313) Central - Holyrood, government
strategic approach tae Gaelic Medium Education (GME), for tae splo
Gaelic Medium Education
ional strategic tak on Gaelic medium education thit is essential g
e mak mair progress wi Gaelic medium education (GME) throu a new s
a new strategic tak on Gaelic medium education. This wull see makk
26 matches

Tait, John M Lallans 63 - Expository Scots (2), (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
untary that Scots becomes the medium of poetry’ reflects the vie
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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
s Robb says, it wes the richt medium for him (or ane o thaim). Adm
, braidcastin is an ephemeral medium, but Scott thrave in it i the
2 matches

Corbett, John Lallans 70 - Owersettins o Modren Drama intae Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
ng up the repertoire of Scots-medium plays […]
gaitherin urbanisation o the medium, as the focus o attention fli
a the reintegrated leiterarie medium o Lallans, tae an arguably na
3 matches

Capener, Jack No Guid Eneuch, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central, blog
a wee puckle scuils gie Scots medium education. Sae it's left mais
1 matches

Malgrati, Paul Ayont the Fake and the Leal: Let's Free the Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
a muckle national an literary medium wi wirds fae ilka Scottish di
e keep Scots a fykie an rebel medium) an ither Scots speikers (wha
at Scots is aa'hin but a pure medium. There isnae yin set o texts
3 matches

Holton, Brian An Owresetter’s Tale, (Bella Caledonia 2015) Central - Galashiels, blog
or 1967. Scots wis his chosen medium, and eftir graduatin frae Dun
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Sacrificial Doo, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
t, Stevie; a fuckin donkey. A medium ah kin exploit tae make money
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Carpe Diem, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
play through; the album as a medium is no tae be trifled wae. It
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 114, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
"cairry on investin in Gaelic-medium education, alang wi the provi
1 matches

Seth-Smith, Niki Chynge o sum kind is comin either wey, but a vote tae leave wad empooer Europe’s faur richt, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
our or a left coalition i the medium future, an whit they micht co
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando Scots, the Electoral Commission an the language community, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
this, the ainlie hailly Scots-medium politics blog haes played a w
dae oniething ava through the medium o Scots). This means that whi
2 matches

Ewen, Allan The “Auld Lang Syne” Paradox, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
uage favourably as a sairious medium o communication. Constant com
cots as a distinctive wrutten medium
ed the idea o Scots as a rich medium for expressin ideas i literat
3 matches

Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s Linguistic Landscape - Scots and Gaelic, (Translation Services 24 2022) Central, prose
biggit no least aroond Gaelic-medium schuils in cities sic as Embr
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
7 @zayversuszay m8 a get mine medium n aways have - aye doin fine (2021) twitter link

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
e gob-shite again is throwe a medium." on page 17
" Ah said. "Ere wis nae happy medium: ye war near roastit te death on page 86

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@DoricPhrases tweeted
a mannie fa tells ye he is a Medium an can hear messages fae the (2018) search twitter

@Franwella tweeted
.......There's jist nae happy medium!(2011) search twitter

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
'informal' / friend group the medium, the more they tend to use Sc (2020) twitter link
Gaan forrit wi Scots Medium Education resources - bairns (2020) twitter link

Southern

Purves, David Lallans 67 - The Incomparable Li Po (701-762), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
Scots leid haes been a siccar medium for musardrie for hunders o y on page 34

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Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
tegrated Education an' Airish Medium duties bit they involved the on page 26

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